Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ | Catalog: 2021-2022 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Program: Marine Biology, BS | |||
Marine Biology, BSTo declare a Marine Biology Major:
Major credit requirements:
Students will be encouraged to identify career paths and / or graduate programs as soon as possible. Given that certain careers or programs will require coursework or experience beyond the requirements of this major, additional advising will be provided that is tailored to each student’s individual needs. A student majoring in Marine Biology may not also major or minor in Biology. Marine Biology Sample Program |
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A major in Marine Biology consists of a minimum of 39 credits and 20 credits of collaterals. | ||||
Core Courses: | ||||
Course Name | credits | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
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BIO 201 - Principles of Biology 1 | 4 credits | |||
BIO 202 - Principles of Biology 2 | 4 credits | |||
BIO 380 - Ecology | 4 credits | |||
MBI 280 - Introduction to Marine Science | 4 credits | |||
MBI 283 - Marine Ecology | 3 credits | |||
One Cell/Genetics course from the following: | ||||
Course Name | credits | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
BIO 360 - Genetics | 4 credits | |||
BIO 331 - Cell Biology | 4 credits | |||
One Quantitative course from the following: | ||||
Course Name | credits | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
BIO 310 - Biostatistics | 3 credits | |||
MAT 221 - Calculus 1 | 4 credits | |||
MAT 222 - Calculus 2 | 4 credits | |||
An approved field experience in marine biology is required and may be satisfied by one semester in residence at an approved marine field station or one approved internship.Students may receive credit fo this experience, which they can apply to either their core, elective, or collateral requirements. Currently approved field stations are the Discovery Bay, Jamaica; Motte Marine Laboratory, Florida, Orpheus Island Research Station, James Cook University, Australia and St. George’s University, Grenada. Internships that past students have used to satisfy this reqiurement include working with Discovery World (Milwaukee), helping to maintain their aqauria, or a three-week J-term internship working with the Lowry Park Zoo Manatee Rehabilitation Program (Tampa, FL). These options are listed as examples of what previous students have done and as examples of programs that fit this requirement. Students are encouraged to seek an opportunity that best fits their interests and needs, and thus should not feel limited by these options. | ||||
At least 13 credits of electives not used above. | ||||
Course Name | credits | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
BIO 275 - Evolution and Diversity | 3 credits | |||
BIO 321 - Invertebrate Zoology | 4 credits | |||
BIO 322 - Vertebrate Zoology | 4 credits | |||
BIO 324 - Botany | 4 credits | |||
BIO 331 - Cell Biology | 4 credits | |||
BIO 341 - General Microbiology | 4 credits | |||
BCH 350 - Biochemistry 1 | 3 credits | |||
BIO 360 - Genetics | 4 credits | |||
BIO 481 - Natural Resources Connections | 3 credits | |||
BIO 483 - Stream Ecology | 4 credits | |||
MBI 490 - Marine Biology Internship | Variable credits | |||
MBI 498 - Independent Research | Variable credits | |||
Collateral Requirements | ||||
Core collateral requirements: | ||||
Course Name | credits | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
CHE 161 - General Chemistry 1 | 4 credits | |||
CHE 162 - General Chemistry 2 | 4 credits | |||
CHE 168 - General Chemistry 1 Lab | 1 credits | |||
CHE 169 - General Chemistry 2 Lab | 1 credits | |||
CHE 221 - Organic Chemistry 1 | 3 credits | |||
One of the following Physics courses: | ||||
PHY 151 - General Physics 1 | 4 credits | |||
PHY 152 - General Physics 2 | 4 credits | |||
PHY 201 - General Physics 1: Space, Time and Motion | 5 credits | |||
PHY 202 - General Physics 2: Electricity, Magnetism and Light | 5 credits | |||
At least 4 credits from the following elective collaterals not used above.: | ||||
Course Name | credits | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
ANT 100 - General Anthropology | 3 credits | |||
ANT 101 - Biological Anthropology | 4 credits | |||
ANT 102 - Cultural Anthropology | 3 credits | |||
ANT 103 - Archaeology | 3 credits | |||
ANT 321 - Globalization | 3 credits | |||
ANT 323 - Peoples and Cultures of Selected World Areas | 3 credits | |||
CHE 210 - Quantitative Analysis | 3 credits | |||
CHE 222 - Organic Chemistry 2 | 3 credits | |||
CHE 228 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1 | 1 credits | |||
CHE 310 - Instrumental Analysis | 4 credits | |||
