Biology, Health Sciences, B.S.

Credit Requirements*

• General Education: 47 credits
• Major Requirements: 54-56 credits
• Free Electives: 17-19 credits
• Total Credits to Graduate: 120 credits

* All undergraduate degree programs require a minimum of 120 credits.  Some courses meet multiple requirements, but are only counted once toward the 120 credit total required to graduate.

Health Science Requirements (22-23 cr.)

Health Science-Related Selectives (32-33 crs.)

Choose with advisement.

Professional program dependent.  Review proposed professional program requirements when making your selections.

Biology Selectives (12-15 crs.)

Pick four or five

• BIOL 162 - Principles of Biology: Organismal Diversity Credits: 4
• BIOL 317 - Parasitology Credits: 3
• BIOL 324 - Pathogenic Microbiology Credits: 3
• BIOL 373 - Developmental Biology Credits: 3
• BIOL 374 - Hematology Credits: 2
• BIOL 375 - Histology Credits: 3
• BIOL 385 - Cell Biology Credits: 3
• BIOL 408 - Principles of Virology Credits: 3
• BIOL 409 - Immunology Credits: 3
• BIOL 418 - Molecular Biology Credits: 3
• BIOL 450 - Endocrinology Credits: 3
• BIOL 461 - Techniques in Biotechnology Credits: 3
• BIOL 391 - Biology Internship I Credits: 1-3

• OR

• BIOL 397 - Introduction to Research Credits: 3

Additional Health Science Selectives (18-21 crs.)

Choose with advisement.  Not all course are offered on a regular basis.  Consider any professional program requirement or recommendations.

Clinical Year

OR

Clinical Year option (3+1): If a student in this major receives early acceptance into an approved health professional program, up to 30 credits may be tranferred back from the clinical program to substitute for 30 credits of Health Science-Related Selectives/ Free electives. Prerequisites for professional programs must be met. Any student earning a Shippensburg University degree must complete at least 90 credits prior to entering professional program.

General Education

Free Electives (17-19 crs.)

17-19 credits depending on which math and health science selectives courses are chosen.

Consider classes that might be required for health professional programs when selecting your Free Electives.

A minimum of 120 credits is required for graduation.

Advising Notes:

1. Students should take BIOL161 and begin their math sequence in their 1st year.
2. For students with a math level 5 or higher, chemistry courses could be taken in their first year.
3. Students lacking strong chemistry/math backgrounds could consider taking CHEM 105 before CHEM 121.
4. Physics is normally taken in the junior year.