Biological Sciences: Botany
Arkansas State University - Jonesboro
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Major: Biological Sciences Emphasis: Botany
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	x
BOT 1101	Biology of Plants Lab	1		CHEM 1011	Chemistry I Lab	1	x
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	x	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		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
MATH 2054	Survey of Calculus	4		BIOL 3121	Principles of Ecology Lab	1
PHIL 1103 or PHIL 1503 or SCOM 1203	Intro to Philosophy or Logic & Practical Reasoning or Oral Communications	3	x	BIOL 3313	Genetics	3
BIOL 1013	Biology of the Cell	3	x	BIOL 3311	Genetics Lab	1
BIOL 1021	Biology of the Cell lab	1	x	PHYS 2054	Physics I	4
				HIST 2763 or 2773 or POSC 2103	US to 1876 or US since 1876 or Intro to US Government	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
PHYS 2064	Physics II	4		Art 2503 or Mus 2503 or Thea 2503 or ENG 2003 or ENG 2013 or PHIL 1103	Fine Arts Visual or Musical or Theatre or Intro to Lit I or Intro to Lit II or Intro to Philosophy (select course not previously taken)	3	x
HIST 2763 or 2773 or ECON 2313 or 2333 or POSC 2103 or 1003 or PSY 2013 or SOC 2213	US to 1876 or US since 1876 or Principles of Macroeconomics or Economic Issues and Concepts or Intro to US Government or Intro to Politics or Intro to Psychology or Intro to Sociology (select course not previously taken)	3	x	BOT 3101	Plant Taxonomy	1
BOT 3012	Plant Morphology	2		BOT 3102	Plant Taxonomy Lab	2
BOT 3022	Plant Morphology Lab	2		BOT 4113	Plant Physiology	3
CHEM 3103	Organic Chemistry I	3		BOT 4111	Plant Physiology Lab	1
CHEM 3101	Organic Chemistry I Lab	1		CHEM 3113	Organic Chemistry II	3
Language	Foreign Language	3		CHEM 3111	Organic Chemistry II Lab	1
				Language	Foreign Language	3
Total Hours		18		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 4014	Microbiology	4		BIOL 4371	Biological Seminar	1	x
STAT 3233 or CHEM 4243	Applied Statistics or Biochemistry	3		BIOL 3000/4000	Biology Elective	3
BOT 3000/4000	Botany Elective	3		BOT 3000/4000	Botany Elective	3
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		ELECTIVE 3000/4000	Student's Choice	3
HIST 2763 or 2773 or ECON 2313 or 2333 or POSC 2103 or 1003 or PSY 2013 or SOC 2213	US to 1876 or US since 1876 or Principles of Macroeconomics or Economic Issues and Concepts or Intro to US Government or Intro to Politics or Intro to Psychology or Intro to Sociology (select course not previously taken)	3	x	ENHANCEMENT	General education course not previously taken or select from enhancement list	3
				ELECTIVE	Student's Choice	3
Total Hours		16		Total Hours		16

Total Jr/Sr Hours		46		Total Degree Hours		127-129

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
127 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