Biology, Clinical Biology Concentration, B.S.

This concentration is designed to prepare students to enter the workforce of health care and medical services or other related programs. This concentration can be used to move toward specific graduate programs, employment in governmental agencies, non-profit organizations, or positions where an integrating clinical biology degree is required.

Students can use the clinical biology concentration to ready themselves for the following clinical biology options:

Cytotechnology
Cardio-Respiratory Care
Dental Hygiene
Medical Laboratory Sciences
Nuclear Medicine
Imaging Sciences
Radiologic Imaging Sciences
Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Physical therapy
Physician Assistant

Students completing this program have a broad background and have enough upper-level courses to build depth in clinical biology theory.

This concentration provides sufficient flexibility to tailor their coursework to fit broader or more specific career needs.

First Year Colloquium (0-3 hours)

Required for full-time first-year students entering college for the first time and transfer students with less than 12 hours of credit.

University Core (35 hours)

*See General Education Requirements. In completing courses required in the biology major, 8-hour lab science core requirement must also be met and can be done by using BIOL 1401 with BIOL 1400 or CHEM 1402 needed for the major.

Second Language Proficiency

(None Required)

Major (61 hours)

Biology Foundation Courses - All Concentrations (23 hours)

Students must achieve a C or more extraordinary in each of these courses to complete the foundation course requirements.

Clinical Biology Elective Courses (17 hours required)

Must include at least three courses with laboratories either as part of the course or as a separately numbered laboratory course.

Additional Requirements (21 hours)

Students must complete at least eight hours of freshman chemistry, four hours of organic chemistry, six hours of physics, and three hours of computer science or statistics or bioinformatics.

CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 1403 - General Chemistry II
OR
CHEM 1405 - Fundamentals of GOB Chemistry
CHEM 2450 - Organic Survey
OR
CHEM 3150 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
AND
CHEM 3350 - General Organic Chemistry I
PHYS 1321 - College Physics I
AND
PHYS 1322 - College Physics II
*or equivalent
CPSC 1310 - Internet Technologies
CPSC 1370 - Computing Essentials
OR
CPSC 1375 - Programming I
STAT 2350 - Introduction to Statistical Methods
*or equivalent
BINF 3345 - Introduction to Bioinformatics
*or equivalent

Minor

(none required)

Unrestricted General Electives

Remaining hours to reach 120 minimum total hours, 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and 30 hours in residence.

*Note: Specific Clinical Biology Professions can require additional courses for admission. Check with your program of interest for more information.