Suggested Course Curriculum for BS in Biotechnology

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SUGGESTED COURSE SEQUENCE
Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology
Available Fall 2008 through UVU

For students doing all course work at UVSC. Courses requiring prerequisites should not be taken until prerequisites have been met. Prerequisites cannot be taken concurrently with courses requiring the prerequisite.

YEAR 1 (Available at UVU Fall 2008)
Semester 1			Semester 2
BIOL 1610	College Biology I	4	BTEC 1010	Career Survey	3
BIOL 1615	Biology Methods Lab I	1	BTEC 2010	DNA Methods	3
ENGL 1010	Intro to Writing	3	ENGL 2020	Intro Writing Science/Technology	3
CHEM 1210	Principles of Chemistry I	4	CHEM 1220	Principles of Chemistry II	4
CHEM 1215	Prin. of Chemistry Lab I	1	CHEM 1225	Prin. of Chemistry Lab II	1
MATH 1050	College Algebra	4	American Institutions Course		3
TOTAL		17	TOTAL		17

YEAR 2 (Available at UVU Fall 2008)
Semester 3			Semester 4
CHEM 2310	Organic Chemistry I	4	CHEM 2320	Organic Chemistry II	4
CHEM 2310	Organic Chemistry Lab I	1	CHEM 2325	Organic Chemistry Lab II	1
MATH 2040	Principles of Statistics	4	PHIL 2050	Ethics and Values	3
MICR 2060	Microbiology for Health Professions	4	Humanities Course		3
Fine Arts		3	Soc/Behavioral Science Course		3
			PE-S 1097 or HLTH 1100		2
TOTAL		16	TOTAL		16

YEAR 3
Semester 5			Semester 6
BIOL 3400	Cell Biology	3	BIOL 3600	Biological Chemistry	3
BIOL 3405	Cell Biology Lab	1	BIOL 3605	Biochemistry Lab	1
BIOL 3500	Genetics	4	BIOL 3550	Molecular Biology	3
BIOL 3515	Genetics Lab	4	BIOL 3555	Molecular Biology Lab	1
BTEC 2020	Protein Separations	2	BTEC 2040	Nucleic Acids Lab	3
BTEC 2030	Cell Culture Techniques	3	Elective**		3
TOTAL		14	TOTAL		14

YEAR 4
Semester 7			Semester 8
PHYS 2010	College Physics I	4	PHYS 2020	College Physics II	4
PHYS 2015	College Physics I Lab	1	PHYS 2025	College Physics II Lab	1
BIOL 4550	Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics	3	BIOL 482R Biology Internship or BIOL 495R Student Research (4)		5
BIOL 482R	Biology Internship	5	BIOL 499R	Senior Thesis(1)
Electives**		2	Electives**		5
TOTAL		14	TOTAL		15
Total Program Credits 122 Select electives to meet the minimum Departmental, upper division credit, and residency requirements. SLCC BIOL 2020 and 2025 may be substituted for UVSC BIOL 3400 and 3405, and SLCC BIOL 2030 and 2035 may be substituted for UVSC BIOL 3500 and 3515, but students will need to take additional electives to meet the BS graduation requirement of 40 upper division credits. Credit Hours A minimum of 120 semester hours is required, 40 of the 120 hours must be upper division (courses numbered 3000 and above). Lower division courses at SLCC will NOT be accepted as fulfilling UVSC upper division hours unless noted otherwise. Residency** To graduate from UVSC with a Bachelor´s degree, a student must complete 30 credits in residence from UVSC. UVSC courses taken on or off campus will count as residency hours.