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PROGRAM CODE: A6 BIOL BS BS CATALOG YEAR: 20094
Bachelor of Science - Biology (Biomedical Sciences Concentration)
College of Science
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The University of Arizona
ACADEMIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS REPORT
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University Graduation Requirements
All course work and requirements for this degree must be
completed prior to the date the degree is awarded.
- The University of Arizona and the Arizona Board of
Regents have sole discretion over all curricula changes.
- Courses, programs & requirements may be suspended,
deleted, restricted, or changed in any manner, at any
time.
- Students must remain currently informed about all policies
& other info that bears on completing a degree.
Minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) Requirements
- Major course work: 2.000 GPA in each discipline.
- Minor course work: 2.000 GPA in each minor.
- University of Arizona course work: 2.000 GPA.
Units: See the 'Earned' total under 'Units required for this
degree' for a total minus any duplicate credit or excess
community college credit, and adjusted in accordance with
academic policies in your Catalog.
Application for Degree Candidacy
- Students must apply for degree candidacy in order to
graduate and receive a degree and diploma.
- Contact your college/major advisor to determine the
appropriate time to apply for degree candidacy.
- Detailed degree candidacy & graduation info available at
http://www.registrar.arizona.edu/graduation/udegcert.htm
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Units required for this degree
A minimum of 120 units is required for this degree.
Additional units will be required to complete this degree
if a student:
A) is admitted to the UA with deficiencies;
B) changes his/her academic program;
C) fails to meet minimum course/program requirements; or
D) ineffectively plans or fails to execute a course of
study that leads directly to degree completion.
E) is completing more than one baccalaureate degree.
--> NEEDS:120.00 UNITS
1) A maximum of 64 units of community college course work
may apply toward graduation.
2) A maximum of 60 units of correspondence credit and/or
credit by exam may apply toward graduation.
3) A maximum of 15 units completed as a non-degree seeking
student may be used for fulfilling undergraduate degree
requirements.
4) A minimum of 30 units of UA University Credit
(excluding correspondence credit and credit by exam)
is required.
NEEDS: 30.00 UNITS
5) A minimum of 18 of the final 30 units taken toward
degree requirements must be UA University Credit.
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UA Earned Hours & Cumulative GPA
A 2.000 cumulative GPA is required to graduate from the
University of Arizona (excluding correspondence and
credit by exam).
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Upper Division Units Requirement
A minimum of 42 units of upper-division credit are
required for this degree.
- 1) NEEDS: 42.00 UNITS
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University Composition Requirements
- 1) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: ENGL 101 ,103H,107
- 2) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: ENGL 102 ,104H,108
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OR AP Exam and ENGL 109H
- 1) SELECT FROM: ENGL 109H
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Mid-Career Writing Assessment
- 1) The Mid-Career Writing Assessment is satisfied by
earning a grade of B or better in second semester
English Composition (ENGL 102, 104H, 108, or 109H).
Students who do not earn a grade of B or better in ENGL
102, 104H, 108, or 109H must also satisfy a college or
department writing requirement.
SELECT FROM: ENGL 102 ,104H,108 ,109H
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Second Language - 2nd Semester Proficiency
Demonstrate second semester proficiency in a second
language by completing one of the following:
- 1) Pass a language proficiency examination at the second
semester level.
