Biological Sciences, BS, Concentration: Health Sciences

English Composition (6 Credits)

• ENGL 10400 - English Composition I
• ENGL 10500 - English Composition II

Speech Communication (3 Credits)

• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication

Quantitative Reasoning (3 Credits)

• MA 16031 - Calculus I For Life Sciences

• or

• MA 16300 - Integrated Calculus Analysis Geometry I

Natural Sciences (8 Credits)

• BIOL 10100 - Introductory Biology
• BIOL 10200 - Introductory Biology

Technology (3 Credits)

• CIS 20400 - Introduction To Computer-Based Systems

Humanities (3 Credits)

• PHIL 11100 - Ethics

Social Sciences (3 Credits)

• PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology

First-Year Experience (FYE) (1 Credit)

• BIOL 10700 - Freshman Experience In Biological Sciences

Health Sciences Electives (9 Credits)

Maximum 3 credits of Health Sciences related independent study/research/ internship can be used to fulfill the minimum 12 credit elective requirement. BIOL 34200  and BIOL 33000  cannot be used to fulfill this requirement. Choose 3:

• BIOL 41800 - Drugs And Disease
• BIOL 48800 - Biological Sciences Internship (Health Sciences Related) (EXL)
• BIOL 48900 - Biological Sciences Research (Health Sciences Related) (EXL)
• BIOL 49500 - Special Assignments (Health Sciences Related)
• BIOL 50700 - Principles Of Molecular Biology
• BIOL 50800 - Recombinant DNA Techniques
• BIOL 51601 - Food Microbiology
• BIOL 51605 - Environmental Microbiology
• BIOL 51801 - Biology Ethical Frontiers
• BIOL 52500 - Principles Of Neurobiology
• BIOL 53300 - Medical Microbiology
• BIOL 54401 - Epigenetics
• BIOL 56100 - Immunology
• BIOL 56600 - Developmental Biology
• BIOL 59500 - Special Assignments (Health Sciences Related)
• Advanced Cell Biology
• Microbiota in Health & Disease
• Immune Disorder
• Biology of Cancer Cells
• Bioinformatics
• Cell and Tissue Culture
• Medical Genetics
• Virology

Humanities/Social Sciences Electives (6 Credits)

Select (2) Humanities/Social Sciences Electives. Gen Ed requires a 3.0 credit Humanities and a 3.0 credit Social Science course. It is important that these be chosen from the approved Gen Ed course list. This degree also requires 9.0 credits of additional electives from these two subject areas that are not required to be chosen from the Gen Ed list. Some professional schools have specific Humanities and Social Sciences course requirements for admission. Please select (2) recommended courses accordingly to fulfill this requirement or choose any courses of interest. Humanities Elective: Department of Biological Sciences accepts Humanity Elective courses with the following course subject codes: AD, COM, ENGL, ETHN, FLL, HIST, LAS, MUS, PHIL, WOST, and THTR. (Six credit hours of foreign languages may also be used to fulfill the requirement.) Social Sciences Elective: CDFS 21000 and PSY 35000  are recommended. The Department accepts Social Sciences Elective courses with the following subject code: ANTH, BHS, CDFS, COM, ECON, MGMT, POL, PSY, SOC, & WOST.

Free Electives (12 Credits)

Any (4) courses from the PNW curriculum are acceptable, students must complete at least two elective courses at the 30000 level or higher.