Biology (BAS)
This Professional Studies Degree is designed to meet the special demands of adult learners.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (bas) |
|---|---|
DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience | 3 |
Developing a Christian Mind | 3 |
English | 9-10 |
ENGL 1301/1401 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II and ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature II | |
Fine Arts | 3 |
History Lower Level (LL) | 3 |
Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List. | |
Kinesiology | 1 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living | |
Mathematics (3-4 hour LL course) | 3 |
Choose one 3-hour course from Math LL Course List. | |
Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course) | 4 |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List. | |
Social Science POLS 2301 American National Government | 3 |
Total Core Experience | 38 |
Additional Program General Education Hours | 10 |
BIOL 1406 - Modern Concepts in Biology II Choose one 3-hour course from RELI Course List. Choose one 3-hour course from LANG/BL Language Course List or HIST/FA/SS Course List | |
Major Core | 40 |
BIOL 2405 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I BIOL 2406 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II BIOL 3404 - Genetics (S-L) BIOL 4101 - Biology Seminar CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II MATH 2301 - Elementary Probability and Statistics Please select an additional 16 hours of biology courses, of which 12 hours must be upper-level biology electives. | |
Concentration | 15 |
Please select three 4-hour upper level Biology courses and one 3-hour upper level Biology courses to form a 15 credit hour concentration. | |
Electives* | |
Upper-Level | 0 |
Total Credit Hours Required | 120 |
*Inverted Option: Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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