The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.
Sample Two Year Plan: Biology (BA/BS)
The following plan is possible on the presumption that an incoming student has an Associate of Arts (AA) degree and has completed the equivalent to BIOL 104 (Ecology and Evolution of the Organism), BIOL 107 (Cells, Molecules, and Genes), CHEM 130 and CHEM 131 (Chemical Principles I and II), and MATH 198 (Calculus I) prior to enrolling at Truman State University. This plan also assumes taking PHYS 186 in the Summer - Semester 3. As a 2-year plan option, this course sequencing is extremely rigorous, and will be challenging. If the suggested courses above are not complete, then we strongly recommend a 3-year plan, allowing for time to complete these missing courses along with Dialogues Curriculum.
FALL - Semester 1
- STAT 190: Basic Statistics (3 cr)
- BIOL 300: Genetics (4 cr)
- BIOL 210: WE/ Intro to Writing about Biology (3 cr)
- CHEM 329: Organic Chemistry I (3 cr) OR CHEM 320: Foundations of Organic Chemistry (4 cr) *
- JINS 3XX - WE/Junior Interdisciplinary Seminar (3 cr) OR Elementary Foreign Language I (3 cr)
SPRING - Semester 2
- BIOL Core Elective #1 (4 cr)
- CHEM 330: Organic Chemistry I Lab (1 cr)
- CHEM 331: Organic Chemistry II (3 cr)
- PHYS 185: College Physics I (4 cr)
- JINS 3XX - WE/Junior Interdisciplinary Seminar (3 cr) OR Elementary Foreign Language I (3 cr)
SUMMER - Semester 3
- PHYS 186: College Physics II (4 cr)
FALL - Semester 4
- BIOL 545: Biology Senior Capstone (1 cr)
- BIOL Core Elective #2 (or Semester 4) (4 cr)
- BIOL Elective/Learning Plan (3-4 cr)
- BIOL Elective/Learning Plan (3-4 cr)
- CHEM 332: Organic Chemistry II Lab (1 cr)
- Another WE course (1-3 cr) OR Intermediate Foreign Language I (if needed) (3 cr)
SPRING - Semester 5
- BIOL Core Elective #2 (or Semester 3) (4 cr)
- BIOL Elective/Learning Plan (3-4 cr)
- BIOL Elective/Learning Plan (3-4 cr)
- Another WE course (1-3 cr) OR Intermediate Foreign Language II (if needed) (3 cr)
NOTES:
- (*) = For students not pursuing a pre-professional track, consider taking CHEM 329-332 with CHEM 320. This courses is offered on even Spring semester. This opens opportunities to complete PHYS 185 & 186 sooner, or catch up on BIOL 104, BIOL 107, CHEM 130 and 131 if needed.
- WE = Writing Enhanced course
- The Dialogues curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.
Department Chair: Please contact the Center for Academic Excellence (advise@truman.edu) with any updates to the plan above.
This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in Truman's Official Catalog.