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Program Overview

Associate of Science in Biological Sciences

 

Student Learning Outcomes

This program provides graduates with the courses typically required for pre-professional students during their first two years of a bachelor’s degree program.
This two-year Associate of Science pattern of study is designed to transfer to colleges and universities with four-year biology degrees.
Students will be able to:
  • Communicate the nature of scientific knowledge and the scientific method and how they were developed.
  • Associate biological structure and function.
  • Relate molecular genetics and cell and organism function.
  • Show how organisms are genetically related, interact on a population level, have evolved, and are evolving.

Attendance in Lab Science Courses

The following science courses have labs and are required to be completed for the AS in Biological Sciences: 
Course # Course Title Credits
BIOL 190 Intro Cell/Molecular Biology 4 Credits
BIOL 191 Intro Organismal Biology 4 Credits
BIOL 251 General Microbiology 4 Credits
CHEM 121 General Chemistry I 4 Credits
CHEM 122 General Chemistry II 4 Credits
CHEM 241 Organic Chemistry I 3 Credits
CHEM 242 Organic Chemistry II 3 Credits
Each of these courses requires in-person labs. De­pending on the course, the 3-hour labs may occur weekly, on weekends, or at a time from Monday through Friday anytime from 8 a.m.– 9:45 pm.
 
Due to ºÚÁϳԹÏ’s personnel, equipment, and facilities, courses listed above which have the CHEM prefix have required labs that are only offered on the Elko and Pahrump cam­puses.  This means that AS in Biological Sciences students will be required to attend lab courses in Elko or Pahrump at least 1–2 days each week and that this is not an online degree.
 
Please consult an advisor for the AS in Biological Sciences for the availability details of each individual science course.
 

General Education Requirements

Communications and Expressions

Written Communications (one course required)
Course # Course Title Credits
ENG 100 Composition-Enhanced 5 Credits
ENG 101 Composition I 3 Credits
 
Oral Communications (one course required)
Course # Course Title Credits
COM 113 Fund Speech Communication 3 Credits
THTR 221 Oral Interpretation 3 Credits
 
Evidence-Based Communications
Course # Course Title Credits
ENG 102 Composition II 3 Credits
 
Fine Arts (one course required)
Course # Course Title Credits
ART 100 Visual Foundations 3 Credits
ART 101 Drawing I 3 Credits
ART 107 Design Fundmntls I (2-D) 3 Credits
ENG 205 Intro to Creative Writing 3 Credits
MUS 101 Music Fundamentals 3 Credits
MUS 121 Music Appreciation 3 Credits
THTR 100 Introduction to Theatre 3 Credits
THTR 105 Introduction to Acting I 3 Credits
THTR 121 Stage Makeup 3 Credits
THTR 204 Theatre Technology I 3 Credits
WELD 200 Metal Art 3 Credits
 

Logical and Scientific Reasoning

Mathematical Reasoning
Course # Course Title Credits
MATH 181 Calculus I 4 Credits
 
Scientific Reasoning
Course # Course Title Credits
BIOL 190 Intro Cell/Molecular Biology 4 Credits
 
Scientific Data Interpretation
Course # Course Title Credits
CHEM 121 General Chemistry I 4 Credits
 

Human Societies and Experience

 Structure of Societies (one course required) (PSY 101 recommended for pre-medical related students)
Course # Course Title Credits
ANTH 101 Intro Cultural Anthropology 3 Credits
CRJ 104 Intro to Admin of Justice 3 Credits
CRJ 270 Intro to Criminology 3 Credits
ECON 102 Prin of Microeconomics 3 Credits
ECON 103 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credits
GEOG 106 Intro to Cultural Geography 3 Credits
HMS 200 Ethics in Human Services 3 Credits
PSY 101 Gen Psychology 3 Credits
PSY 208 Psy of Human Relations 3 Credits
SOC 101 Prin of Sociology 3 Credits
 
American Constitutions and Institutions:  HIST 101 and 102 or PSC 101
Course # Course Title Credits
HIST 101 U.S. History to 1877 3 Credits
HIST 102 U.S. History Since 1877 3 Credits
PSC 101 Intro American Politics 3 Credits
 
Humanities (one course required)
Course # Course Title Credits
ART 160 Art Appreciation 3 Credits
ENG 203 Intro to Literary Study 3 Credits
ENG 223 Themes of Literature 3 Credits
FIS 100 Introduction to Film 3 Credits
FREN 111 First Year French I 3-4 Credits
FREN 112 First Year French II 3-4 Credits
HIST 208 World History I 3 Credits
HIST 209 World History II 3 Credits
HUM 101 Intro to Humanities I 3 Credits
HUM 210 Communicating Diversity 3 Credits
MUS 121 Music Appreciation 3 Credits
PHIL 101 Intro to Philosophy 3 Credits
PHIL 102 Critical Thinking 3 Credits
PHIL 135 Introduction to Ethics 3 Credits
SPAN 111 First Year Spanish I 3 Credits
SPAN 112 First Yr Spanish II 3 Credits
SPAN 211 Second Year Spanish I 3 Credits
 
Technological Proficiency (one course required)
Course # Course Title Credits
GIS 109 Intro Geogrphc Info Syst 3 Credits
CS 135 Computer Science I 3 Credits
 

Foundations

Mathematics
Course # Course Title Credits
STAT 152 Intro to Statistics 3 Credits
 
Sciences 
Course # Course Title Credits
BIOL 191 Intro Organismal Biology 4 Credits
 

Program Requirements

 
Course # Course Title Credits
BIOL 251 General Microbiology 4 Credits
CHEM 122 General Chemistry II 4 Credits
CHEM 241 Organic Chemistry I 3 Credits
CHEM 241L Organic Chemistry Lab I 1 Credits
CHEM 242 Organic Chemistry II 3 Credits
CHEM 242L Organic Chemistry Lab II 1 Credits
 

Suggested Course Sequence

Course Credits
BIOL 190 4
CHEM 121 4
ENG 100 or 101 3-5
MATH 181 4
TOTAL 15-17
 

Course Credits
BIOL 191 4
CHEM 122 4
ENG 102 3
Fine Arts* 3
STAT 152 3
TOTAL 17
*Choose with advisor
 

Course Credits
CHEM 241 3
CHEM 241L 1
Technology* 3
Humanities* 3
COM 113 3
PSC 101 3
TOTAL 16
 

Course Credits
CHEM 242 3
CHEM 242L 1
BIOL 251 4
Program Elective* 3
Structure of Societies* 3
TOTAL 14
*Choose with advisor