2024-2025 Catalog

 

Biology - B.S.

Mission

The Biology Department at Indiana Wesleyan University is committed to the belief that all truth is God's truth. To that end, we endeavor to instill students with biological knowledge, technical skill, and a Judeo-Christian disposition, empowering them to positively impact the world around them.

Requirements for the Biology major (B.S.)

A major in Biology requires 52 hours of coursework (42 hours in biology and 10 hours in chemistry). Only courses numbered 125 and above may be applied toward the major or a minor in biology. All prerequisite courses require a grade of “C” or better. Students are not allowed to register for classes with numbers > 300 if their GPA is below 2.5.

To begin taking classes toward the Biology major, students must be eligible to take ENG-120 and have achieved the following:

Math SAT 480 or above (or MAT-120)

ACT Math score of 21 or above (or MAT-120)

Standards Required to Enter the Gateway Courses:

BIO-125 and CHE-125 are the first courses taken in the major. The standards required to take each of these courses are as follows:

BIO-125 - Completion of BIO-100 with a grade of "C" or better OR Math SAT 480 or above; OR CHE-110 with a grade of "C" or better.

CHE-125 - Completion of CHE-110 with a grade of "C" or better OR one year of high school chemistry and one of the following acceptable scores: Math SAT (480 or above) or RSAT Math (510 or above); or ACT Math (21 or above).

Requirements (52-57 credits)

Biology Core (30 credits)

BIO-125Principles of Biology

4

BIO-201Animal Biology

4

BIO-202Plant Biology

4

BIO-301Ecology

3

BIO-311Mammalian Anatomy

4

BIO-312General Physiology

4

BIO-351Cellular Biology

3

BIO-412Genetics

3

BIO-490Biology Senior Seminar

1

BIO-125: Gateway Course

Chemistry Core (10 credits)

CHE-125General Chemistry I

5

CHE-126General Chemistry II

5

CHE-125: Gateway Course

Biology Electives (Choose five totaling 12-17 credits)

BIO-204Ornithology

3

BIO-213General Microbiology

4

BIO-220Field Biology and Natural History

3

BIO-302Entomology

3

BIO-303Marine Ecology

3

BIO-317Advanced Crops and Society

4

BIO-323Medical Microbiology

3

BIO-325Sustainable Tropical Agriculture

4

BIO-330Histology

3

BIO-396Advanced Topics in Biology

1 to 4

BIO-411Vertebrate Development

4

BIO-413Virology

3

BIO-414Cadaver Anatomy

4

BIO-432Molecular Biology

4

BIO-440Immunology

3

CHE-430Biological Chemistry I

3

CHE-432Biological Chemistry II

4

Au Sable or CC-
courses above 200

BIO-395 Professional Observation does not count as a biology elective

Highly recommended for those planning to apply to medical or graduate schools in sciences

CHE-235Organic Chemistry I

4

-
and

CHE-236Organic Chemistry II

4

PHY-211General Physics I

4

-
and

PHY-212General Physics II

4

-
or

PHY-221University Physics I

4

-
and

PHY-222University Physics II

5

MAT-253Calculus I

4

MAT-204Applied Statistics I

3

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