Biological Sciences: Pre-Professional
Arkansas State University - Jonesboro
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Major: Biological Sciences Emphasis: Pre-Professional
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
ZOOL 1043	Biology of Animals	3		CHEM 1013	General Chemistry I	3	X
ZOOL1041	Biology of Animals Lab	1		CHEM 1011	General Chemistry I Lab	1	X
ENG 1003	Composition I	3	X	MATH 1054	Precalculus	4
PE 1002	Concepts of Fitness	2	X	ENG 1013	Composition II	3	X
MATH 1023	College Algebra	3	X	BOT 1103	Biology of Plants	3
BIOL 1913	Making Connections In Biology	3		BOT 1101	Biology of Plants Lab	3
Total Hours		15		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	General Chemistry II	3		BIOL 3122	Principles of Ecology	2	x
CHEM 1021	General Chemistry II Lab	1		BIOL 3121	Principles of Ecology Lab	1
MATH 2054	Survey of Calculus	4		CHEM 3103	Organic Chemistry I	3
PHIL 1103 or 1503 or SCOM 1203	Intro to Philosophy or Logic & Practical Reasoning or Oral Communications	3	x	CHEM 3101	Organic Chemistry I Lab	1
BIOL 1013	Biology of Cell	3	X	PHYS 2054	Physics I	4
BIOL 1021	Biology of Cell lab	1	X	HIST 2763 or 2773 or POSC 2103	US to 1876 or US since 1876 or Intro to US Government	3
ENG 2003 or ENG 2013 or PHIL 1103	Intro to Literature I or Intro to Literature II or Intro to Philosophy (if not taken to fulfill critical thinking requirement)	3	x	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 Literature I or Intro to Literature II or Intro to Philosophy (select course not previously taken)	3	X
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
CHEM 3113	Organic Chemistry II	3		ZOOL 3163	Human Structure & Function II	3
CHEM 3111	Organic Chemistry II Lab	1		ZOOL 3161	Human Structure & Function II Lab	1
PHYS 2064	Physics II	4		BIOL 4131 & BIOL 4133 or CHEM 4243	Cell Biology & Lab or Biochemistry	3 or 4
ZOOL 3153	Human Structure & Function I	3		Elective 3000/4000	Student's Choice	3
ZOOL 3151	Human Structure & Function I Lab	1		BIOL 4014	Microbiology	4
BIOL 3313	Genetics	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
BIOL 3311	Genetics Lab	1
Total Hours		16		Total Hours		17 or 18
Year 4				Year 4
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
Biology Elective 3000/4000	Student's Choice	4		Biology Elective 3000/4000	Student's Choice	4	X
Biology Elective 3000/4000	Student's Choice	4		BIOL 4371	Biological Seminar	1
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		Enhancement	Gen ed course not previously taken or select from enhancement list	3
Elective	Pre-professional Elective	3 or 4		Elective	Pre-professional Elective	3
				Elective	Pre-professional Elective	3 or 4
				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
Total Hours		14 or 15		Total Hours		17-18

Total Junior/Senior Hours		46-47		Total Degree Hours		126-129

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
124 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