Biology (Pre-Optometry Track), B.S.

Required Courses

Take all of the following

BIO-1054	General Zoology with Laboratory	4.0 credits
BIO-1074	General Botany with Laboratory	4.0 credits
BIO-2064	Invertebrate Zoology with Laboratory	4.0 credits
BIO-3004	Microbiology with Laboratory	4.0 credits
BIO-3034	Genetics with Laboratory	4.0 credits
BIO-3045	Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy with Laboratory	5.0 credits
BIO-3104	Human Physiology with Laboratory	4.0 credits
BIO-4001	Technical Writing in Biology	1.0 credits
BIO-4064	Molecular Biology with Laboratory	4.0 credits

Select one from the following: (4)

BIO-3014	Principles of Ecology with Laboratory	4.0 credits
BIO-3054	Environmental Science with Laboratory	4.0 credits

Select one from the following: (1)

BIO-4011	Principles of Bioethics	1.0 credits
BIO-4091	Biology Seminar	1.0 credits

Biology electives (3-4)

(3-4 hours selected from courses numbered 3000 or above.)

Required Cognate Courses

CHE-1034	General Chemistry I with Laboratory	4.0 credits
CHE-1044	General Chemistry II with Laboratory	4.0 credits
CHE-4014	Biochemistry I with Laboratory	4.0 credits
MAT-1013	Trigonometry	3.0 credits
MAT-1034	Calculus I	4.0 credits
CHE-3024	Organic Chemistry I with Laboratory	4.0 credits
CHE-3034	Organic Chemistry II with Laboratory	4.0 credits
PHY-2014	General Physics I with Laboratory	4.0 credits
PHY-2024	General Physics II with Laboratory	4.0 credits

Recommended Biology Electives

BIO-4073	Cell Biology	3.0 credits
BIO-3084	Clinical Preceptorship	4.0 credits
BIO-4074	Developmental Biology with Laboratory	4.0 credits
BIO-5019	Independent Study in Biology	1.0-4.0 credits
BIO-2001	Medical Terminology	1.0 credits
BIO-4089	Special Topics in Biology	1.0-4.0 credits

Additional Recommended Electives

CHE-4024	Biochemistry II with Laboratory	4.0 credits
MAT-2063

The student with a major in biology (pre-optometry track) must complete the designated cognates in lieu of a minor.

Total 77-78 Hours