College of Science
Notes for Preceding Curricula in Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Zoology
NOTES:
- Students seeking teacher certification must take HIST 105 and 106. Other students may choose HIST 105 and 106 or any 6 hours of U.S. history courses (3 hours may be in Texas history).
- In order to qualify for the secondary provisional teaching certificate, see requirements listed in the College of Education and Human Development section under secondary certification.
- Students enrolled in the B.A. program must take calculus and may take logical reasoning (PHIL 240, 341, 342) or MATH 166 to complete the mathematics requirement. Students enrolled in B.S. Microbiology, and Zoology programs are required to take two semesters of mathematics with a minimum of one semester of calculus. MATH 102, 103 or 150 cannot be used for credit. Students in any degree program are encouraged to take MATH 171 and 172 or MATH 151 and 152 to satisfy the MATH requirement.
- The foreign language requirement for the B.A. degree can be fulfilled only by completing two semesters of conversational courses in one of the following: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian or Spanish.
- Students successfully completing the required four semesters of upper-level ROTC courses may substitute these courses for 3 hours of American history and 3 hours of political science.
- Skills courses in a student’s native language cannot be used to satisfy the humanities requirement of the University Core Curriculum.
- The international and cultural diversity portion of the University Core Curriculum may be fulfilled by 6 hours of the courses listed in University Core Curriculum, item 6. These courses may be in addition to other University Core Curriculum requirements, or if a course in this category satisfies another area of the Core, it can be used to meet both requirements.
- To be chosen in consultation with an academic advisor.
- Two courses in the major must be designated as writing intensive.