General Science: Biology
Arkansas State University - Jonesboro
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Education
Major: General Science Emphasis: Biology
2006-2007
This degree plan exceeds 8 semesters
Students requiring developmental course work based on low entrance exam scores (ACT, SAT, ASSET, COMPASS) may not be able to complete this program of study in eight (8) semesters. Developmental courses do not count toward total degree hours. Students having completed college level courses prior to enrollment will be assisted by their advisor in making appropriate substitutions. In most cases, general education courses may be interchanged between semesters. A minimum of 45 hours of upper division credit (3000-4000 level) is required for this degree. Mandatory state and institutional assessment exams will be required during your degree program. Failure to participate in required assessments may delay graduation.
Year 1				Year 1
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
BOT 1103	Biology of Plants	3		CHEM 1013	Chemistry I	3	x
BOT 1101	Biology of Plants Lab	1		CHEM 1011	Chemistry I Lab	1	x
BIOL 1913	Making Connections In Biology	3		SCED 2514	Intro to Secondary Teaching	4
ENG 1003	Composition I	3	x	ENG 1013	Composition II	3	x
MATH 1023	Pre-calculus	4	x	ZOOL 1043	Biology of Animals	3
SCOM 1203	Oral Communications	3	x	ZOOL 1041	Biology of Animals Lab	1
				PE 1002	Concepts of Fitness	2	x
Total Hours		17		Total Hours		17
Year 2				Year 2
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
CHEM 1023	Chemistry II	3		ENG 2003 or ENG 2013 or PHIL 1103	Intro to Lit I or Intro to Lit II or Intro to Philosophy (if not taken for critical thinking requirement)	3	x
CHEM 1021	Chemistry II Lab	1		BIOL 3122	Principles of Ecology	2
PHYS 2054	Physics I	4		BIOL 3121	Principles of Ecology Lab	1
BIOL 1013	Biology of the Cell	3	x	BIOL 3313	Genetics	3
BIOL 1021	Biology of the Cell Lab	1	x	BIOL 3311	Genetics Lab	1
PSY 2013	Intro to Psychology	3	x	PHYS 2064	Physics II	4
				HLTH 2513	Prin of Personal Health	3	x
Total Hours		15		Total Hours		17
Year 3				Year 3
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
MATH 2194	Survey of Calculus	4		HIST 2763 or 2773	US to 1876 or US since 1876	3	x
CHEM 1033	Intro to Organic Chemistry	3		ART or MUS or THEA 2503	Fine Arts Visual or Musical or Theatre	3	x
CHEM 1031	Intro to Organic Chemistry Lab	1		BIOL 3513	Evolution	3
POSC 2103	Intro to American Government	3	x	BIOL 4014	Microbiology and Lab	4
HIST 1013 or1023	World Civ to or since 1660	3	X	GEOL 1003 & 1001	Environmental Geology and Lab (Earth Science)	4
PHIL 1103 or 1503	Intro to Phil or Logic and Practical Reasoning	3	X
Total Hours		17		Total Hours		17
Year 4				Year 4
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
BIOL	Upper Level Biology Elective Course - Student's Choice	3		BIOL	Upper Level Biology Elective Course - Student's Choice	3
GEOG 3723 or 4633	Intro to Physical Weather and Climate or Climatology	3		SCED 4515	Performance Based Instructional Design	5
PSY 3703	Educational Psychology	3		SE 3643	Ex Stud Reg Classroom	3
BIOL 4133 & 4131	Cell Biology and Lab	4		PHYS 1103 or 3133	Intro to Space Science or Anatomy (Earth Science)	3
EDSC 4593	M/M for Teaching Science Sec School	3			Additional hours may be needed for scholarship or financial aid
Total Hours		16		Total Hours		14
Year 5
Fall Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
TIBI 4826	Teaching Internship in the Secondary School	12
Total Hours		12

Total Jr/Sr Hours		46		Total Degree Hours		142

Graduation Requirements:
Completion of HIST 2763 or HIST 2773 or POSC 2103
English Proficiency (Grade of C or better in ENG 1003 and ENG 1013)
2.00 GPA in Major
2.00 GPA at ASU
2.00 GPA Overall
Maximum of 31 credit hours via correspondence, extension, examination, PLA, Military or similar means; CLEP (30 hrs max)
45 JR/SR Hours after completing 30 hours
142 Total Credit Hours
18 of last 24 hours must be ASU-Jonesboro courses
Minimum of 57 hours from 4-year institutions
32 Resident Hours if completing second degree and first degree was not from ASU-J