BSBO - Bachelor of Science in Biology

Admissions Requirements

• A high school diploma or GED

• Credentials earned outside of the US must be evaluated by an approved agency

• GPA of 2.0 or higher

• Official transcripts from all previously attended institutions

• Completed application with Carolina University

Graduation Requirements

• Shall have maintained a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0;

• Shall have passed all courses in the curriculum and made a C- or better in professional core courses;

• Shall have completed at least 24 of the final 30 hours with Carolina University.

Courses (123 Credit Hours)

General Education Core (36 Credit Hours) - must include the following:

course - Precalculus Algebra (3 Credit Hours)

course - Biology I (3 Credit Hours)

course - Biology II (3 Credit Hours)

Professional Core (63 Credit Hours)

course - Biology I Lab 1 Credit Hour

course - Biology II Lab 1 Credit Hour

course - Genetics (3 Credit Hours)

course - Developmental Biology (3 Credit Hours)

course - Microbiology with Lab (4 Credit Hours)

course - Introduction to Cell Biology (3 Credit Hours)

course - Introduction to Molecular Biology (3 Credit Hours)

course - Ecology (3 Credit Hours)

course - Immunology (3 Credit Hours)

course - Biochemistry (3 Credit Hours)

course - General Chemistry I w/Lab (4 Credit Hours)

course - General Chemistry II w/Lab (4 Credit Hours)

course - Organic Chemistry I w/Lab (4 Credit Hours)

course - Organic Chemistry II w/Lab (4 Credit Hours)

course - Precalculus Trigonometry (3 Credit Hours)

course - Calculus I (3 Credit Hours)

course - Calculus II (3 Credit Hours)

course - Probability and Statistics (3 Credit Hours)

course - General Physics I w/Lab (4 Credit Hours)

course - General Physics II w/Lab (4 Credit Hours)

Professional Electives (Choose 18 Credit Hours)

course - Plant Biology w/Lab (4 Credit Hours)

course - Zoology (3 Credit Hours)

course - Human Genetics (3 Credit Hours)

course - Anatomy and Physiology I w/Lab (4 Credit Hours)

course - Neurobiology I (3 Credit Hours)

course - Neurobiology II (3 Credit Hours)

course - Seminar in Biology (1 Credit Hour)

course - Anatomy of Vertebrates (3 Credit Hours)

course - Anatomy and Physiology II w/Lab (4 Credit Hours)

course - Lab methods in Molecular Biology (4 Credit Hours)

course - Research Statistical Methods for Biological Sciences (3 Credit Hours)

course - Public Health Biology (3 Credit Hours)

course - Public Health Biology II (3 Credit Hours)

course - Special Topics in Biology (3 Credit Hours)

Free Electives (6 Credit Hours)