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Related Degrees

Degree Plan and Description	Printable Degree Plan
AA - Associate of Arts	Degree Plan
BA - English	Degree Plan
BA - History	Degree Plan
BA - History and Historical Interpretation	Degree Plan
BA - Music	Degree Plan
BA - Psychology	Degree Plan
BA - Rhetoric and Writing	Degree Plan
BA - Spanish	Degree Plan
BS - Biology	Degree Plan

Degree Requirements

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The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

FRESHMAN YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 17 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	English Composition Requirement	1
4	BIOL 1154 Biological Science	4
4	CHEM 1404 College Chemistry I	1
3	MATH 2503 Probability and Statistics	1
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences Requirement	1
FRESHMAN YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 17 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	English Composition Requirement	1
4	CHEM 1414 College Chemistry II	3
4	BIOL 2304 General Botany	1
3	History/Government Requirement	1
3	SPCH 1203 Intro to Speech Communication	1
SOPHOMORE YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
4	BIOL 2704 General Zoology
4	Chemistry/Natural Science Requirement	3
4	Physics Sequence	2
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences Requirement	1
SOPHOMORE YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
4	BIOL 2504 General Microbiology
4	Chemistry/Natural Science Requirement	3
4	Physics Sequence	2
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science Requirement	1
JUNIOR YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
4	BIOL 3804 Genetics
4	BIOL 3404 Ecology
4	Chemistry/Natural Science Requirement	3
3	History/Government Requirement	1
JUNIOR YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	BIOL 4403 Evolutionary Biology
3	HIST 3053 History of Modern Science	1
1	BIOL 4001 Seminar
4	Chemistry/Natural Science Requirement or Additional Degree Requirement	3 or 4
4	Additional Degree Requirement	4
SENIOR YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
4	BIOL 4804 Cell and Molecular Biology
4	Additional Degree Requirement	4
4	Additional Degree Requirement	4
3	Additional Degree Requirement	4
SENIOR YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
4	BIOL 4604 General Physiology
4	Additional Degree Requirement	4
4	Additional Degree Requirement	4
3	Additional Degree Requirement	4
Total Hours: 124 At least 45 hours must be upper level

The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

NOTES
1: General Education Core Requirements, 2007-2008 catalog- Follow the requirements with these stipulations: Mathematics-MATH 2503 is required; Sciences-BIOL 2304 and CHEM 1404 are required; History/Government-POLS 2753 is required and select either HIST 2753 or 2763;Social Sciences-HIST 3053 is required and select one course from list.
2: Physics Sequence, eight hours: Select one sequence- PHYS 2803/2811 and PHYS 2823/2831 or PHYS 2903/2911 and PHYS 2923/2931.
3: Chemistry/Natural Science Requirements, 16-20 hours: Chemistry eight-12 hours- CHEM 1414 is required and select either CHEM 2404 or CHEM 2804 and 2814; Natural science eight hours- select from BIOL 1434, 1524/1534, 3704, 233V, 3204, 400V, or 4904.
4:Additional Degree Requirements, 30-34 hours: Consult with faculty advisor. Various combinations of three or four credit hour courses may be selected in this category. However, the selection must ensure completion of 45 upper-level hours and 124 total hours required for graduation.

Transfer Course Information

The Arkansas Course Transfer System (ACTS) contains information about the transferability of courses within Arkansas public colleges and universities. Students are guaranteed the transfer of applicable credits and the equitable treatment of the application of credits for the admissions and degree requirements. Courses transferability is not guaranteed for courses listed in ACTS as "No Comparable Courses." Courses with a D grade will not transfer unless an appeal for exception is submitted in writing to the provost prior to the first day of class. ACTS-Arkansas Course Transfer System http://acts.adhe.edu -select Course Transfer. Students may also view the UA Fort Smith Transfer Credit Guide at www.uafortsmith.edu/Transfer/TransferCreditGuide.