BCH 350 - Biochemistry 1 | 3 credits | |||
ESS 182 - Environmental Science | 4 credits | |||
ESS 300 - Geomorphology | 4 credits | |||
MAT 221 - Calculus 1 | 4 credits | |||
MAT 222 - Calculus 2 | 4 credits | |||
MAT 223 - Calculus 3 | 4 credits | |||
PHI 201 - Ethics | 3 credits | |||
PHY 201 - General Physics 1: Space, Time and Motion | 5 credits | |||
PHY 202 - General Physics 2: Electricity, Magnetism and Light | 5 credits | |||
PHY 301 - Classical Mechanics | 3 credits | |||
PHY 302 - Classical Electrodynamics | 3 credits | |||
PHY 341 - Thermodynamics | 3 credits | |||
PHY 342 - Quantum Mechanics | 3 credits | |||
General Education Core Curriculum | ||||
Liberal Arts Core | ||||
Course Name | credits | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
COL 101 - Introduction to College Experiences | 1 credits | |||
PED 100 - Health & Wellness and Activity | 1 credits | |||
LAS 101 - Liberal Arts Seminar | 1 credits | |||
LAS 401 - Independent Liberal Arts Capstone or LAS 402 - Liberal Arts Capstone | 2 credits | |||
Lutheran Theology | ||||
Course Name | credits | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
One course from: | ||||
THE 105 - Introduction to Scripture | 3 credits | |||
THE 110 - Introduction to Theology | 3 credits | |||
One course in Biblical Theology: | ||||
THE 221 - The Book of Genesis | 3 credits | |||
THE 225 - History of Israel ♦ | 3 credits | |||
THE 227 - Old Testament Poetry and Wisdom Literature | 3 credits | |||
THE 228 - Old Testament Prophets | 3 credits | |||
THE 230 - The New Testament | 3 credits | |||
THE 231 - The Life of Christ | 3 credits | |||
THE 234 - Pauline Epistles | 3 credits | |||
THE 235 - Romans | 3 credits | |||
THE 238 - Hebrews and the General Epistles | 3 credits | |||
THE 239 - The Book of Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature | 3 credits | |||
One course in Applied Theology: | ||||
THE 311 - Christian Faith and Life | 3 credits | |||
THE 312 - Theology of Christian Worship | 3 credits | |||
THE 331 - Introduction to World Religions ♦ | 3 credits | |||
THE 332 - Christ and Culture ♦ | 3 credits | |||
THE 350 - Archaeology and the Biblical World | 3 credits | |||
PHI 201 - Ethics | 3 credits | |||
PHI 202 - Apologetics | 3 credits | |||
One course in Systematic Theology: | ||||
THE 401 - Basic Teachings of the Bible 1 | 3 credits | |||
THE 402 - Basic Teachings of the Bible 2 | 3 credits | |||
THE 411 - Lutheran Confessions | 3 credits | |||
THE 421 - Religion in America ♦ | 3 credits | |||
THE 441 - History of Christianity | 3 credits | |||
THE 442 - History of the Reformations | 3 credits | |||
THE 461 - Thought and Life of Martin Luther | 3 credits | |||
Professional Development | ||||
Course Name | credits | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
Grade of “C” or better is required. | ||||
COM 101 - Introduction to Communication | 3 credits | |||
ENG 101 - Writing and Rhetoric | 3 credits | |||
Approaches to Individual and Social Questions | ||||
Course Name | credits | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
One Literature course from: | ||||
ENG 210 - American Literature 1 | 3 credits | |||
ENG 211 - American Literature 2 | 3 credits | |||
ENG 220 - British Literature 1 | 3 credits | |||
ENG 221 - British Literature 2 | 3 credits | |||
ENG 293 - Genre Studies: Drama | 3 credits | |||
ENG 294 - Genre Studies: Poetry | 3 credits | |||
ENG 295 - Genre Studies: Fiction | 3 credits | |||
ENG 307 - Non-Western Perspectives ♦ | 3 credits | |||
One History course from: | ||||
HIS 101 - American History 1, 1492-1865 | 3 credits | |||
HIS 102 - American History 2, 1866-1945 | 3 credits | |||
HIS 103 - Modern America, 1945-present | 3 credits | |||
HIS 111 - European History 1, to - 1500 | 3 credits | |||
HIS 112 - European History 2, 1500-1850 | 3 credits | |||
HIS 113 - Modern Europe, 1850-present | 3 credits | |||
HIS 321 - The Crusades | 3 credits | |||
HIS 352 - Islam and the Middle East ♦ | 3 credits | |||
HIS 363 - Chinese History | 3 credits | |||
HIS 371 - Native American History ♦ | 3 credits | |||
HIS 381 - American Revolution and Early Republic, 1763-1815 | 3 credits | |||
HIS 383 - American Civil War, 1848-1877 | 3 credits | |||
One Quantitative Reasoning course from: | ||||
MAT 116 - Survey of Contemporary Mathematics | 3 credits | |||
MAT 117 - Elementary Statistics | 3 credits | |||
MAT 118 - A Modeling Approach to College Algebra | 3 credits | |||
MAT 119 - Trigonometry | 3 credits | |||
MAT 221 - Calculus 1 | 4 credits | |||
One Lab Science course from: | ||||
ANT 101 - Biological Anthropology ♦ | 4 credits | |||
BIO 124 - Plant Science | 4 credits | |||
BIO 142 - Microbes - Friends and Foes and BIO 143 | 3 credits | |||
BIO 191 - Special Topic: Insect Empire | 4 credits | |||
