Department of Biological Sciences

Biology Program

Biomedical Option

The Biomedical Option is designed for students wishing to study medicine, dentistry, physical therapy, and related fields of specialization.   Thus, graduates typically apply to a medical school of some type or a graduate program such as physical therapy.  

However, while the specified curriculum is well-suited to these studies, professional schools do not specify that entering students have particular majors or options.  Graduates who complete the degree option yet do not enter a medical or graduate school program should be prepared for a variety of employment opportunities especially in biomedical or biotechnology-related laboratories. 

Curriculum

The matrix below is a sample plan for all coursework required for this program.

•  Freshman

  Fall		Spring
  ENGL 1013 Composition I1	3	ENGL 1023 Composition II1	3
  MATH 1113 College Algebra or MATH 1914 Precalculus	3-4	CHEM 2134 General Chemistry II	4
  CHEM 2124 General Chemistry I	4	BIOL 2124 Principles of Zoology	4
  BIOL 1011 Orientation to the Biological Sciences	1	MATH 2914 Calculus I or other MATH higher than MATH 1113 College Algebra	3-4
  BIOL 1114 Principles of Biology	4
  Total Hours	15-16	Total Hours	14-15

•  Sophomore

  Fall		Spring
  SOC 1003 Introductory Sociology or PSY 2003 General Psychology	3	Communication1	3
  CHEM 3254 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry	4	Social Sciences1	3
  BIOL 2134 Principles of Botany	4	CHEM 3264 Mechanistic Organic Chemistry	4
  COMS Elective	3	BIOL 2014 Human Anatomy	4
  Biomed Elective6	3	Statistics3	3
  Total Hours	17	Total Hours	17

•  Junior

  Fall		Spring
  Fine Arts & Humanities1	3	Fine Arts & Humanities1	3
  PHYS 2014 Physical Principles IT	4	U.S. History/Government1	3
  BIOL 3074 Human Physiology	4	PHYS 2024 Physical Principles II	4
  Cellular Elective2	3-4	BIOL 3034 Genetics	4
  		Biology Elective4	3-4
  Total Hours	14-15	Total Hours	17-18

•  Senior

  Fall		Spring
  BIOL 3114 Principles of Ecology or BIOL 4094 Coastal Ecology	4	BIOL 4891 Seminar in Biology	1
  Biology Elective4	6-8	Biology Elective4	3-4
  Electives5 (as needed to reach a total of 120 hours for graduation)	3	Electives5 (as needed to reach a total of 120 hours for graduation)	9
  Total Hours	13-15	Total Hours	13-15

¹See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements".
²Cellular electives include:  BIOL 3054 Microbiology, BIOL 4023 Immunology, BIOL 4033 Cell Biology or  BIOL 4074 Molecular Genetics.
³See advisor for alternatives.  
⁴See catalog to assure pre-requisites are met. See advisor to select six - eight hours from:  BIOL 3054 Microbiology, BIOL 4023 Immunology, BIOL 4033 Cell Biology, BIOL 4074 Molecular Genetics, BIOL 4951-4 Undergraduate Research in Biology, CHEM 3344 Principles of Biochemistry, CHEM 3363 Metabolic Biochemistry AND six - eight hours from: BIOL 3024 Embryology, BIOL 3064 Parasitology, BIOL 3803 Applied Pathophysiology, BIOL 4054 Vertebrate Histology, BIOL 4083 Cancer Biology, BIOL 4951-4 Undergraduate Research in Biology, NUR 2303 Nutrition.
⁵ At least 40 of the total hours required for graduation must be 3000-4000 level courses.
⁶Select from AHS 2013 Medical Terminology, PE 2513 First Aid, PHIL 3103 Logic, PSY 3063 Developmental Psychology I, SOC 4053 Sociology of Health and Illness or SOC 4183 Social Gerontology.