General Education & the Biology Major

Gen Ed categories that are fulfilled by Bio/BS major/minor sequence:

  • Natural Sciences (two courses)
  • Oral Discourse (one course)
  • Writing Intensive, lower level, native majors only (one course)
  • Writing Intensive, upper level (one course)
  • Mathematics and Statistics (one course)

Gen Ed categories that are NOT fulfilled by Bio/BS major/minor sequence:

  • Arts (one course)
  • Humanities (one course)
  • Social Sciences (two courses)
  • U.S. Historical Perspectives (one course)
  • Europe (one course)
  • Regions Beyond Europe (one course)
  • Global and Cross-Cultural Perspectives (one course)
  • U.S. Diversity and Pluralism (one course)
  • Information Literacy (one course)
  • Foreign Language (one course; second semester of elementary level language)

Gen Ed categories that are fulfilled by Bio/BA major sequence:

  • Natural Sciences (two courses)
  • Oral Discourse (one course)
  • Writing Intensive, lower level, native majors only (one course)
  • Writing Intensive, upper level (one course)

Gen Ed categories that are NOT fulfilled by Bio/BA major sequence:

  • Arts (one course)
  • Humanities (one course)
  • Social Sciences (two courses)
  • U.S. Historical Perspectives (one course)
  • Europe (one course)
  • Regions Beyond Europe (one course)
  • Global and Cross-Cultural Perspectives (one course)
  • U.S. Diversity and Pluralism (one course)
  • Information Literacy (one course)
  • Mathematics and Statistics (one course)
  • Foreign Language (one course; second semester of elementary level language)