BACHELOR OF ARTS or BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN GENERAL SCIENCE

Advisor: Dowse

General Education & Other Requirements By This Major
Two of the Lab Science courses listed in the core requirements will count for
General Education credits and must be passed with a grade of C or higher.
Students must choose a minor from a separate discipline.
54 credits of upper division courses are required (6 credits outside of major &
minor). At least 12 credit hours must come from Writing Intensive courses.

B.A. Requirements
Complete any upper division Spanish course, or one of the following:
SPAN 202, SPAN 214, or SPAN 252

B.S. Requirements (6 credit hours)

MATH 321

Statistics

3

Complete an additional three credit hours in Computer Science, beyond the
General Education requirements.

General Science Core Requirements (8 credits will count for Gen’l Ed Lab science)

BIOL 202/203	Majors I: Plant Form, Function and Diversity & lab	4
BIOL 204/205	Majors II: Animal Form, Function and Diversity & lab	4
CHEM 151/153	General Chemistry I & lab	4
CHEM 152/154	General Chemistry II & lab	4
	Total core & gen’l ed lab science credit hours	16

Guided Electives (select 15 credit hours minimum from the following courses
plus another 24 credits in upper division courses as specified):

CMPS 140	Intro to Computer Science	3
GEOL 101/103	General Geology I & lab	4
GEOL 102/104	General Geology II & lab	4
GEOL 311/313	Natural Resources & lab	4
GEOL 315	Geology of New Mexico	3
PHYS 151/153	General Physics I & lab	4
PHYS 152/154	General Physics II & lab	4
PHYS 171/173	Principles of Physics I & lab	4
PHYS 172/174	Principles of Physics II & lab	4
PHSC 115/116	Descriptive Astronomy & lab	4
	Total credits from listed courses	15

Other upper division electives

Upper-division science electives in Biological Science	12
Upper-division science electives in Physical Science,
(Chemistry, Physics, Geology)	12
Total upper division electives	24
Total core and elective credits for major	47
(outside of General Education and BA/BS hours)

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