Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major in Wildlife Biology

Minimum required: 121-125 semester credit hours

General Requirements

1. 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.
2. Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
3. The minimum number of hours required for this degree program is 127. The number of elective hours a student completes depends on the number of hours a student may need to achieve the required 127 total or 36 advanced hours.
4. 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.
5. Nine semester credit hours must be writing intensive (WI).
6. 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.
7. This Bachelor of Science degree plan includes courses in preparation for The Wildlife Society certification as an Associate Wildlife Biologist, and does not require a minor.

8. 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 Wildlife Biology 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 1306
   BIO 1130	Functional Biology Laboratory	1
   TCCN: BIOL 1106
   BIO 1331	Organismal Biology	3
   TCCN: BIOL 1307
   BIO 1131	Organismal Biology Laboratory	1
   TCCN: BIOL 1107
   CHEM 1341	General Chemistry I	3
   TCCN: CHEM 1311
   CHEM 1141	General Chemistry Laboratory I	1
   TCCN: CHEM 1111
   CHEM 1342	General Chemistry II	3
   TCCN: CHEM 1312
   CHEM 1142	General Chemistry Laboratory II	1
   TCCN: CHEM 1112
   CHEM 2341	Organic Chemistry I	3
   TCCN: CHEM 2323
   CHEM 2141	Organic Chemistry Laboratory I	1
   TCCN: CHEM 2123
   PHYS 1315	General Physics I	3
   TCCN: PHYS 1301
   PHYS 1115	General Physics I Laboratory	1
   TCCN: PHYS 1101
   Total Hours		24

Course Requirements 

¹

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.

²

Individual biology advanced electives can apply to only one requirement and cannot satisfy multiple requirements.

³

Students must complete (1) advanced vertebrate elective from group one and (2) vertebrate electives from group two.

Electives