Bachelor of Science in Biology

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 121General Chemistry I/Lab

4

COMM 110Fundamentals of Public Speaking

3

LANG ElectiveLANG Elective

3

PHYS 211College Physics I/Lab

4

Total Credit Hours:17

Year Two Spring

CHEM 122General Chemistry II/Lab

4

LANG ElectiveLANG Elective

3

SOCI
Select from CJ, ECON, HIST, POLS, PSYC, SOCI

3

Elective
Electives (excluding HPER)

3

Total Credit Hours:13

Year Three Fall

BIOL 258Wildlife and Culture/Lab

4

BIOL 312Evolution/Lab

4

BIOL 341Cell Biology/Lab

4

CHEM 240Survey of Organic Chemistry/Lab

4

Total Credit Hours:16

Year Three Spring

BIOL 259Modern Science and Historical Ojibwe Culture/Lab

4

BIOL 315Genetics/Lab

4

BIOL 332General Ecology/Lab

4

BIOL 450Mammalogy/Lab

4

Total Credit Hours:16

Year One Fall

BIOL 150General Biology I/Lab

4

CSCI 101Introduction to Computers

3

ENGL 110College Composition I

3

MATH 103College Algebra

4

SOCI 105First Year Experience

2

Total Credit Hours:16

Year One Spring

BIOL 151General Biology II/Lab

4

ENGL 120College 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

BIOL 363General Entomology/Lab

4

BIOL 369Histology

4

BIOL 370Vertebrate Zoology

4

CHEM 301Biochemistry/Lab

4

Total Credit Hours:16
 

Year Four Spring

BIOL 364Parasitology

4

BIOL 470BIometry

4

BIOL 480Senior Capstone Seminar

4

Total Credit Hours:12

Total Credit Hours: 121