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  Jan 31, 2025
 
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Biology Major (BIOL), BS


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A B.S. in Biology offers students a diverse study of biology from the molecular level to the organism and ecological levels. Students can customize electives in this degree to prepare for a wide array of career interests. This degree is ideal for students searching to further their education through graduate or professional school, including medicine, research, dentistry, pharmacy, wildlife biology, veterinary medicine, and conservation.

Requirements


Liberal Arts: 38 Hours


All majors are required at Harding to complete the 47-hour Liberal Arts  program. The following Liberal Arts requirements are met within the content of the major:

  • 9 hours of Inquiry, Investigation, and Reasoning are satisfied in the major.

* Organismal Structure and Function - 2 courses from:


* Organismal Diversity - 2 courses from:


+ Remaining 9 hours from:


Notes:


BIOL 3700  may be used to meet the Laboratory Experience requirement with approval from the department chair.

+ Students who complete CHEM 2110  and PHS 4100  for 2 hours will need 9 elective hours to reach major requirements. If students choose CHEM 3740/3740L  and/or PHS 4100  for 3 hours, then total elective hours are decreased. Additional courses from the course clusters Organismal Structure and Function, Organismal Diversity, and Laboratory Experience also may be applied toward the elective hours if not taken to meet cluster requirements.

Upper level math and computer science courses may be used to fulfill the science elective hours subject to department chair approval.

Remaining Bible/Electives: 18 Hours


PHS 4100 , counted above in the major, satisfies the Bible requirement in the semester it is taken. It should be taken during the spring semester of the senior year.

See Bible Class Enrollment policy here .

Total Hours: 128


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