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Curriculum in Biological Sciences
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Plant Science 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 101H		 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 102H		 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
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
††Concentration
Elective2		   4
††GBIO 312 Genetics 3
††GBIO 341 Professional Aspects of Biology                                         1
PHYS 191 or 221 General Physics or General Physics (calculus based) 3
PLAB 193 or 223 1
CHEM 281 and
CLAB 2835		 Survey of Biochemistry
Survey of Biochemistry Laboratory		 4
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††Concentration
Elective2		   4
††Concentration
Elective2		   4
ENGL 322 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing 3
PHYS 192 or 222 General Physics or General Physics (calculus based) 3
PLAB 194 or 224 1
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

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		   4
Elective   3
Social Science
Elective4,G		   3
History
ElectiveG		                                                                3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 13

 

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
*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 with a Math ACT score of 20 or lower will take Math 155 in place of Math 161. Students who take MATH 175 and 200 should take one less hour of electives.
2Concentration Electives for the Plant Science Concentration (minimum 20 credit hours) selected from the following in consultation with advisor: BOT 205, 347, 401, 426, 427, 429, 481, 482. GBIO 377, 395, 397, 404, 405, 406, 408, 410, 418, 434, 485. HORT 301, 315, 320, 328, 412, 424, 426, 428, 490. ZOO 409. 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; HORT 495, Seminar 1 hr.
3Courses may be taken in music, art, dance, or theatre.
4Courses can be selected in economics, criminal justice, geography, anthropology, political science, psychology, or sociology.
5Students planning on attending medical, dental, or other professional or graduate schools, and students pursuing  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