- OR) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
-> NOT FROM: SPAN 414 ,423A,423B,397W,406A,465C,465D
HIST 465D ITAL 399 TO 399H,330A TO 330D FREN 414 ,
FREN 393 ,325 ,399 TO 399H
SELECT FROM: ARB 102 ,439B,425B,424B,401 TO 403
CHN 102 ,201 ,202 ,403 ,423 ,422 ,404 ,415 TO
CHN 418 CRL 102 ,197A,201 ,202 ,297A,301 ,302 ,
CRL 397A,497A FREN 102 ,112 ,113 ,201 ,202 ,212 ,
FREN 213 ,301 TO 443 GER 102 ,201 ,202 ,203 ,
GER 211 GRK 102 ,104 ,201 ,202 ,204 ,402 ,412 ,
GRK 421 TO 432 ITAL 102 ,102Z,201 ,202 TO 202Z,
ITAL 305A TO 420 JPN 102 ,201 ,202 ,403 ,405 ,
JPN 415 TO 417 ,421 ,422 JUS 103B,203A,203B,303
LAT 102 ,201 ,202 ,212 ,400 TO 428 LING 104B,
LING 307B,204A,204B NES 102 ,103B,203B,303
PRS 102 ,401 TO 404 PORT 102 ,205 ,206 ,305 ,
PORT 325 ,425 TO 449 RSSS 101B,201A,201B,301A,
RSSS 301B,305 ,307A,307B,405A,405B,407A,407B
SERP 370B,431A,431B SPAN 102 ,103 ,201 ,202 ,203 ,
SPAN 204C,205 ,206 ,302 TO 322 ,323 OR SPNV 323
SPAN 324 ,325 OR SPNV 325 SPAN 326 TO 332 ,333
OR SPNV 333 SPAN 334 TO 339 ,340 OR SPNV 340
SPAN 341 TO 349 ,350 OR SPNV 350 SPAN 351 TO
SPAN 397B,398 ,399 OR SPNV 399 SPAN 400 ,401 OR
SPNV 401 SPAN 402 ,403 OR SPNV 403 SPAN 404
TO 432 ,433 OR SPNV 433 SPAN 434 TO 440 ,441
OR SPNV 441 SPAN 442 TO 447 ,448 OR SPNV 448
SPAN 449 OR SPNV 449 SPAN 450 OR SPNV 450
SPAN 451 TO 472 ,473 OR SPNV 473
TURK 102 (FA05 OR AFTER),401 (FA05 OR AFTER),
TURK 402 (FA05 OR AFTER),403 (FA07 OR AFTER),
TURK 404 (SP08 OR AFTER)
NOTE - Credit will not be given for a course at an
equivalent or lower level than prior language credit
earned.
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Mathematics Requirement - Substantial Strand
- 1) Complete one 3 unit course from the following
NEEDS: 3.00 UNITS
-> NOT FROM: MATH 197A,199 ,199H,301 ,294A,299 ,299H,
MATH 302A,302B,397A,399 ,399H,481
SELECT FROM: MATH 124 ,125 ,129 ,223 TO 499
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University General Education - Tier One
--> NEEDS: 2 SUB-REQTS.
- 1) Individuals and Societies - fulfillment of Individuals
and Societies requires completion of two distinctly
numbered courses (e.g., INDV 101 & 103).
NEEDS: 2 COURSES
SELECT FROM: INDV 101 ,102 ,103
2) Natural Sciences - satisfied by coursework completed
for the major.
- 3) Traditions and Cultures - fulfillment of Traditions and
Cultures requires completion of two distinctly numbered
courses (e.g., TRAD 102 & 104).
NEEDS: 2 COURSES
SELECT FROM: TRAD 101 ,102 ,103 ,104
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University General Education - Tier Two
--> NEEDS: 3 SUB-REQTS.
- 1) Arts
NEEDS: 3.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: ARE 130 ARH 201 ,202 ,203 ,312 ,314 ,
ARH 315 ,316A(FA06 OR AFTER),316B(FA06 OR AFTER),
ARH 319 (SP08 OR AFTER),322 ART 203 ,
ART 358 (S106 OR AFTER) DNC 100 ,112A,112B,112C,
DNC 143 ,144A,144B,144C,152A,152B,152C,175 ,176A,
DNC 176B,177C(FA08 OR AFTER),177D(FA08 OR AFTER),
DNC 200 ,276A,276B ENGL 209 ,210 ,300
HNRS 295B(SP05 OR AFTER) JPN 245
M AR 102 (FA99-S107),252 (S107 OR AFTER) MUS 100 ,
MUS 101A,107 ,108 ,109 ,231 ,237 ,328 ,334 ,337 ,
MUS 344 ,360 NES 344 T AR 100 ,103 ,238 ,336
- 2) Humanities - prerequisite course work in Tier 1 (TRAD)
must be completed prior to taking.
NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: AFAS 200 ,222 ,224 ,255 ,
AFAS 315 (SP06 OR AFTER),320 ,365 ,381 CLAS 220 ,
CLAS 221 ,300 ,342 ,346 ,360 ENGL 220A,220B,231 ,
ENGL 260 ,261 ,265 ,267 ,280 FREN 245 ,249 ,280 ,
FREN 282 ,283 ,284 GER 273 ,275 ,276 ,278 ,325 ,
GER 373 ,375 ,376 ,379 HNRS 200 (S108 OR AFTER)
ITAL 230A,230B,240 ,250A,250B,250C,250D,330B
JPN 220 ,311 JUS 301 ,372A,372B LAT 201 ,202
NES 277A,330 PHIL 222 ,260 ,261 ,262 ,
PHIL 325 (SP08 OR AFTER) RELI 210 ,250 ,300 ,304
RSSS 210 ,304 (SP07 OR AFTER),340 ,350 SPAN 210
UNVR 310 (FA06 OR AFTER),315 (FA06 OR AFTER)
W S 200 ,317
- 3) Individuals and Societies - prerequisite course work in
Tier 1 (INDV) must be completed prior to taking.
NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: A ED 408 AFAS 340 AGTM 380 ANTH 202 ,
ANTH 203 ,205 ,206 ,207 ,307 OR ANTV 307
ANTH 314 ,316 ,320 AREC 350 CLAS 240 ,305 ,306 ,
CLAS 335 ,362 ECON 200 ,201A,210 EDL 200
ED P 200 FCSC 302 (S108 OR AFTER) GEOG 210 ,251 ,
GEOG 256 ,367 GER 274 ITAL 330D JUS 370A,370B
LING 210 ,211 LRC 139 (FA08-SP09),204 ,
LRC 239 (SP09 OR AFTER) MAS 265 ,365 ,375
MSE 259 NES 334 NURS 310 ,376
PHIL 205 (FA07 OR AFTER),233 ,264 ,323 ,
PHIL 345 (SP08 OR AFTER),346 POL 201 ,202 ,203 ,
POL 204 PSYC 200 (S105 OR AFTER),277 ,461A
RCSC 204 (S108 OR AFTER) RNR 256 (SP06 OR AFTER)
RSSS 275 ,315 ,328 SERP 200 SOC 260 ,280
W S 210 ,240
4) Natural Sciences - satisfied by course work completed
for the major.
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Diversity Emphasis Courses: Gender, Race, Class,
Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation or Non-Western Area Studies
- 1) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: A ED 408 (FA06 OR AFTER) AFAS 222 ,255 ,
AFAS 302 ,304A,304B,306 ,315 (SP06 OR AFTER),340 ,
AFAS 342 ,365 ,381 ,444 (FA03 OR AFTER) A ED 408
ANTH 202 ,203 ,205 ,206 ,307 OR ANTV 307
ANTH 314 (FA07 OR AFTER),316 ,320 ,
ANTH 375 (FA07 OR AFTER) ARH 203 CHN 251 ,275 ,
CHN 276 ,331 ,340 ,341 ,419 ,420 ,429 ,430 ,431 ,
CHN 443 ,468 ,475A,475B,475D,475E,482 ,483 ,495A
CLAS 362 DNC 177C(FA08 OR AFTER),
DNC 177D(FA08 OR AFTER) EAS 130 ,333 ,345 ,350 ,
EAS 445 ,452 ,487A,487B,496C FREN 245 ,249
GEOG 210 ,251 ,369 ,413 GER 274 ,278 ,373 ,376
HIST 253 ,254 ,489 HUMS 260 ,333 ,365 ,370 ,420
INDV 101 (SP06 OR AFTER) RACE, ETHNICITY+AM DREAM
ITAL 330B,330D JPN 220 ,245 ,272 ,304 ,310 ,311 ,
JPN 396H,402 ,411 ,412 ,446A,446B,447A,447B,485 ,
JPN 486 ,489 ,495B,496A,496C JUS 370A,370B,372A,
JUS 372B LING 210 MAS 265 ,365 ,375 MUS 109 ,
MUS 334 ,337 ,344 NES 277A,330 ,334 ,
NES 375 (FA07 OR AFTER) PHIL 325 (SP08 OR AFTER)
POL 330 ,332 ,334 ,335 ,441 ,464 ,468 ,476 OR
POLV 476 POL 478 ,487A RELI 210 RSSS 315 ,328 ,
RSSS 350 SOC 222 ,260 ,280 ,324 ,427 ,450 ,459 ,
SOC 467 SPAN 210 TRAD 101
UNVR 310 (FA06 OR AFTER),315 (FA07 OR AFTER)
W S 200 ,210 ,240
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Biology Writing Proficiency/Assessment
- 1) Biology majors who took the University Writing
Proficiency Exam and did not earn a passing grade of
E/S must complete 1 course from the following:
SELECT FROM: ENGL 308 OR ENGV 308 ENGL 414
SWES 408
- 2) GBIO majors not meeting Mid-Career Writing Assessment
requirements must complete 1 course from the following:
SELECT FROM: ENGL 308 OR ENGV 308 ENGL 414
SWES 408
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Writing Emphasis Course
- 1) Select 1 course.
