Biotechnology Option Curriculum Ladder
| Fall Freshman Year | Spring Freshman Year |
| BIO | 111 | Prin of Biology | (4) | BIO | 116 | Careers in Biotech | (1) |
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| CHE | 101 | Gen Chem I | (3) | CHE | 102 | Gen Chem II | (3) |
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| CHE | 110 | Gen Chem I Lab | (1) | CHE | 120 | Gen Chem II Lab | (1) |
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| MAT | 131 | Calc I | (5) | ENG | 102 | Eng Comp II | (3) |
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| ENG | 101 | Eng Comp I | (3) | ART | 130 | Intro Art | OR |
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| | | 16 | MUS | 130 | Intro Music | (3) |
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| | | | HIS | 103 | Western Civ | (3) |
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| | | | SPE | 103 | Inter Comm | (3) |
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| | | | | | | 17 |
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| Fall Sophomore Year | Spring Sophomore Year |
| BIO | 212 | Gen Botany | (3) | BIO | 210 | Gen Zoology | (3) |
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| CHE | 301 | Organic Chem I | (3) | CHE | 302 | Organic Chem II | (3) |
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| CHE | 310 | Organic Chem I Lab | (1) | CHE | 320 | Organic Chem II Lab | (1) |
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| ENG | 211 | Intro to Lit | (3) | IGS | 200 | Found Cultures | (3) |
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| ECO | 200 | Economics | OR | BIO | 409 | Biostatistics | (3) |
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| POS | 101 | Amer. Gov. | (3) | BIO | xxx | Biostats Lab | (1) |
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| HED | 221 | Pers Health | OR | | Foreign Language II | (3) |
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| PHE | (two activity courses) | (2) | | | | 17 |
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| Foreign Language I | (3) | | | | |
| | | 18 | | | | |
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| Fall Junior Year | Spring Junior Year |
| BIO | 307 | Genetics | (4) | BIO | 302 | General Microbiology | (4) |
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| BIO | 4xx | BTech I: Tissue Cult | (3) | BIO | 4xx | BTech II: DNA | (3) |
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| BIO | 408 | Cell Biology | (4) | CHE | 315 | Biochemistry | (3) |
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| PHY | 207 | Physics/Bio I | (4) | CHE | 350 | Biochemistry Lab | (1) |
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| IGS | 201 | Conv Cultures | (3) | PHY | 208 | Physics/Bio II | (4) |
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| | | 18 | BIO | 4xx | Scientific Writing | (3) |
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| | | | | | | 18 |
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| Fall Senior Year | Spring Senior Year |
| BIO | 4xx | Btech III: Proteins | (3) | BIO | 401 | Bio Seminar | (1) |
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| BIO | 4xx | elective | (3/4) | BIO | | elective | (3/4) |
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| BIO | 410 | Spec Problems Bio | (2) | BIO | 4xx | Adv Biotech | (4) |
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| IGS | 300 | New Cultures | (3) | IGS | 300-level Cultures | (3) |
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| PSY | 200 | Intro. Psychology OR | | BIO | 4xx | Global Persp. Biotech | (3) |
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| SOC | 203 | Intro. Sociology | (3) | Liberal studies elective | (3) |
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| Liberal studies studies 300/400 | (3) | | 17-18 |
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Electives: BIO 303 Physiology, BIO 316 Ecology, BIO 493 Internship, BIO 495 Topics in Biology, BIO 4xx Forensics, BIO 4xx Environmental Science and Bioremediation