Program Type: Certificate, Associates, Bachelors or Masters
Bachelors
Estimated Time to Complete
Four Years
Format: On Campus, Off Campus or Hybrid
On Campus, Off Campus, and Hybrid
Program Description
The B.S. in Biological Sciences will enhance the STEM program in biology, chemistry, and physics, emphasize ancestral Ojibwe knowledge, culture, and critical thinking skills, extend student-based research from one or two years to four years. The program will increase critical thinking skills, learning skills, and research skills.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
1: Apply the scientific method and critical thinking, especially as it applies to tribal nations.
2: Quantitative reasoning in the analysis of dynamic systems, especially as it applies to tribal nations.
3: Students will practice ethics, especially as it applies to tribal nations.
4: Students will apply core concepts of Biology, as it relates to tribal nations.
Mission: Vision if program has one
The students who complete the B.S. in Biological Sciences will have the opportunity to enter into graduate programs in a related field of study. The students will have acquired knowledge and skills that enhance their employment with federal, state, and private agencies. An increase in critical thinking skills, learning skills, and research skills will increase the student’s success in all areas throughout his/her life.
The program will open the door to initiating a B.S. in chemistry and be one more step in TMCC’s path of going from a predominately community college to a four-year higher learning institute.
Credit Hours
General Education- 41 Credits
General Education Science Courses- 24 Credits
Upper Division Science Credits (300-400)- 36
Electives (Includes 12 credits for Emphasis Area)- 20
Total Credit Hours: 121
Application Deadlines
Review the TMCC Academic Calendar for registration deadlines for each semester.
Plan of Study Grid
Year Three (Fall)
Year Three (Spring)
| BIOL BIOL 259 | Modern Science and Historical Ojibwe Culture/Lab | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Year Four (Fall)
Year Four (Spring)
| BIOL 480 | Senior Capstone Seminar | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |