ALS 103 Introductory Topics in ALS 1

Humanities and Social Sciences (21 credits)2

A. A Literature course.
B. One course from History, Philosophy, or Religion.
C. One course from Visual and Performing Arts or History.
D. One course from Science, Technology, and Society: Humanities and Social Sciences Perspectives list (not Science and Technology Perspectives list).
E. One course from any of the above-named Lists or from the Advanced Humanities and Social Sciences Lists.
F. One of the courses elected to fulfill the Humanities and Social Sciences Requirement must focus on a non-English speaking culture. This course may come from the Foreign Language Electives List.

Natural Sciences and Mathematics (51 - 59 credits)

Group II - Research or teaching experience in one of the following (2 credits):

PB 492 - External Learning Experience OR
PB 493 - Special Problems in Plant Biology OR
PB 495 - Special Topics in Plant Biology OR
ALS 498 - Research or Teaching I -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3

Group III - Take one calculus course and one statistics course. (6 - 7 credits).

MA 121 - Elements of Calculus OR
MA 131 - Calculus for Life & Management Sciences A OR --------------------------------------------------- 3
MA 141 - Calculus I 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4
ST 101 - Statistics by Example OR
ST 311 - Introduction to Statistics6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3

Group IV - Plant Biology Courses. Take 3 courses. At least one of these courses must be at 300- or 400-level. 9 - 12 credits). A 2.0 GP is required in all Plant Biology courses.

PB 213 - Plants and Civilization (Spring only) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
PB 215 - Medicinal Plants (Fall only) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
PB 220 - Local Flora (Spring only) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -3
PB 222 - Kingdom of Fungi (Fall only) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
PB 277 - Space Biology (Fall & Spring) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
PB 321 - Whole Plant Physiology (Fall only) -------------------------------------------------------------------------4
PB 3607 - Introduction to Ecology (Fall only) -------------------------------------------------------------------------3
PB 365 - Ecology Lab ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1
PB 400 - Plant Structure & Diversity (Spring only) ------------------------------------------------------------------4
PB 403 - Systematic Plant Biology(Fall only) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
PB 405 - Wetland Flora (Fall only) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
PB(ZO) 414 - Cell Biology (Spring only) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
PB 421 - Plant Physiology (Spring only) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
PB 422 - Plant Phyiol. Lab --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1
PB 445 - Paleobotany (Spring only) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
PB 480 - Introductory Plant Biotechnology (Spring only) ----------------------------------------------------------- 3
Special topics or Graduate (for advanced undergraduates only) Plant Biology courses
may also be used.

Electives
Advised Electives (Selected from Groups A, B, or C) 8--------------------------------------------------------18-30

Free Electives -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14

Physical Education (2 credits)
One credit must be for completion of a 100-level PE Course -------------------------------------------------------2

Minimum Hours Required for Graduation -------------------------------------------------------------------------126

Foreign language proficiency at the FL_ 102 level is required for graduation.

1. One course from either the Advanced Writing Electives List, the Communications/Speech Electives List, or the Foreign Languages Electives List. ENG 333 (Communication for Science and Research) is strongly recommended.

2. Electives from lists approved by University Provost.

3. BIO 105 & 106, PB 200, and any 4-hour PB course with a lab may be approved as substitutes for BIO 181, BIO 183, and PB 250 by the Plant Biology Teaching Coordinator.

4. CH 220 is a one semester course in the fundamental of organic chemistry; credit is not allowed for both CH 220 and CH 221.

5. Credit is not allowed in more than one of MA 121, 131, and 141. MA 121 is for students who only require one semester of calculus; it does not have a second semester sequence.

6. Credit is not allowed for both ST 101 and ST 311. Students interested in research are strongly encouraged to take both ST 311 and ST 501 (Experimental Statistics for Biological Sciences I).

7. Students are encouraged to take PB 365 concurrently. ZO 260 (4 hrs) may be used to substitute for PB 360/365.

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