Biological Science: Environmental Biology, BS
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2017-2018. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 120
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
General Education Requirements | ||
English Composition | ||
See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
ENGL 1113 | Composition I | 3 |
or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Composition II | ||
Critical Analysis and Writing II | ||
Technical Writing | ||
American History & Government | ||
HIST 1103 | Survey of American History | 3 |
POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
Analytical & Quantitative Thought (A) | ||
MATH 1613 | Trigonometry (A) 1 | 3 |
STAT 4013 | Statistical Methods I (A) 1 | 3 |
or STAT 2013 | Elementary Statistics (A) | |
Humanities (H) | ||
Courses designated (H) | 6 | |
Natural Sciences (N) | ||
Must include one Laboratory Science (L) course | ||
Select one of the following: | 8 | |
General Physics (LN) and General Physics (LN) 1 | ||
General Physics (LN) and General Physics (LN) 1 | ||
Social & Behavioral Sciences (S) | ||
Course designated (S) | 3 | |
Additional General Education | ||
Courses designated (A), (H), (N), or (S) | 6 | |
Hours Subtotal | 41 | |
Diversity (D) & International Dimension (I) | ||
May be completed in any part of the degree plan | ||
Select at least one Diversity (D) course | ||
Select at least one International Dimension (I) course | ||
College/Departmental Requirements | ||
First Year Seminar | ||
A&S 1111 | A&S First Year Seminar (transfer students with 15 hours exempt) | 1 |
Arts & Humanities | ||
See note 2.a. | 3 | |
Natural & Mathematical Sciences | ||
CHEM 1314 & CHEM 1515 | General Chemistry (LN) and General Chemistry (LN) | 9 |
Foreign Language | ||
See note 3 | 0 | |
Upper-Division General Education | ||
Select 6 hours outside major department | ||
See note 2.c. | ||
Hours Subtotal | 13 | |
Major Requirements | ||
Minimum GPA 2.50 in Major Requirements OR minimum grade of “C” in each course; AND 2.0 minimum GPA in all BIOL, BOT, & MICR courses | ||
Core Courses | ||
BIOL 1114 | Introductory Biology (LN) | 4 |
BIOL 1604 | Animal Biology | 4 |
BIOL 3023 | General Genetics 2 | 3 |
BIOL 3034 | General Ecology | 4 |
BIOL 4133 | Evolution 2 | 3 |
BOT 1404 | Plant Biology (LN) | 4 |
MICR 2123 | Introduction to Microbiology | 3 |
MICR 2132 | Introduction to Microbiology Laboratory | 2 |
MICR 3033 | Cell and Molecular Biology | 3 |
Select 6 hours of upper-division coursework from: BIOL, BOT, MICR (excluding general education courses) | 6 | |
Related Courses | ||
Select one of the following: | 4 | |
Physiology | ||
Plant Physiology Laboratory and Plant Physiology | ||
BIOL 3163 | Environmental Biology | 3 |
Select one of the following: | 5 | |
The Chemistry of Organic Compounds | ||
Organic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Lab and Organic Chemistry | ||
Select two of the following: | 6 | |
Environmental Physiology | ||
Organismal Ecotoxicology | ||
Limnology | ||
Field Botany | ||
Ecology of Algae and Aquatic Plants | ||
Supplemental Courses 3 | ||
Select Upper-division coursework of the following: | 2 | |
Principles of Animal Nutrition | ||
BIOC | ||
CHEM | ||
ENVR | ||
GEOG | ||
MATH | ||
MICR (except MICR 3103) | ||
NREM | ||
Environmental Sociology (S) | ||
Environmental Inequality (S) | ||
STAT | ||
Hours Subtotal | 56 | |
Electives | ||
Select 10 hours | 10 | |
May need to include 6 hours of a foreign language. (see note 3.) | ||
May need to include 6 hours upper-division general education outside major department (see note 2.c.) and 5 additional upper-division hours. | ||
Hours Subtotal | 10 | |
Total Hours | 120 |
1 | College and Departmental Requirements that may be used to meet Gen Ed Requirements. |
2 | With approval from the advisor and department head and a minimum GPA of 3.0, a maximum of 30 hours from an accredited doctoral health program may be substituted for electives or major requirements other than BIOL 3023 General Genetics and BIOL 4133 Evolution. |
3 | No more than 3 hours of general education in the natural sciences. |
Other Requirements
- See the College of Arts and Sciences Requirements.
