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Curriculum in Biological Sciences
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Business Concentration

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††GBIO 151G General Biology I 3
††BIOL 152 General Biology Laboratory I 1
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3
LS 102 Introduction to Information Research 1
*MATH 1611,G College Algebra 3
Foreign
Language 101
or GERM 101     
 3
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††GBIO 153G General Biology II 3
††BIOL 154 General Biology Laboratory II 1
*CHEM 121G General Chemistry I for Science Majors 3
CLAB 123 General Chemistry Laboratory I for Science Majors 1
MATH 1621,G Plane Trigonometry 3
ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors		 3
Foreign
Language 102
or GERM 102 
 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 17

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
CHEM 122 General Chemistry II for Science Majors 3
CLAB 124 General Chemistry Laboratory II for Science Majors 1
††MIC 205 General Microbiology 3
††MICL 207 General Microbiology Laboratory 1
ENGL 229 or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 233G
 3
††GBIO 241 The Profession of Biology or Getting What You Came For 1
MATH 1631 Applied Calculus 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
COMM 211G Introduction to Pubic Speaking 3
CHEM/CLAB 
261/2635		 Survey of Organic Chemistry
Survey of Organic Chemistry Laboratory		 4
††GBIO 200 Cell Biology 3
††ACCT 200 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3
ENGL 322 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing                 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††GBIO 341 Professional Aspects of Biology 1
††GBIO 312 Genetics 3
††FIN 381 Business Finance 3
CHEM/CLAB
281/2835		 Survey of Biochemistry
Survey of Biochemistry Laboratory		 4
PHYS 191 General Physics 3
PLAB 193 General Physics Laboratory 1
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††GBIO 3772 Applied Biostatistics 4
††GBIO 395 or
GBIO 405		 General Ecology
Evolutionary Biology		 4
††Concentration
Elective2		   4
PHYS 192 General Physics 3
PLAB 194 General Physics Laboratory                                1
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ECON 2014,G Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics)              3
††Concentration
Elective2		   4
Arts Elective3,G   3
Elective   1
††GBIO 441 Biology Seminar 1
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††Concentration
Elective2		   4
††MRKT 303 or
MGMT 351		 Principles of Marketing
Principles of Management                                 		 3
††ECON 2024,G Principles of Economics (Microeconomics) 3
History
ElectiveG		   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 13

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120

Minimum Credit Hours Required In Major: 41

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 is required in all major courses.
*A grade of “C” or better is required in these courses
1Mathematics 175 and 200 (10 credit hours) may be taken in place of Mathematics 161, 162, and 163. Students who take MATH 175 and 200 have satisfied their required one hour elective.
2Courses for the Concentration Electives (minimum 20 credit hours required) selected from the following in consultation with advisor. 
GBIO 377 is required for the Business Concentration
Group A – (minimum one course required).  Students in the Business Concentration must take either GBIO 395 or GBIO 405. (Note: Biology majors taking GBIO 395 must additionally be concurrently registered in GBIO 397
Group B – Concentration Electives –  BOT 205, 347, 401, 426, 427, 429, 481, 482, GBIO 281, 314, 395, 397, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 410, 418, 434, 439, 442, 481, 485, 492, 495, HORT 301, 315, 320, 328, 412, 424, 426, 428, MIC 313, 325, 423, 436, 438, 457, 460, 461, 463, 465, ZOO 301, 302, 331, 332, 352, 392, 409, 428, 438, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 465, 470, 471, 475, 483, 488, 499.  The following courses require PRIOR approval of the advisor and department head: GBIO 409, Internship 1-3 hrs (3 hrs max); GBIO 450 Research Problems, 1-4 hrs (4 hrs max); GBIO 493, Special Topics, 2-4 hrs. A Maximum of 4 credit hrs may be earned from the following courses: CHEM 281, 481, 482, CLAB 283, 485, 486. NOTE: If CHEM 281/283 is taken to fulfill Chemistry requirements, then it may not be used for elective requirements.
3Courses can be taken in music, art, dance, or theatre.
4ECON 201 and ECON 202 fulfill the Social Sciences requirement. 
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. Student who have completed CHEM 261/263 or 265/267 may take MIC 461 or GBIO 434 in place of Chemistry 281/283 or 266/268.