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.

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Sample Four Year Plan: Cannabis and Natural Medicinals (BS, Analytical Science

FALL - Semester 1

ENG 190: Writing as Critical Thinking
MATH 156: College Algebra
CANM 200: History of Natural Medicine
TRU100: Symposium
TRU110: Self & Society

SPRING - Semester 2

MATH 157: Plane Trigonometry
AGSC 110: Principles of Plant Agriculture
PHRE 188: Ethics
BIOL 107: Cells, Molecules & Genes
POL 262 American State and Local Government

FALL - Semester 3

CANM 300: Cannabis Cult and Proc
BSAD 234: Legal Environment of Business
Foreign Language I
CHEM 130: Chemical Principles I

SPRING - Semester 4

CHEM 329: Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 312: Foundations of Chemical Analysis
Foreign Language II
STAT 190: Basic Statistics
CHEM 131: Chemical Principles II

FALL - Semester 5

CANM 301: Regulation of Nat Med
CHEM 329: Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 312: Foundations of Chemical Analysis
Arts & Humanities Perspective course
Learning Plan course

SPRING - Semester 6

JINS 347, 384, or 3001: Select JINS course (double counts in Learning Plan)
CHEM 331: Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 330: Organic Chemistry I Lab
Arts and Humanities Perspective course
Social Perspective/Intercultural course
Learning Plan course

FALL - Semester 7

CANM 401 OR Medicinals Practicum OR
CANM 302/303: Internship and Eval & Analysis of Internship
Social Perspective/Intercultural course
Learning Plan course
COMM 170: Public Speaking

SPRING - Semester 8

CANM 400: Natural Medicinals Sem
Additional WE course
Learning Plan course
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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 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.

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