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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Biology, Pre-PA Track (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 152L                                         4
CH - 101 General Chemistry I  + CH 101L + CH 101P 5 CH - 102 General Chemistry II  + CH 101L + CH 101P 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 PS - 109 Introduction to Psychology   
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Social Analysis - 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 16 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 - 256 Cell Biology  + BI 256L 4
BI - 355 Human Structure and Function I  + BI 355L or 
BI - 263 Anatomy and Physiology I  + BI 263L
4 BI - 356 Human Structure and Function II   + BI 356L or 
BI - 264 Anatomy & Physiology II  + BI 264L
4
BI - 221 Biostatistics   3 Free Elective 3
BI - 252 Microbiology ** + BI 252L or Free Elective 3-4 BI - 352 Medical Microbiology ** + BI 352L or Free Elective 3-4
TOTAL CREDITS 16-17 TOTAL CREDITS 17-18

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
BI - 353 Immunology   3 Expanded Literacies (6/6)  3
Ecology and Evolutionary BI Elective** 3-4 BI - 455 Biology Capstone   3
Free Elective 3 Free Elective 3
Free Elective 3 Free Elective 3
SX - 1013 Terminology in Healthcare  or Free Elective 1-3    
TOTAL CREDITS 16-19 TOTAL CREDITS 15

TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS: (Minimum)** 128

*MD 302 , MD 306  and SX 1013  are recommened but not required. Seats in these courses are not guaranteed and are based on availability.

**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.

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 .