SELECT FROM: ECOL 330 ,406R,437 ,438 ,475 ,482 ,483 ,
ECOL 484 ,485 ,487R MCB 404 ,422 ,455 ,469 ,470 ,
MCB 473 MIC 419
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Science Foundation Courses
(Biomedical Sciences Concentration)
- 1) Chemistry - select 1 set.
SELECT FROM: CHEM 103A & 104A (OR) 151
- 2) Select 1 set.
SELECT FROM: CHEM 103B & 104B (OR) 152
- 3) Select 2 courses.
SELECT FROM: CHEM 241A,243A
- 4) Select 2 courses.
SELECT FROM: CHEM 241B,243B
- 5) Select 2 courses.
SELECT FROM: MATH 129 ,263
- 6) Select 2 courses.
SELECT FROM: PHYS 131 ,132
- OR) Select 2 courses.
SELECT FROM: PHYS 102 ,103
- 7) Select 2 courses.
SELECT FROM: PHYS 181 ,182
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Biology Major
Biomedical Sciences Concentration
The Biology Major requires a minimum of 35 units.
--> NEEDS: 35.00 UNITS
- 1) Core Courses - select 6 sets.
SELECT FROM: MCB 181R,181L ECOL 182R & 182L (OR)
ECOL 182 ,302 ,320 ,335
- 2) Organismal Biology concentration - select 1 course.
SELECT FROM: BIOC 460 ,462A
- 3) Physiology - 8 hours required.
NEEDS: 8.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: AN S 315L,315R ECOL 330 ,340 ,437
MIC 328 PL S 360 ,440 PSIO 380 ,403 ,420 ,425 ,
PSIO 445 ,464 ,467 ,480 ,485 V SC 400A,400B
ADVR 321 TO 325
- 4) Genetics - 3 hours required.
NEEDS: 3.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: ECOL 321 ,416 ,424 ,426 ,433 ,453
MCB 422 ,473 MIC 340 PL P 428L,428R PL S 312
ADVR 301 TO 305
- 5) Cell/Molecular Biology - 3 hours required.
NEEDS: 3.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: BIOC 401 MCB 407 ,410 ,411 ,455 ,473
MIC 328 ,419 MCB 433 NRSC 282 PL P 428R
PL S 440 PSIO 403 ,464 ADVR 306 TO 310
- 6) Organismal Biology (microorganisms) - Select 1 course.
SELECT FROM: MIC 328 ,429 ,433 PL P 305 ,329 ,427R,
PL P 428R,451 SWES 425 ,426 V SC 420 ,423
ADVR 311 TO 315
- 7) Organismal Biology (macroorganisms) - Select 1 course.
SELECT FROM: ECOL 303 ,330 ,340 ,414 ,437 ,451 ,472 ,
ECOL 475 ,480 ,482 ,483 ,484 ,485 ,488 ,496J
ENTO 405 ,411 ,415L,415R MCB 407 NRSC 381
PL S 360 PSIO 467 ,480 SWES 474 V SC 400A,
V SC 400B,403R,456 ADVR 316 TO 320
- 8) Darwinian Medicine - select 1 course.
SELECT FROM: ECOL 195D,409 V SC 438
- 9) Science and Society - select 1 course.
SELECT FROM: MCB 404 PHIL 310 ,321
- 10) Laboratory component - select 1 course.
SELECT FROM: AN S 315L ECOL 303 ,321 ,406L,450 ,472 ,
ECOL 475 ,480 ,482 ,483 ,485 ,487L ENTO 415L
GEOS 412A MCB 422 ,473 MIC 421B,443 PL P 427L,
PL P 428L PL S 312 PSIO 425 ,445 SWES 426
V SC 403L,423 ADVR 346
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Second Major
A second major is optional.
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Optional Minor
A minor is optional. Select in consultation with your
major advisor. Adjustments must be approved by the minor
department.
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Additional Course Work
Courses listed in this section may include general
elective credits, UA courses and transferable courses
from other institutions. Consult with your advisor to
determine if courses listed in this section may be used
to fulfill a requirement or sub-requirement in your
degree program.
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Excluded Course Work
Courses listed in this section may include
non-transferable units, remedial units, courses in
progress('K' grades), Academic Renewal (ACR) courses,
withdrawals, non-qualifying exams (AP, CLEP, IB), and
audited courses. Only courses with a grade of "C" or
better are transferable to UA.
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