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General Degree Requirements - Biological Science (B.S.A.)

Semester Degree Requirements
Entrance Requirements for the Major

Semester Core Curriculum (Selected with the advice of an academic advisor)

Areas A B C D E - 42 hours

Area F - 18 hours

Major Requirements - 60 hours

College-wide requirements must be satisfied in order to graduate with this major

TOTAL DEGREE HOURS 120

Area A - Essential Skills (9 hours)
Area A is satisfied by students completing nine hours from the following list. Students must take ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 and will select a three-hour math course in consultation with an academic advisor.

ENGL 1101

MATH 1113

ENGL 1102

Area B - Institutional Options (4-5 hours)
Area B is satisfied by electives selected by the student with approval of an academic advisor.

Area C - Humanities/Fine Arts (6 hours)

PREFERRED COURSE: SPCM 1100 or SPCM 1500 - (take under general electives if not taken in Area C).

Area C is satisfied by completing two of the following courses. Students may select one course from the Fine Arts list and one from the Humanities list, or students may select two courses from different departments in the Humanities list.

Fine Arts

Humanities

Foreign language courses

CMLT 2400

GRMN 2300

RELI 1003

Area D - Science, Mathematics, and Technology (10-11 hours)

PREFERRED COURSES: BIOL 1107-1107L, (CHEM 1211 , CHEM 1211L), and (MATH 2200, MATH 2200L) - (take under general electives if not taken in Area D).

Area D for Science Majors -- ten or eleven hours

Select two courses from the four-hour science course list.
Select one course from the mathematics, science, or technology course list.

Area D -- Four-hour science course with laboratory

Area D -- Three or four-hour mathematics, science, or technology courses

Area E - Social Sciences (12 hours)

Students will select four courses from at least two departments from the list below: (Students who have not met the Georgia and U.S. Constitution requirement by examination should enroll in POLS 1101.)

(A passing grade on an examination on the history of the United States and Georgia is required to satisfy the United States and Georgia History Requirement for all persons receiving a baccalaureate degree from the University, unless exempted by one of the following courses: HIST 2111, HIST 2112. Examinations are given to freshmen during orientation and twice each semester by the History Department. Reexamination is permitted. Examination dates are announced in the Schedule of Classes.)

Area F - Courses Related to Major (18 hours)

BIOL 1108-1108L
CHEM 1212
CHEM 1212L
CHEM 2211
CHEM 2211L
CHEM 2212
CHEM 2212L
PHYS 1111-1111L

Entrance Requirements

Completion of Core Areas A-E.

Major Requirements

A baccalaureate degree program must require at least 21 semester hours of upper division courses in the major field and at least 39 semester hours of upper division work overall.

Required Courses - 22-26 hours

BCMB(BIOL)

(CHEM) 3100

GENE(BIOL) 3200 or PGEN 3580

MIBO 3500

Select six to seven hours from the following:

CRSS 4040

ENTO (BCMB) 4200

Select six to eight hours from the following:

ECOL(BIOL) 3500-3500L

Major Electives - 19 hours
PHYS 1112-1112L
Fifteen hours of upper division courses in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

General Electives - 15-19 hours
Upper division (0-2 hours)
Any level (0-19 hours)

Total hours required 120

CAES Courses available on the Griffin Campus or via distance learning.

AAEC 2060 - Economic Perspectives on the Environment and Nat. Resources (3hr)
AAEC 3040 – Agribusiness Marketing (3h)
AAEC 3100 – Food and Fiber Marketing (3h)
AAEC 3300 – Agribusiness Accounting
AAEC 3400 – Introduction to Agricultural Policy (3h)
AAEC 3610 – Applied Econometrics (3h)
AAEC 3690-3690L – Agribusiness Finance (4h)
AAEC 3980 – Introduction to Agribusiness Management (3h)*
AAEC 4650 – Environmental Economics (3h)
AAEC 4800/6800 – Water Resource Economics (3h)*
AESC 4950 – Special Problems in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (1-3h)
AESC 4960 – Undergraduate Research in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (2-6h)

CRSS 3060-3060L – Soils and Hydrology (4h)
CRSS 3270-3270L – Principles of Turfgrass Management (3h)*
CRSS (ENTO)(PATH) 3500 – Turfgrass Pest Management (3h)*
CRSS 4040/6040 - Plant Breeding (3h)
CRSS 4090 – Advanced Turfgrass Science (3h)*
CRSS 4170-6170(and L) – Hydrology, Geology and Soils in Georgia (3h)
CRSS 4340 – Weed Science (3h)*

EHSC (FDST)(MIBO) 4310/6310-4310L/6310L – Environmental Microbiology (3h)

ENTO 3740-3740L – Insect Pest Management (4h)
ENTO 4000-4000L – General Entomology (3h)
ENTO (BCMB) (BTEC) 4200 –Biotechnology (3h)
ENTO 4250-4250L – Pesticide Management and Utilization (3h)
ENTO (PATH) 4360 – Ornamental Pest Management (3h)
ENTO (4400/6400) – Insect Behavior (3h)
ENTO 4500-4500L – Biological Control of Pests (3h)
ENTO (CRSS)(PATH) 4740/6740-4740L/6740L – Integrated Pest Management (3h)

HORT 4090 - Landscape Management (3h)*
HORT 4440/6440-4440L/6440L – Environmental Physiology in Horticulture (3h)
HORT 4990-4990D – Environmental Issues in Horticulture (1h)

PATH 3530-3530L- Introduction to Plant Pathology (3h)

PGEN 3580 – Plant Genetics (3h)

* Available via independent and distance learning
** Satisfies the CAES Cultural Diversity Requirement