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BABO - Bachelor of Arts in Biology

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Program Requirements

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 (45 Credit Hours)

course - Genetics (3 Credit Hours)

course - Developmental Biology (3 Credit Hours)

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

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

Professional Electives (15 Credit Hours)

6 Credit Hours must be 400-level or higher

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

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

course - Public Health Biology (3 Credit Hours)

course - Public Health Biology II (3 Credit Hours)

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

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

Free Electives (27 Credit Hours)