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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Biology (BA) Sample Plan


YEAR ONE

Fall Spring
EN - 103 Composition and Rhetoric I   3          EN - 104 Composition and Rhetoric II   3         
UNIV - 101 First-Year Experience   3 Expanded Literacies (2/6)  3
BI - 151 Introductory Biology I  + BI 151L (Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Scientific inquiry - 1/6) 4 BI - 152 Introductory Biology II  + BI 152: 4
CH - 101 General Chemistry I  + CH 101L + Ch 101P 5 CH - 102 General Chemistry II  + CH 102L + CH 102P 5
    UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 16

YEAR TWO

Fall Spring
PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or TH - 109 Catholic Theology   3 PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or TH - 109 Catholic Theology   3
MA - 111 Probability and Statistics  (Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Mathematical Reasoning - 3/6) 3 Expanded Literacies (4/6) 3
BI - 255 Molecular Biology  + BI 255L 4 BI - 330 Genetics  + BI 330L 4
CH - 231 Organic Chemistry I   + CH 231L 4 CH - 232 Organic Chemistry II  + CH 232L 4
UNIV - 110 Being Well   or FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1 Free Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 17

YEAR THREE

Fall Spring
Lens 1, 2, or 3 (1/3) 3 Lens 1, 2, or 3 (2/3) 3
Expanded Literacies (5/6)  3 BI - 264 Anatomy & Physiology II  + BI 263L or BI - 356 Human Structure and Function II  + BI 356L 4
BI - 263 Anatomy and Physiology I  + 263L or BI - 355 Human Structure and Function I  + BI 355L 4 BI Elective* or BI - 352 Medical Microbiology  + BI 352L 3-4
BI - 252 Microbiology  + BI 252L or BI Elective* 3-4 Free Elective or GR Course (Winter) 3
BI - 221 Biostatistics   3 Free Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 16-17 TOTAL CREDITS 16-17

YEAR FOUR

Fall Spring
Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3) 3 Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3) 3
Expanded Literacies (6/6) 3 BI Elective* 3-4
BI Elective* 3 BI - 455 Biology Capstone  or Free Elective 3
BI - 455 Biology Capstone  or Free Elective 3-4 Free Elective or MBA Course** 3
Free Elective 3 Free Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15-16 TOTAL CREDITS 15-16

TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS (Minimum)* :126

*The total number of semester credits will be influenced by the number of credits of the biology elective. Biology electives may have a laboratory component and therefore will be 4 credits.

**4+1 BA/MBA: The Biology Department offers a Bachelor’s to Masters (4+1) MBA program that enables qualifying students to register for MBA courses during their senior year. For more information, see the DeSales University Graduate Catalog and consult with the MBA Program Director.

For more information about the requirements in our general education Connections Curriculum, which are included in the sample plan above, please see I. General Education (Connections Curriculum), which can be found in The Undergraduate Program .