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Curriculum in Biological Sciences
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Ecology, Environmental, and Evolutionary Concentration

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


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course
Description
Credit Hours
††GBIO 151G
3
††BIOL 152
1
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG
3
LS 102
1
*MATH 1611,G
3
Foreign
Language 101
or GERM 101 
3
SE 101
2
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course
Description
Credit Hours
††GBIO 153G
3
††BIOL 154
1
*CHEM 121G
3
CLAB 123
1
MATH 1621,G
3
ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG
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
Elective   3
MATH 1631 Applied Calculus 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 17

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking 3
CHEM 261 and 
CLAB 2635		 Survey of Organic Chemistry
Survey of Organic Chemistry Laboratory		 4
††GBIO 200 Cell Biology 3
††GBIO 241 The Profession of Biology or Getting What You Came For 1
Elective   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 14

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course
Description
Credit Hours
††GBIO 3772
4
††GBIO 341
1
††GBIO 312
3
CHEM 281 and
CLAB 2835
4
PHYS 191 or 221
3
PLAB 193 or 223
1
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††GBIO 3952 General Ecology 3
††GBIO 3972 General Ecology Laboratory 1
ENGL 322 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing 3
††GBIO 4052 Evolutionary Biology 4
PHYS 192 or 222 General Physics or  General Physics (calculus based) 3
PLAB 194 or 224 General Physics or  General Physics (calculus based) 1
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
Social
Science
Elective4,G		   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		   3
Elective   3
Social
Science
Elective4,G		   3
History
ElectiveG		                                                                   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 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.