University Catalog

Curriculum in Biological Sciences

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science

Ecology, Environmental, and Evolutionary Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

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 151 or MATH 1611,G	College Algebra with Fundamentals  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

 

SECOND  YEAR

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
Elective		3	hours
MATH 1631	Applied Calculus	3	hours
	Total:	17	hours

 

Second Semester

COMM 211G	Introduction to Public Speaking	3	hours
CHEM 261 and  CLAB 2635	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
Elective		3	hours
	Total:	14	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††GBIO 3772	Applied Biostatistics	4	hours
††GBIO 341	Professional Aspects of Biology	1	hour
††GBIO 312	Genetics	3	hours
CHEM 281 and CLAB 2835	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	Evolutionary Biology	4	hours
PHYS 192	General Physics	3	hours
PLAB 194	General Physics Laboratory	1	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

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

^{*Grade of “C” or better
 ††}A grade of "C" or better is required in these major courses.
¹Mathematics 175 and 200 (10 credit hours) may be taken in place of Mathematics 161, 162, and 163 (9 credit hours). Students who take MATH 175 and 200 should take one less hour of electives.
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, 408, 410, 418, 434, 439, 442, 481, 485, ZOO 301, 302, 352, 392, 409, 438, 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 criminal justice, economics, geography, anthropology, political science, psychology, or sociology.
⁵Students planning on attending medical, dental, or other professional or graduate schools, and students pursuing a minor in Chemistry should take Chemistry 265/267 and Chemistry 266/268. Also, Chemistry  265/267 can NOT be used as a prerequisite for Chemistry 281/283. Students who have completed Chemistry 261/263 or 265/267 may take MIC 461 or GBIO 434 in place of Chemistry 281/283 or 266/268.