Dec 21, 2024  
2024-2025 College Catalog 
  
2024-2025 College Catalog

Biology Option, A.S. - Science/Mathematics


This program is designed for students who wish to pursue a bachelor’s degree at a four-year institution, majoring in Biology or a related science.

According to the National Research Council, students should be able to demonstrate that:

  • Science is an evidence-based way of thinking about the natural world and understanding how it operates.
  • Science is a process with rules of operation that allow our understanding of the natural world to evolve.
  • Science is based on reproducible evidence and observations that contain uncertainties.
  • The sciences are related to each other, mathematics, and everyday life.
  • Science is driven by globalization, technology, and new instrumentation and measurement tools.
  • Scientific meanings of theory and law are different than popular meanings.

First Year


Total Semester Hours: 17


Winter Session


Total Semester Hours: 14


Summer Session


Second Year


Fall Semester


Total Semester Hours: 14


Winter Session


Spring Semester


Total Semester Hours: 15


Summer Session


Total Program Hours: 60


*Students testing higher than MATH 110  on the CLM test may take MATH 111 , MATH 112 , MATH 113 , MATH 114  or MATH 213  to satisfy this math requirement.

Humanities General Education Courses (Recommended)


Recommended courses listed below but student can also choose from the list of approved General Education  courses in the College catalog.

Social Science General Education Courses (Recommended)


Recommended courses listed below but student can also choose from the list of approved General Education  courses in the College catalog.

Option Electives (Recommended)


Recommended courses are listed below but students can also choose from the list of approved Biology Elective courses in the College catalog.