UAS Academic CatalogBiology, B.A.
Juneau
The B.A. degree in Biology provides students with the opportunity to learn biological principles and skills in lecture, laboratory and field courses with a breadth in liberal arts and sciences. Students have the option to choose a Fisheries Science Emphasis or to pursue General Electives. Program assessment plans and student learning outcomes are posted on the Program Assessment website.
Admission Requirements
Applicants enter as pre-majors and will be considered for full admission to the B.A. in Biology after completion of the following:
| Code | Title | Credits |
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| BIOL S115 & BIOL S116 | *Fundamentals of Biology I and *Fundamentals of Biology II | 8 |
| MATH S151 | *College Algebra for Calculus 1 | 4 |
| WRTG S111 | *Writing Across Contexts | 3 |
| High school chemistry, or a C (2.00) or higher in either CHEM S103 or CHEM S105. | ||
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May be met by placement examination.
When a student becomes a major in Biology, they are assigned a faculty advisor. The student and faculty advisor plan the student’s curriculum, and the advisor’s signature is required on registration documents.
Candidates must complete the General Education Requirements (GERs), the Alaska Native Knowledge Graduation Requirement, as well as the specific program requirements listed below for a minimum of 120 credit hours. Courses in a degree program may be counted only once. Courses used to fulfill the major requirements cannot be used to fulfill the GERs. Specific requirements for GERs are listed below. The degree must include 44 credits of upper-division (300 or above) courses. To satisfy the residency requirement, 30 credits must be completed at UAS, including 24 upper division credits.
| Minimum Credit Hours | 120 |
| General Education Requirements | 36 |
| Alaska Native Knowledge Graduation Requirement | 3 |
| Major Requirements | 36 |
| Biology Electives | 10 |
| General Electives | 38 |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| Complete all General Education Requirements which must include the following: | 36 | |
| *Fundamentals of Biology I | ||
| *Fundamentals of Biology II | ||
| *College Algebra for Calculus | ||
| Major Requirements | ||
| BIOL S271 | Ecology | 4 |
| BIOL S310 | Animal Physiology 2 | 4 |
| BIOL S362 | Genetics | 4 |
| BIOL S482 | Evolution | 4 |
| CHEM S105 | *General Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM S105L | General Chemistry I Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM S106 | *General Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM S106L | General Chemistry II Laboratory | 1 |
| MATH S152 | *Trigonometry (or higher) 1 | 3 |
| STAT S200 | *Elementary Statistics | 3 |
| Select six credits from at least two disciplines in the following: | 6 | |
| *Earth and Environment (or higher) | ||
| *Physical Geology (or higher) | ||
| *Introduction to Astronomy | ||
| Probability and Statistics (or higher) | ||
| Biology Electives | ||
| Select 10 credits of the following: | 10 | |
| Introduction to Marine Biology | ||
| Introduction to Plant Biology | ||
| Communicating Science | ||
| Biological Oceanography | ||
| Tropical Marine and Coastal Ecology | ||
| Experimental Design and Data Analysis | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Current Topics in Biology: 3 | ||
| Marine Ornithology and Herpetology | ||
| Marine Mammalogy | ||
| Field Studies in Behavior and Ecology 4 | ||
| Individual Research 4 | ||
or BIOL S498 | Research in Biology | |
| Invertebrate Zoology | ||
| Physiology of Marine Animals | ||
| Introduction to Ichthyology | ||
| Animal Behavior | ||
| Aquatic Pollution | ||
| Marine Ecology | ||
| Biology Seminar 3 | ||
| All Biology students have the option of pursuing a Fisheries Science Emphasis, which will satisfy up to 21 of the 38 General Elective requirements. | ||
| Fisheries Science Emphasis Requirements | 19-21 | |
| Must include 13 credits: | ||
| Introduction to Marine Fisheries Science 5 | ||
| Introduction to Ichthyology | ||
FISH F288 | (Fish and Fisheries of Alaska) 5 | |
FISH F487 | (Fisheries Management) 5 | |
| Select two additional electives in BIOL (UAS) or FISH (UAF) with advisor permission (6-8 credits). | ||
| General Electives | up to 38 | |
| To include upper-division courses as needed to meet 44 upper division credits required for degree. | ||
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Course credit may vary for higher level Math courses.
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Or any Upper Division Chemistry Course (4 credits).
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Only 4 credits from BIOL S375 and 2 credits from BIOL S492 may be applied toward the Biology electives. Others may be applied toward General Electives.
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Up to 6 credits total from BIOL S396/398/498 may be applied.
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May be applied toward the Biology Electives and General Electives for students not pursuing the emphasis.
FISH courses available from UAF distance or face-to-face at the Lena Point SFOS facility.