Accelerated Dual-Degree BS in Biology/MS in Molecular and Cell Biology (3+1) Recommended Curriculum
The minimum number of credits required for the undergraduate degree is 120, and the minimum number of credits required for the graduate degree is 34. A maximum of 9 graduate credits may be used to fulfill both undergraduate and graduate requirements.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Credits | |
| BIO 150 & 150L | General Biology for Majors and General Biology for Majors Laboratory | 4 |
| CHE 110 & 110L | General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Lab | 4 |
| MA 140 | Pre-Calculus | 3 |
| EN 101 | Introduction to Academic Reading and Writing | 3 |
| FYS 101 | First-Year Seminar | 3 |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| BIO 151 & 151L | Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics and Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Lab | 4 |
| CHE 111 & 111L | General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Lab | 4 |
| MA 141 | Calculus of a Single Variable | 3 |
| EN 102 | Academic Writing and Research | 3 |
| UC Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Summer Semester | ||
| UC Elective | 3 | |
| UC Elective | 3 | |
| Open Elective | 3 | |
| Open Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 12 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| BIO 152 & 152L | Ecological and Biological Diversity and Ecological and Biological Diversity Laboratory | 4 |
| BIO 298 | Research Methods in Biology | 3 |
| CHE 210 & 210L | Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry I Lab | 4 |
| Foreign Language I | 3 | |
| UC Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| BIO Elective | 4 | |
| BIO Elective | 4 | |
| CHE 211 & 211L | Organic Chemistry II and Organic Chemistry II Lab | 4 |
| Foreign Language II | 3 | |
| UC Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 18 | |
| Summer Semester | ||
| PHY 110 & 110L | General Physics I and General Physics I Lab | 4 |
| PHY 111 & 111L | General Physics II and General Physics II Lab | 4 |
| Credits | 8 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| BIO Elective | 4 | |
| BIO 571 | Molecular Genetics | 4 |
| UC Capstone | 3 | |
| UC Elective | 3 | |
| Open Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| BIO Elective | 3 | |
| BIO 515 | Advanced Biochemistry | 4 |
| BIO 605 | DNA Methods Laboratory | 4 |
| Open Elective | 3 | |
| Open Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Summer Semester | ||
| Graduate Elective or Independent Study | 3 | |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| BIO 568 | Molecular and Cell Biology | 4 |
| BIO 606 | Protein Methods Laboratory | 4 |
| Graduate Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 11 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| BIO 675 | Comp Exam in Molecular and Cell Biology | 2 |
| Graduate Elective 1 | 3 | |
| Graduate Elective 1 | 3 | |
| Credits | 8 | |
| Total Credits | 145 | |
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Graduate students must take a minimum of 9 credits to maintain full-time status. To reach 9 credits in the final semester, students can choose to take one or more 4-credit electives.