Biomedical Sciences Pre-Professional Option, B.S.
| Freshman Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Semester Credit Hours | |
| BIOL 1306 & BIOL 1106 |
General Biology I and General Biology Laboratory I |
4 |
| CHEM 1311 & CHEM 1111 |
Gen Inorganic Chemistry I and Gen Inorganic Chem Lab I |
4 |
| ENGL 1301 | Rhetoric and Composition | 3 |
| MATH 2413 | Calculus I | 4 |
| UNIV 1201 | Learning in Global Context | 2 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 17 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| BIOL 1307 & BIOL 1107 |
General Biology II and General Biology Laboratory II |
4 |
| CHEM 1312 & CHEM 1112 |
Gen Inorganic Chemistry II and Gen Inorganic Chem Lab II |
4 |
| ENGL 1302 | Rhetoric and Composition | 3 |
| Creative arts | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 14 | |
| Sophomore Year | ||
| Semester 1 | ||
| BIOL 2421 | Elementary Microbiology | 4 |
| HIST 1301 | American History to 1877 | 3 |
| PHYS 1301 & PHYS 1101 |
College Physics I and Coll Physics I Laboratory |
4 |
| POLS 2301 | Government and Politics of US | 3 |
| Communications | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 17 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| HIST 1302 | American History since 1877 | 3 |
| PHYS 1302 & PHYS 1102 |
College Physics II and College Physics II Lab |
4 |
| POLS 2302 | Government and Politics of TX | 3 |
| Lang/Phil/Culture | 3 | |
| Social/Behavioral | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Junior Year | ||
| Semester 1 | ||
| BIOL 3402 | Genetics | 4 |
| BIOL 3408 | Animal Physiology | 4 |
| CHEM 3323 & CHEM 3123 |
Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry Lab I |
4 |
| Elective | 4 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| BIOL 4401 | Molecular Biology | 4 |
| CHEM 3325 & CHEM 3125 |
Organic Chemistry II and Organic Chemistry Lab II |
4 |
| STAT 4301 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| Elective | 4 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Senior Year | ||
| Semester 1 | ||
| BIOL 4426 | Cellular Physiology | 4 |
| BIOL 4102 | Seminar (WI) | 1 |
| BIOL, adv. | 3 | |
| Elective | 4 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| BIOL 4335 | Molecular Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL, adv. | 3 | |
| Electives | 4 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 13 | |
| Total Credit Hours Required: | 120 | |
Students pursuing the pre-professional option may choose from approved minor electives in any suitable field.
Students pursuing the pre-professional option (medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physician's assistant, optometry, physical therapy and occupational therapy) may choose from any of the approved biology electives that are biomedically relevant courses, below:
Approved Biomedical Sciences Electives
| Code | Title | Semester Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 2401 | Human Anatomy and Physiol | 4 |
| BIOL 2402 | Human Anat and Physiology II | 4 |
| BIOL 3301 | Evolutionary Theory | 3 |
| BIOL 3407 | Ecology | 4 |
| BIOL 4304 | Research Projects in Biol | 1-3 |
| BIOL 4332 | Pathophysiology | 3 |
| BIOL 4334 | Molecular Neurobiology | 3 |
| BIOL 4355 | Topics in Biology (Approved topics are: Cancer Biology, Epigenetics, Immunology, Genetics of Human Disease, Systems Neurobiology, Ecology and Human Disease, or Understanding Human Physiology) | 3 |
| BIOL 4406 | Bacteriology | 4 |
| BIOL 4408 | Immunology | 4 |
| BIOL 4410 | Topics in Biology (Special Topics: Ecology of Human Disease, Functional Neuroanatomy or Human Ecology and Health) | 4 |
| BIOL 4433 | Histology | 4 |
| BIOL 4434 | Biology of Forensic Science I | 4 |
| BIOL 4435 | Biology of Forensic Science II | 4 |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 49-51 | |
Organismal biology classes including BIOL 3403 Plant Taxonomy, BIOL 4425 Ornithology, BIOL 4427 Herpetology, BIOL 4429 Mammalogy, BIOL 4431 Ichthyology, BIOL 4355 Topics in Biology: Tropical Ecology, Tropical Bid. Field Tech., BIOL 4410 Topics in Biology: Marine Ecology, Marine Biology are not suitable courses for biomedical electives. New courses will be reviewed and approved by the departmental Biomedical Curriculum Committee.