Biology B.S.– Concentration: Integrative Organismal Biology
Coordinator: Professor Terry L. Master
Program Features
59 Semester hours
Required courses:
BIOL 114: See Directed GE Courses below.
plus 24 additional semester hours of biology electives distributed among four course clusters as follows:
Principles Course Cluster –
6 semester hours from
Organismal Course Cluster –
6 semester hours from
Physio./Pathological/Morpho. Course Cluster –
6 semester hours from
Ecology Course Cluster –
6 semester hours from
Co-requisite courses:
| CHEM 121 | GE: General Chemistry I | 3 credits |
| CHEM 123 | GE: General Chemistry I Lab | 1 credits |
| CHEM 124 | GE: General Chemistry II | 3 credits |
| CHEM 126 | GE: General Chemistry II Lab | 1 credits |
| CHEM 233 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 credits |
| CHEM 234 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 credits |
| CHEM 235 | Organic Chemistry I Lab | 1 credits |
| CHEM 236 | Organic Chemistry II Lab | 1 credits |
| PHYS 131 | GE: Fundamnt Physics I | 0 - 4 credits |
| PHYS 132 | GE: Fundmnt Physics II | 0 - 4 credits |
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| MATH 135 | GE: Pre-Calculus | 3 credits |
| | Or | |
| MATH 140 | GE: Calculus I | 4 credits |
| | Or | |
| MATH 141 | GE: Calculus II | 4 credits |
CHEM 121: See Directed GE Courses below.
one additional course in MATH not including:
| MATH 090 | Intermediate Algebra | 3 credits |
| MATH 100 | GE: Numbers Sets & Structures | 3 credits |
| MATH 101 | GE: Excursions in Mathematics | 3 credits |
| MATH 105 | Mathematical Problem Solving for Pre-K to Grade 8 Education Majors | 3 credits |
| GEOG 341 | Geographic Information Systems | 3 credits |
Directed General Education courses:
The following required courses will also fulfill requirements within the General Education program:
| BIOL 114 | GE: Introductory Biology I | 0 - 4 credits |
| CHEM 121 | GE: General Chemistry I | 3 credits |
| PHYS 131 | GE: Fundamnt Physics I | 0 - 4 credits |
| PHYS 132 | GE: Fundmnt Physics II | 0 - 4 credits |
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| MATH 135 | GE: Pre-Calculus | 3 credits |
| | Or | |
| MATH 140 | GE: Calculus I | 4 credits |
| | Or | |
| MATH 141 | GE: Calculus II | 4 credits |
A minimum grade of “C” is required in all required and co-requisite courses.
Required quality point average:
Minimum 2.5 or greater in Biology courses.
Additional requirements:
- At least one-half of the credit hours required in BIOL must be completed at East Stroudsburg University.