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First Semester
| ††GBIO 151G | General Biology I | 3 | hours |
| ††BIOL 152 | General Biology Laboratory I | 1 | hour |
| ENGL 101G | Freshman Composition | 3 | hours |
| LS 102 | Introduction to Information Research | 1 | hour |
| ††MATH 1611,G | College Algebra | 3 | hours |
| Foreign Language 101 |
SPAN 101, FREN 101, ITAL 101, LAT 101, or GERM 101 | 3 | hours |
| SE 101 | Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern | 2 | hours |
| Total: | 16 | hours |
Second Semester
| ††GBIO 153G | General Biology II | 3 | hours |
| ††BIOL 154 | General Biology Laboratory II | 1 | hour |
| ††CHEM 121G | General Chemistry I for Science Majors | 3 | hours |
| CLAB 123 | General Chemistry Laboratory I for Science Majors | 1 | hour |
| MATH 1621,G | Plane Trigonometry | 3 | hours |
| ENGL 102G | Critical Reading and Writing | 3 | hours |
| Foreign Language 102 |
SPAN 102, FREN 102, ITAL 102, LAT 102, or GERM 102 | 3 | hours |
| Total: | 17 | hours |
First Semester
| CHEM 122 | General Chemistry II for Science Majors | 3 | hours |
| CLAB 124 | General Chemistry Laboratory II for Science Majors | 1 | hour |
| ††MIC 205 | General Microbiology | 3 | hours |
| ††MICL 207 | General Microbiology Laboratory | 1 | hour |
| ENGL 230, or ENGL 231, or ENGL 232G |
World Literature English Literature American Literature |
3 | hours |
| Foreign Language 201 |
SPAN 201, FREN 201, ITAL 201, LAT 201, or GERM 201 | 3 | hours |
| MATH 1631 | Calculus for the Biological, Business and Social Sciences | 3 | hours |
| Total: | 17 | hours |
Second Semester
| COMM 211G | Introduction to Public Speaking | 3 | hours |
| CHEM 265 and CLAB 2675 or CHEM 261 and CLAB 263 |
General Organic Chemistry I General Organic Chemistry Laboratory I Survey of Organic Chemistry Survey of Organic Chemistry Laboratory |
4 | hours |
| ††GBIO 200 | Cell Biology | 3 | hours |
| ††GBIO 241 | The Profession of Biology or Getting What You Came For | 1 | hour |
| Foreign Language 202 |
SPAN 202, FREN 202, ITAL 202, LAT 202, or GERM 202 | 3 | hours |
| Total: | 14 | hours |
First Semester
| ††GBIO 3772 | Applied Biostatistics | 4 | hours |
| ††GBIO 341 | Professional Aspects of Biology | 1 | hour |
| ††GBIO 312 | Genetics | 3 | hours |
| CHEM 266 and CLAB 268 or CHEM 281 and CLAB 283 |
General Organic Chemistry II General Organic Chemistry Laboratory II Survey of Biochemistry Survey of Biochemistry Laboratory |
4 | hours |
| PHYS 191 | General Physics | 3 | hours |
| PLAB 193 | General Physics Laboratory | 1 | hour |
| Total: | 16 | hours |
Second Semester
| ††GBIO 3952 | General Ecology | 3 | hours |
| ††GBIO 3972 | General Ecology Laboratory | 1 | hour |
| ENGL 322 | Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing | 3 | hours |
| ††GBIO 4052 | Evolutionaryy Biology | 4 | hours |
| PHYS 192 | General Physics | 3 | hours |
| PLAB 194 | General Physics Laboratory | 1 | hours |
| Total: | 16 | hours |
First Semester
| Social Science Elective4,G |
3 | hours | |
| ††Concentration Elective2 |
4 | hours | |
| Arts Elective3,G |
3 | hours | |
| Elective | 1 | hour | |
| ††GBIO 441 | Biology Seminar | 1 | hours |
| Total: | 12 | hours |
Second Semester
| ††Concentration Elective2 |
3 | hours | |
| Elective | 3 | hours | |
| Social Science Elective4,G |
3 | hours | |
| History ElectiveG |
3 | hours | |
| Total: | 12 | hours |
Total semester hours required 120
Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
Computer literacy is required prior to graduation; students are to contact their advisor for requirements.
††A grade of "C" or better is required in these courses.
1Mathematics 165 and 200 (8 credit hours) may be taken in place of Mathematics 161,
162, and 163 (9 credit hours). Students who take MATH 165 and 200 are required to
take MATH 165 and 200 are required to take one additional elective hour.
2Courses for the Ecology, Environmental, and Evolutionary Concentration (20 credit
hours) selected from the following in consultation with advisor:
Group A - Fundamental courses (13 credit hours) – students in the Ecology, Environmental,
and Evolutionary Concentration must take the following four courses – GBIO 377, 395,
397, and 405
Group B – Concentration Electives (7 credit hours) – BOT 205, 347, 426, 427,429, 481, 482,
GBIO 281, 404, 406, 410, 418, 439, 442, 481, 485, ZOO 301, 302, 352, 392, 409, 456,
457, 458, 465, 470, 475, MIC 313, 423, 438. The following courses require PRIOR approval
of the advisor and department head: GBIO 409 Internship 1-3 hours (3 hrs max); GBIO
450 Research Problems, 1-4 hours (4 hrs max); GBIO 493 Special Topics, 2-4 hours.
A maximum of 4 credit hrs may be earned from the following courses: CMPS 450, GEOG
495, POLI 446, SOC 360.
3Courses can be taken in music, art, dance, or theatre.
4Courses can be selected in economics, geography, anthropology, political science,
psychology, or sociology.
5Students planning on attending medical or dental school should take Chemistry 265/267
and Chemistry 266/268.
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