Biological Science: Environmental Biology
Arkansas State University - Jonesboro
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Major: Biological Science Emphasis: Environmental Biology
2006-2007
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
BOT 1101	Biology of Plants Lab	1		CHEM 1011	Chemistry I Lab	1
BIOL 1913	Making Connections In Biology	3		Math 1054	Precalculus	4
ENG 1003	Composition I	3	x	ENG 1013	Composition II	3	x
MATH 1023	College Algebra	3		ZOOL 1043	Biology of Animals	3
PE 1002	Concepts of Fitness	2	x	ZOOL 1041	Biology of Animals Lab	1
				Art 2503 or Mus 2503 or Thea 2503	Fine Arts Visual or Musical or Theatre	3	x
Total Hours		15		Total Hours		18
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	x	ENG 2003 or ENG 2013 or PHIL 1103	Intro to Literature I or Intro to Literature II or Intro to Philosophy	3	x
CHEM 1021	Chemistry II Lab	1	x	BIOL 3122	Principles of Ecology	2	x
Math 2054	Survey of Calculus	4		BIOL 3121	Principles of Ecology Lab	1
PHIL 1103 or 1503 or SCOM 1203	Intro to Phil or Logic & Practical Reasoning or Oral Communications	3	x	BIOL 3313	Genetics	3
BIOL 1013	Biology of Cell	3		BIOL 3311	Genetics Lab	1
BIOL 1021	Biology of Cell lab	1		PHYS 2054	Physics I	4
Language	Foreign Language	3		Language	Foreign Language	3
Total Hours		18		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
PHYS 2064	Physics II	4		PSY 2013	Intro to Psychology	3	x
ANTH 2233 or HIST 1013 or 1023 or GEOG 2613	Intro to Cultural Anthropology or World Civilization to 1660 or World Civilization since 1660 or Intro to Geography	3	x	HIST 2763 or 2773 or ECON 2313 or 2333 or POSC 1003 or 2103 or SOC 2013	US to 1876 or US since 1876 or Principles of Macroeconomics or Economic Issues and Concepts or Intro to Politics or Intro to US Government or Intro to Sociology (select course not previously taken)	3	x
POSC 2103 or HIST 2763 or 2773	Intro to American Govt or US to 1876 or US since 1876	3	x	BIOL 4133 & 4131 or CHEM 4243	Cell Biology & Lab or Biochemistry	4 or 3
Elective 3000/4000	Entomology or Biological Science elective	3		ENVR 4003	Conservation Biology	3
CHEM 3103	Organic Chemistry I	3		CHEM 3113	Organic Chemistry II	3
CHEM 3101	Organic Chemistry I Lab	1		CHEM 3111	Organic Chemistry II Lab	1
Total Hours		17		Total Hours		16-17
Year 4				Year 4
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
ENG 2003 or ENG 2013 or PHIL 1103 or Art 2503 or Mus 2503 or Thea 2503	Intro to Literature I or Intro to Literature II or Intro to Philosophy or Fine Arts Visual or Musical or Theatre (select course not previously taken)	3	x	Enhancement	Gen Ed Course not previously taken or select from enhancement list	3	x
ENVR 4203	Environmental Toxicology Mechanisms & Impacts	3		BIOL 4371	Biological Seminar	1
STAT 3233	Applied Statistics	3
ENVR 4303	Environmental Microbiology	3		ZOOL 3122 & ZOOL 3132 or BOT 3102 & BOT 3101	Invertebrate Zoology & Lab or Plant Taxonomy & Lab	4 or 3
ENVR 4301	Environmental Microbiology Lab	1		BIOL Electives 3000/4000	upper level	4
ENT 3003	General Entomology	3		BIOL Electives 3000/4000	upper level	4
ENT 3001	Gen Entomology Lab	1
Total Hours		17		Total Hours		15-16

Total Jr/Sr Hours		50-52		Total Degree Hours		129-131

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
129 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