Program: Molecular and Cellular Biology Major (MCB), BS - Harding University

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 38 hours

All majors at Harding are required 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.

Major: 72 hours

BIOL 1500 - Principles of Biology Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1500L - LAB: Principles of Biology Credit Hours: 1
BIOL 2500 - Biostatistics Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 3000 - Cell Biology Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 3500/3500L - Genetics Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4500 - Molecular and Cell Biology Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 4900-4902 - Seminar Credit Hours: 0, 1
(3 semesters required)
CHEM 1040/1040L - College Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 1050/1050L - College Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 2110 - Organic and Biological Chemistry Credit Hours: 3
or CHEM 3740/3740L - Organic Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 3810 - General Biochemistry Credit Hours: 3
or CHEM 3840 - Biochemistry I Credit Hours: 3
MATH 2350 - Analytics and Calculus I Credit Hours: 5
PHS 4100 - Christian View of Science and Scripture Credit Hours: 2, 3
(2 hours will meet program requirements.)
PHYS 2010 - College Physics I Credit Hours: 3
and PHYS 2010L - LAB: College Physics I Credit Hours: 1
PHYS 2020 - College Physics II Credit Hours: 3
and PHYS 2020L - LAB: College Physics II Credit Hours: 1

* Laboratory Experience - 1 course from:

BIOL 3670 - Biology Research Internship Credit Hours: 2
BIOL 3710L - LAB: Molecular Genetics Credit Hours: 2
BIOL 3720L - LAB: Cellular Analysis and Bioinformatics Credit Hours: 2
BIOL 3730L - LAB: Developmental Physiology Credit Hours: 2
BIOL 3740L - Neuroscience Research Credit Hours: 2

+ Remaining 22 hours from:

Molecular and Cellular Electives

BIOL 2310-2314 - Topics in Molecular and Cellular Biology Credit Hours: 1-4
BIOL 3310-3314 - Topics in Molecular and Cellular Biology Credit Hours: 1-4
BIOL 3400/3400L - Microbiology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4310-4314 - Topics in Molecular and Cellular Biology Credit Hours: 1-4
BIOL 4400/4400L - Immunology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4410 - Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 4420 - Developmental Biology Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 3520 - Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics Credit Hours: 1

Organismal Structure and Function Electives

(limited to two courses in this cluster)

BIOL 3200/3200L - Anatomy and Physiology I Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 3210/3210L - Anatomy and Physiology II Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 3220/3220L - Vertebrate Morphology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 3230/3230L - Animal Physiology Credit Hours: 4

Other Biology Electives

BIOL 3110/3110L - General Botany Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 3700 - Research Credit Hours: 1-4

Chemistry Electives

CHEM 3750/3750L - Organic Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 3850 - Biochemistry II Credit Hours: 3

Note(s):

* BIOL 3700 may be used to meet requirements with approval from the department chair.

+ If CHEM 2110 and PHS 4100 for two hours are completed, then twenty-two major-elective hours are needed to achieve the major requirements. Choosing CHEM 3740/3740L and/or PHS 4100 for three hours lowers the total of required elective hours. Completion of a second Laboratory Experience course can be applied toward the elective hours.

Remaining Bible/Electives: 18 hours

PHS 4100 , counted above in the major, should be taken the senior year and will satisfy the Bible requirement the semester in which it is taken.

See Bible Class Enrollment policy here.

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