Program Overview

University Programs

The university offers a range of programs for undergraduate and graduate students.

Undergraduate Programs

• The undergraduate programs include:
  • Traditional Program
  • Adult Undergraduate Program
• Admission criteria for undergraduate programs include:
  • First-Year Student
  • Transfer Student
  • International Student
  • Adult Undergraduate
  • Concurrent Enrollment of High School Student
  • Returning Student
  • Visiting (non degree) Student
• Financial information for undergraduate programs is available, including:
  • Traditional Program
  • Adult Undergraduate Program
• Student life and academic policies and procedures are also outlined.
• Degree and program requirements are specified, including:
  • General Education: Archway Curriculum
  • Archway Curriculum for Adult Undergraduate Program
• Certificates and academic recognition are also available.
• Special academic programs and opportunities are offered.

Graduate Programs

• The graduate programs include:
  • Admission
  • Financial Information
  • Academic Policies and Procedures
  • Degrees and Requirements
  • Certificates

Course Descriptions

BIO 3690 Microbiology

A study of the classification, morphology, and physiology of microorganisms with special emphasis on bacteria and viruses.

• Three lectures per week.
• One 3-hour lab per week.
• Prerequisite(s): BIO 1400FYW Introduction to Biological Inquiry, BIO 2200 Genetics and Cell Biology, and BIO 2300 Ecology and Evolution and CHEM 2110 Organic Chemistry II: Synthesis and Mechanisms.
• Normally offered each fall semester.

BIO 1400FYW Introduction to Biological Inquiry

This course is designed for biology majors and replaces traditional introductory biology courses.

• The overarching goal is to introduce students to collegiate biology by teaching them how to carry out scientific research.
• Content areas include ecology, genetics, evolution, biodiversity, reproduction, development, and cellular/molecular mechanisms.
• Course fluidly transitions between lecture and lab with an equivalency to 3 lecture hours and 3 laboratory hours per week.
• No P/F.
• Pre or corequisite(s): CHEM 1110 Chemical Principles I ; or prerequisite of CHEM 1100 Prep Chemistry.
• Multiple sections normally offered each semester.
• Archway Curriculum: First-Year Curriculum: First-Year Writing
• Archway Curriculum: Foundational Literacies: Scientific Investigations: Natural Science Laboratory

BIO 2200 Genetics and Cell Biology

This course emphasizes molecular mechanisms associated with intracellular structures, metabolism, genetic information transfer, heredity, and evolution in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms.

• Three lectures per week with one three-hour lab per week.
• Prerequisite(s): BIO 1400FYW Introduction to Biological Inquiry, CHEM 1110 Chemical Principles I , CHEM 2100 Organic Chemistry I .
• Normally offered each semester.

BIO 2300 Ecology and Evolution

An introduction to the interaction of life with the environment at the molecular, organismal through ecosystem levels, highlighting the major factors influencing evolutionary change.

• Topics include genetic and phenotypic variation, natural selection, adaptation, speciation, symbiosis and populations dynamics especially in light of human interference, and ecosystem structure and function.
• Three lectures per week.
• One 3-hour lab per week, including field, laboratory and greenhouse work.
• Prerequisite(s): BIO 1400FYW Introduction to Biological Inquiry, CHEM 1110 Chemical Principles I and CHEM 2100 Organic Chemistry I .
• Normally offered each semester.
• Archway Curriculum: Integrative Core: Humans in the Natural Environment Thread

CHEM 2110 Organic Chemistry II: Synthesis and Mechanisms

A continuation of CHEM 2100 Organic Chemistry I .

• A study of reactions of importance in the synthesis and biosynthesis of carbon compounds, including reaction mechanisms and spectroscopic methods for the determination of structures.
• Three lectures per week.
• Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2100 Organic Chemistry I with grade of "C-" or better.
• Normally offered each fall semester.