Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major in Microbiology (Pre-Physician Assistant Concentration)
Minimum required: 120-124 semester credit hours
General Requirements
- The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
- Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors. The recommended minor is Chemistry or Biochemistry. Minor and electives should be chosen in consultation with the academic advisor.
- The minimum number of hours required for this degree program is 120. The number of elective hours a student completes depends on the number of hours a student may need to achieve the required 120 total or 36 advanced hours.
- Students entering Texas State with fewer than 16 credit hours completed after high school graduation will be required to take US 1100. All others will be exempt from taking this course. Students may be required to earn an additional elective to reach the 120 minimum total credit hour requirement for the awarding of a degree.
- Nine semester credit hours must be writing intensive (WI).
- If two years of the same foreign language were taken in high school, then no additional language hours will be required. In the absence of such high school language, two semesters of the same modern language must be taken at the college level.
- Students in this concentration must complete MATH 2328, [BIO 3421 or BIO 3426], and PSY 1300.
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For transfer students, 24 semester credit hours in biology, chemistry and physics (or their equivalents) may be transferred from a Texas public institution of higher education for the Biology Field of Study and be applied to the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Microbiology at Texas State University. More information about the Field of Study is available in the Academic Policies section of this catalog. The transferable Texas Common Course Number (TCCN) is listed below the Texas State University course number in the following course list.
Course List Code Title Hours BIO 1330 Functional Biology 3 TCCN: BIOL 1306BIO 1130 Functional Biology Laboratory 1 TCCN: BIOL 1106BIO 1331 Organismal Biology 3 TCCN: BIOL 1307BIO 1131 Organismal Biology Laboratory 1 TCCN: BIOL 1107CHEM 1341 General Chemistry I 3 TCCN: CHEM 1311CHEM 1141 General Chemistry Laboratory I 1 TCCN: CHEM 1111CHEM 1342 General Chemistry II 3 TCCN: CHEM 1312CHEM 1142 General Chemistry Laboratory II 1 TCCN: CHEM 1112CHEM 2341 Organic Chemistry I 3 TCCN: CHEM 2323CHEM 2141 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I 1 TCCN: CHEM 2123PHYS 1315 General Physics I 3 TCCN: PHYS 1301PHYS 1115 General Physics I Laboratory 1 TCCN: PHYS 1101Total Hours 24
Course Requirements
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| BIO 1330 & BIO 1130 (Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 [TCCN BIOL 1306 & BIOL 1106]) | 4 | BIO 1331 & BIO 1131 (Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 [TCCN BIOL 1307 & BIOL 1107]) | 4 |
| CHEM 1341 & CHEM 1141 | 4 | CHEM 1342 & CHEM 1142 | 4 |
| US 1100 | 1 | Communication Component Code 010 | 3 |
| ENG 1310 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1301]) | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
| POSI 2310 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2306]) | 3 | ||
| 15 | 14 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| BIO 2450 | 4 | BIO 2400 | 4 |
| CHEM 2341 & CHEM 2141 | 4 | CHEM 2342 & CHEM 2142 | 4 |
| American History Component Code 060 | 3 | POSI 2320 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2305]) | 3 |
| Creative Arts Component Code 050 [HUMA 1315] | 3 | MATH 2328 | 3 |
| MATH 2321 or 2471 (Mathematics Component Code 020 [TCCN MATH 2313 or MATH 2413]) | 3 | ||
| 17 | 14 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| BIO Advanced Electives2,3 | 8 | BIO Advanced Electives2,3 | 3-4 |
| Choose 4 hours from the following: | 4 | Choose 4 hours from the following: | 4 |
| PHIL 1305 or 1320 (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 [TCCN PHIL 1301 or PHIL 2306])1 | 3 | BIO 3426 or 34213 | 4 |
| Component Area Option Codes 090 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 14-15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Minor/Advanced Electives | 8-9 | BIO 4301 | 3 |
| BIO 3425 or 4464 | 4 | BIO 4416 | 4 |
| PSY 1300 (Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 [TCCN PSYC 2301] ) | 3 | Minor/Advanced Electives | 1-2 |
| Component Area Option Codes 090 | 3 | ||
| Electives | 5-6 | ||
| 15-16 | 16-18 | ||
| Total Hours: 120-124 | |||
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While PHIL 1305 or PHIL 1320 are strongly preferred, the department will allow other Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 courses to satisfy this requirement.
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Fifteen hours of advanced BIO electives are required of which 11-12 hours must be chosen from: BIO 3430BIO 3430, BIO 3442, BIO 4326BIO 4326, BIO 4366/BIO 4166, BIO 4376BIO 4376, BIO 4413, BIO 4446BIO 4446, BIO 4447, BIO 4448, or BIO 4480BIO 4480.
- 3
Students may apply only one course from [BIO 3421 or BIO 3426] towards the biology major requirements.
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BIO 4299 requires faculty and departmental approval and in order to apply as an advanced biology elective, students must take BIO 4299 two times in succession.
