Advising Course Plan - Aquatic and Marine Biology Major
This plan indicates an effective way to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Aquatic and Marine Biology. This basic plan would be altered depending upon your post-graduate plans (mainly by adding specific courses in place of ‘Electives’). Please see other advising plans that consider specific graduate plans.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| BIOL 100 | Becoming a Stetson Biologist | 0.0 |
| BIOL 141P | Introductory Biology: Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics | 1 |
| FSEM 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| MATH 1511 | Mathematics for Life Sciences | 1 |
| General Education requirement | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| BIOL 142P | Introductory Biology: Animal and Plant Physiology | 1 |
| General Education requirement | 1 | |
| General Education requirement | 1 | |
| General Education requirement | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| BIOL 243Q | Biostatistics | 1 |
| CHEM 141P | General Chemistry I | 1 |
| General Education requirement | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| BIOL 244 | Introductory Biology III: Ecology and Evolution | 1 |
| CHEM 142P | General Chemistry II | 1 |
| General Education requirement | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| BIOL 300 or 400 level course2 | 1 | |
| Junior Seminar3 | 1 | |
| BIOL 397 | Internship in Biology | 0.5 to 1 |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 3.5 to 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| BIOL 300 or 400 level course2 | 1 | |
| BIOL 497 | Research Proposal | 0.5 |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective4 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4.5 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| BIOL 300 or 400 level course2 | 1 | |
| BIOL 498 | Senior Project I | 1 |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| BIOL 300 or 400 level course2 | 1 | |
| BIOL 499 | Senior Project II | 1 |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Total Unit: 32 to 32.5 | ||
- 1
The timing of the Math course is not critical; it can be taken at a later time. Some students may place into, and wish to take, MATH 130 or MATH 141Q.
- 2
4 upper division Biology courses must be taken during years 3 and 4. Three of those must be BIOL 306, BIOL 312, BIOL 313, BIOL 317, or BIOL 333.
- 3
The Junior Seminar can be taken in the spring instead of the fall.
- 4
During the spring of the third year or fourth year, you will need to take another 0.5 or 1 unit course to average 4 units per semester.