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Biology - BA
Placement Exams:
Major Requirements:
1st Semester Cognate Requirement:
If your ALEKS score is 56 or higher, enroll in CHEM 131 & CHEM 131L. If your ALEKS score is less than this, enroll in a MATH course based on your ALEKS score. Do NOT enroll in both CHEM and MATH.
- MATH 220: Elementary Statistics
- MATH 229: Introduction to Applied Statistics Using R
- MATH 235: Calculus I (waitlist available)
- MATH 231: Calculus with Functions (waitlist available)
- MATH 231 + MATH 199*: Calculus with Functions (waitlist available)
- MATH 155: College Algebra (waitlist available)
- MATH 105: Quantitative Literacy and Reasoning
1st Semester Madison Foundations Requirement:
Critical Thinking:
- BUS 160: Business Decision-Making in a Modern Society
- EDUC 102: Critical Questions in Education
- HIST 150: Critical Issues in Recent Global History
- ISAT 160: Problem-Solving Approaches in Science and Technology
- PHIL 120: Critical Thinking
- PHIL 150: Ethical Reasoning
- SMAD 150: Mediated Communication: Issues and Skills
Human Communications:
Optional 1st Semester Courses:
- BIO 110: First Year Seminar in Biology (strongly recommended elective)
Foreign Language Requirement:
- Foreign Language (3 credit hours)
Modified GenEd Planner for 1st-Semester Use
Madison Foundations
Writing (3 credit hours)
- WRTC 103: Rhetorical Reading and Writing
Sociocultural & Wellness Area
Wellness Domain (3 credit hours)
Sociocultural Domain (3 credit hours)
Arts and Humanities
Human Questions and Contexts (3 credit hours)
- AMST 200: Introduction to American Studies
- ANTH 205: Buried Cities and Lost Tribes
- HIST 101: World History to 1500
- HIST 102: World History since 1500
- HUM 250: Foundations of Western Culture
- HUM 251: Modern Perspectives
- HUM 252: Global Cultures
- LAXC 252: Intro to Latin American, Latinx and Carribean Studies
- PHIL 101: Intro to Philosophy
- REL 101: Religions of the World
- REL 102: Religion, Spirituality, and the Meaning of Life
Visual and Performing Arts (3 credit hours)
- ART 200: Art in General Culture
- ART 204E: Art, Power and Society
- ARTH 205: Survey of World Art I: Prehistoric to Renaissance
- ARTH 206: Survey of World Art II: Renaissance to Modern
- DANC 215: The Dance Experience
- MUS 200: Music in General Culture
- MUS 203: Music in America
- MUS 206: Introduction to Global Music
- THEA 210: Introduction to Theatre
Literature (3 credit hours)
- ENG 221: Literature/Culture/Ideas
- ENG 222: Genre(s)
- ENG 235: Survey of English Literature: From Beowulf to the 18th Century
- ENG 236: Survey of English Literature: 18th Century to Modern
- ENG 239: Studies in World Literature
- ENG 247: Survey of American Literature: From the Beginning to the Civil War
- ENG 248: Survey of American Literature: From the Civil War to the Modern Period
- ENG 260: Survey of African-American Literature
- HUM 200: Great Works of Literature
The Natural World
Quantitative Reasoning
If a math course is required for your 1st-semester, it will be indicated above in the major recommendations section.
Physical Principles (3 credit hours)
This area will be fulfilled by CHEM 131, a major requirement.
Natural Systems (3 credit hours, unless indicated)
This area is fulfilled by BIO 140, a 1st semester major requirement.
Lab Experience (1 credit hour, unless indicated)
This area is fulfilled by BIO 140L, a 1st semester major requirement.
American & Global Perspectives
The American Experience (4 credit hours)
The Global Experience (3 credit hours)
- AAAD 200: Introduction to African American and Diaspora Studies
- ANTH 195: Cultural Anthropology
- ECON 200: Introduction to Macroeconomics
- GEOG 200: Geography: The Global Dimension
- HM 225E: Tourism in a Global Context
- POSC 200*: Global Politics
- SOCI 110: Social Issues in a Global Context
*POSC 200 and POSC 225 cannot both be used to satisfy this area.