Program Type
Bachelors
Estimated Time to Complete
Four Years
Format
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
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 Lab Science - 20 Credits
Lower Division Science - 12 Credits
Biology Emphasis - 12 Credits
Upper Division Science Credits (300-400) - 36 Credits
Total Credit Hours: 121
Application Deadline
Review the TMCC Academic Calendar for registration deadlines for each semester.
Plan of Study Grid
Year Two Fall
AHU Elective
| Any AHU, ENGL, FREN, HUMM, LANG, MUSC, PHIL, SPAN, VART | 3 |
| CHEM 121 | General Chemistry I/Lab | 4 |
| COMM 110 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 |
| LANG Elective | LANG Elective | 3 |
| PHYS 211 | College Physics I/Lab | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Year Two Spring
| CHEM 122 | General Chemistry II/Lab | 4 |
| LANG Elective | LANG Elective | 3 |
SOCI
| Select from CJ, ECON, HIST, POLS, PSYC, SOCI | 3 |
Elective
| Electives (excluding HPER) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13 |
Year Three Fall
Year Three Spring
Year One Fall
Year One Spring
| BIOL 151 | General Biology II/Lab | 4 |
| ENGL 120 | College Composition II | 3 |
| HIST | Native American History Elective | 3 |
HPER
| Use any HPER or NUTR | 2 |
Elective
| CJ, ECON, HIST, POLS, or SOCI | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Year Four Fall
Year Four Spring