- Upper-Division Credit: Total hours must include at least 44 hours in courses numbered 3000 or above.
- Hours in One Department: Hours in one department in excess of 54 will be added to the minimum total of 120 required for graduation.
College of Arts and Sciences Requirements
- General Education Requirements
No more than two courses (or eight hours) from the major department may be used to meet General Education and College and Departmental Requirements. The General Education required English Composition, required U.S. History, required American Government, one required MATH or STAT course, and required foreign language for B.A. degrees do not count against the two-course maximum. - A&S College/Departmental Requirements
- Arts and Humanities are defined as any course carrying an (H) designation or courses from AMST, ART, DANC, ENGL (except ENGL 3323 Technical Writing) HIST, MUSI, PHIL (except PHIL 1313 Logic and Critical Thinking (A), PHIL 3003 Symbolic Logic (A) and PHIL 4003 Mathematical Logic and Computability), REL, TH, and foreign languages.
- Natural and Mathematical Sciences are defined as any course from the following prefixes: ASTR, BIOC, BIOL, BOT, CHEM, CS (except CS 4883 Social Issues in Computing), GEOL, MATH, MICR, PHYS, and STAT; or courses from other departments that carry an (A) or (N) general education designation.
- The required six hours of upper-division General Education may not include courses from the student’s major department. This requirement may be satisfied by courses also used to satisfy any part of a student’s degree program (i.e., in General Education, College Departmental Requirements, Major Requirements or Electives).
- Non-Western Studies Requirement for B.A. and B.F.A.; One 3-hour course in Non-Western Studies from:
Course List Code Title Hours AMIS 2013 Introduction to American Indian Studies (D) 3 AMIS 4013 American Indian Sovereignty (D) 3 ANTH 3443 Peoples of Mesoamerica (IS) 3 ANTH 4223 The Aztec Empire (H) 3 ART 3693 Survey of Asian Art (H) 3 ART 3733 History of Latin American Art I 3 ART 4603 History of Ancient Egyptian Art 3 ART 4653 History of Indian Art 3 ART 4663 History of Chinese Art (H) 3 ART 4673 History of Japanese Art 3 ART 4683 Modern and Contemporary Art in Asia 3 ART 4703 Art East and West: Biases and Borrowings 3 ART 4713 The Visual Culture of the Islamic World (HI) 3 ART 4763 Native American Art and Material Culture 3 CHIN 1813 Elementary Chinese II 3 ENGL 2963 Survey of Nonwestern Traditions (HI) 3 ENGL 3183 Native American Literature (DH) 3 ENGL 3190 Readings in Postcolonial and Multiethnic Literature (African Novel) 3 ENGL 4330 Studies in Native American Literature 3-6 FLL 1000 Special Studies in Foreign Languages and Literatures (Arabic 2 & Mvskoke2) 1-10 GEOG 3053 Introduction to Central Asian Studies (IS) 3 GEOG 3733 Russia and Its Neighbors (IS) 3 GEOG 3753 Asia (IS) 3 GEOG 3763 Africa (IS) 3 GEOG 3783 The Middle East (IS) 3 HIST 1713 Survey of Eastern Civilization (H) 3 HIST 3013 Ancient Egypt and Israel (H) 3 HIST 3043 Ancient Mesopotamia: Iraq, Iran & Syria from 4000-333 B.C. (H) 3 HIST 3053 Introduction to Central Asian Studies (IS) 3 HIST 3123 The History of Modern Africa (HI) 3 HIST 3133 African Diaspora History (H) 3 HIST 3153 Russia to 1861 (H) 3 HIST 3163 Russia Since 1861 (HI) 3 HIST 3203 The Medieval World, 500-1500 (H) 3 HIST 3403 East Asia to 1800 (H) 3 HIST 3413 East Asia Since 1800 (HI) 3 HIST 3423 Modern Japan (HI) 3 HIST 3433 Modern China (HI) 3 HIST 3443 Gender Relations in Chinese History (H) 3 HIST 3503 Medieval Islamic History (H) 3 HIST 3513 Modern Middle East (HI) 3 HIST 3523 History of South Asia 1700 - Present (HI) 3 HIST 3543 Israel & Palestine in Modern Times (HI) 3 HIST 3553 Media and Popular Culture in the Arab Middle East (HI) 3 HIST 3583 Minorities and Diversity in the Middle East (H) 3 HIST 3793 Native American History (DH) 3 HONR 3033 Contemporary Cultures of the Non-Western World: Honors (IS) 3 JAPN 1813 Elementary Japanese II 3 JAPN 2813 Intermediate Japanese I 3 JAPN 3713 Intermediate Japanese II 3 MUSI 3583 Traditional World Music (HI) 3 PHIL 3943 Asian Philosophy (HI) 3 PHIL 4943 Indian Philosophy 3 PHIL 4953 East Asian Philosophy 3 POLS 3003 The Soviet Union: History, Society and Culture(IS) 3 POLS 3053 Introduction to Central Asian Studies (IS) 3 POLS 3123 Politics of Russia and Eurasia (I) 3 POLS 3163 Politics of Africa (I) 3 POLS 3223 Politics Of East Asia 3 POLS 3313 Politics Of The Middle East 3 REL 1103 Introduction to World Religions (HI) 3 REL 3573 The Religions of Native Americans (DH) 3 REL 4113 The World of Islam: Cultural Perspectives (HI) 3 REL 4213 Understanding Global Islam (HI) 3 REL 4223 Religions and Sects in the Middle East (HI) 3 RUSS 1813 Elementary Russian II 3 RUSS 3003 The Soviet Union: History, Society and Culture (IS) 3 RUSS 3053 Introduction to Central Asian Studies (IS) 3 RUSS 3123 Russian Culture and Civilization (H) 3 RUSS 4013 Survey of Russian Literature I 3 RUSS 4023 Survey of Russian Literature II 3 RUSS 4113 Russian Literature in Translation I (H) 3 RUSS 4123 Russian Literature in Translation II 3 SOC 4533 World Population Problems 3 SOC 4653 Gender and the Middle East (IS) 3
This requirement may be satisfied by courses also used to satisfy any part of a student’s degree program (i.e., in General Education, College Departmental Requirements, Major Requirements or Electives). - The College of Arts & Sciences requires a minimum 2.0 GPA in all major requirements and a minimum 2.0 GPA in all major-prefix courses.
- Foreign Language Proficiency
- The foreign language requirement for the B.A. may be satisfied by 9 hours college credit in the same language, which must include 3 hours at the 2000-level, or equivalent proficiency (e.g., passing an advanced standing examination; TOEFI exam; presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates the high school was primarily conducted in a language other than English; etc.). Computer Science courses may not be used to satisfy this requirement. Currently Arabic and Muskoke are not offered at the 2000-level at OSU
- The foreign language requirement for the B.S., B.M. and B.F.A. may be satisfied by presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates two years of study of a single foreign language (passing grades at second year level of study). It may also be satisfied by 6 hours college credit, which must include language courses 1713 and 1813, or equivalent proficiency (e.g., passing an advanced standing examination; completing a 2000-level course or higher in the language; TOEFI exam; presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates the high school was primarily conducted in a language other than English; etc.). Computer Science courses may not be used to satisfy this requirement.
- In addition to a. and b., students pursuing teacher certification must meet novice-high foreign language proficiency by presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates two years of study of a single foreign language with no grade below B. Or, students may complete 3 hours college credit in a single language with no grade below C (or pass an advanced standing examination, College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exam, or Oral Proficiency Interview developed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, equivalent to 3 hours of college credit.) Or, students may meet the requirement by transfer of documentation of meeting the foreign language competency from one of the teacher education programs in the State of Oklahoma approved by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
- Exclusions
- Courses used to satisfy the General Education English Composition, U.S. History, American Government, and Mathematics or Statistics requirements will not count toward the 54 hour maximum allowed from one department.
- Courses with ATHL or LEIS prefixes and leisure activity courses may not be used for degree credit.
- Teacher Certification
Students can satisfy the requirements for secondary schools teaching certification while earning a B.A. or B.S. in the College of Arts & Sciences. Those interested should see their Arts and Sciences adviser and the OSU Professional Education Unit in room 325 Willard.
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2023.