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First Semester
††GBIO 151G | General Biology I | 3 | hours |
††BIOL 152 | General Biology Laboratory I | 1 | hour |
ENGL 101 | 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 |
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 265 and CLAB 267 |
General Organic Chemistry I General Organic Chemistry Laboratory I |
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 |
First Semester
††MIC 3252 | Advanced General Microbiology | 4 | hours |
††GBIO 341 | Professional Aspects of Biology | 1 | hour |
††GBIO 312 | Genetics | 3 | hours |
CHEM 266 and CLAB 268 |
General Organic Chemistry II General Organic Chemistry Laboratory II |
4 | hours |
PHYS 191 | General Physics | 3 | hours |
PLAB 193 | General Physics Laboratory | 1 | hour |
Total: | 16 | hours |
Second Semester
ENGL 322 | Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing | 3 | hours |
PHYS 192 | General Physics | 3 | hours |
PLAB 194 | General Physics Laboratory | 1 | hour |
CHEM 481 and CLAB 485 |
Biochemistry I Biochemistry Laboratory I |
4 | hours |
††MIC 4612 | Bacterial Metabolism | 4 | hours |
Total: | 15 | hours |
First Semester
Social Science Elective4,G |
3 | hours | |
††Concentration Elective2 |
4 | hours | |
††Concentration Elective2 |
4 | hours | |
††GBIO 441 | Biology Seminar | 1 | hour |
Total: | 12 | hours |
Second Semester
††Concentration Elective2 |
4 | hours | |
Social Science Elective4,G |
3 | hours | |
Arts Elective3,G |
3 | hours | |
History ElectiveG |
3 | hours | |
Total: | 13 | 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
*A 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 Microbiology/Molecular Biology Concentration (20 credit hours) selected
from the following groups in consultation with advisor:
Group A- Fundamental courses (8 credit hours) Students in the Microbiology/Molecular Biology
Concentration must take the following courses - MIC 325 and 461.
Group B - Concentration Electives (12 credit hours) - MIC 313, 338, 423, 436, 457, 460, 463,
465, CHEM 482, CLAB 486, BOT 401, 426, GBIO 314, 377, 408, 434, 495, ZOO 392, 455,
465, 471, 499. The following courses require PRIOR approval of the advisor and the
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 hrs.
3Courses can be taken in music, art, dance, or theatre.
4Courses can be selected in economics, geography, anthropology, criminal justice, political
science, psychology, or sociology.
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