BIO 202 - Principles of Biology 2 | 4 credits | |||
CHE 101 - Fundamentals of Chemistry | 4 credits | |||
CHE 105 - Food and Cooking Chemistry | 4 credits | |||
CHE 161 - General Chemistry 1 and CHE 168 - General Chemistry 1 Lab (one additional credit) | 4 credits | |||
ESS 182 - Environmental Science | 4 credits | |||
PHY 101 - Introduction to Astronomy and PHY 105 - Astronomy Laboratory (one additional credit) | 3 credits | |||
or PHY 102 and PHY 105 One Social Science course from: | ||||
ANT 100 - General Anthropology ♦ | 3 credits | |||
ANT 102 - Cultural Anthropology ♦ | 3 credits | |||
ANT 322 - Food and Culture ♦ | 3 credits | |||
BUS 150 - Introduction to Business | 3 credits | |||
BUS 181 - Principles of Microeconomics | 3 credits | |||
COM 203 - Introduction to Mass and Social Media | 3 credits | |||
COM 211 - Small Group Communication | 3 credits | |||
COM 260 - Interpersonal Communication | 3 credits | |||
COM 309 - Intercultural Communication ♦ | 3 credits | |||
PHI 101 - Introduction to Philosophy | 3 credits | |||
POL 110 - Introduction to American Government and Politics | 3 credits | |||
POL 290 - Politics and Governments of Developed and Developing Nations ♦ | 3 credits | |||
POL 390 - Central Europe: International Travel Course ♦ | 3 credits | |||
PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology | 3 credits | |||
PSY 120 - Human Growth and Development | 3 credits | |||
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology ♦ | 3 credits | |||
SPE 240 - Sport Psychology | 3 credits | |||
One Fine Arts course from: | ||||
ART 110 - Drawing 1 | 3 credits | |||
ART 120 - Fundamentals of 2-D | 3 credits | |||
ART 130 - Fundamentals of 3-D | 3 credits | |||
ART 140 - Introductory Web Design | 3 credits | |||
ART 150 - Non-Western Art ♦ | 3 credits | |||
ART 200 - Introduction to Visual Art | 3 credits | |||
MUS 100 - Music Appreciation | 3 credits | |||
MUS 101 - Music Fundamentals | 3 credits | |||
MUS 105 - American Popular Music | 3 credits | |||
MUS 110 - Music Theory 1/ Sightsinging | 3 credits | |||
THR 101 - Introduction to Theatre | 3 credits | |||
THR 210 - Acting 1 | 3 credits | |||
or successfully complete MUS 025 three times | ||||
Intercultural Knowledge and Competence | ||||
Course Name | credits | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
One cultural diversity course (can be met by a course used to satisfy one of the other GENED requirements indicated by ♦ above): | ||||
ANT 100 - General Anthropology | 3 credits | |||
ANT 101 - Biological Anthropology | 4 credits | |||
ANT 102 - Cultural Anthropology | 3 credits | |||
ANT 322 - Food and Culture | 3 credits | |||
ART 150 - Non-Western Art | 3 credits | |||
COM 309 - Intercultural Communication | 3 credits | |||
ENG 307 - Non-Western Perspectives | 3 credits | |||
HIS 352 - Islam and the Middle East | 3 credits | |||
HIS 371 - Native American History | 3 credits | |||
POL 290 - Politics and Governments of Developed and Developing Nations | 3 credits | |||
POL 390 - Central Europe: International Travel Course | 3 credits | |||
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology | 3 credits | |||
THE 225 - History of Israel | 3 credits | |||
THE 331 - Introduction to World Religions | 3 credits | |||
THE 332 - Christ and Culture | 3 credits | |||
THE 421 - Religion in America | 3 credits | |||
This requirement may also be met by a second foreign language course (GER 100, GER 101, GER 102, SPA 100, SPA 101) or ANT 104: | ||||
GER 100 - Navigating Cultural Pitfalls | 3 credits | |||
GER 101 - Elementary German 1 | 4 credits | |||
GER 102 - Elementary German 2 | 4 credits | |||
SPA 100 - Hispanic Cultures | 3 credits | |||
SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish 1 | 4 credits | |||
ANT 104 - Linguistic Anthropology | 3 credits | |||
BS/BSN Foreign Language | ||||
Course Name | credits | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
For the BS and BSN, one of the following: Completion of two sequential years of high school foreign language or completion of a foreign language diversity course: | ||||
ANT 104 - Linguistic Anthropology | 3 credits | |||
GER 100 - Navigating Cultural Pitfalls | 3 credits | |||
GER 101 - Elementary German 1 | 4 credits | |||
GER 102 - Elementary German 2 | 4 credits | |||
SPA 100 - Hispanic Cultures | 3 credits | |||
SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish 1 | 4 credits | |||
Note: If a course is used to satisfy the foreign language requirement it may not be used to satisfy the Intercultural Knowledge and Competence requirement. | ||||
Degree Credit Requirements
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Suggested General Education Sequencing
(Full general education information may be found here.)
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