Mar 22, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biology - Human Health Biology (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


The curriculum for this major assumes students enter college prepared to take Calculus.

     
First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
BIOL 100   - Biology First-Year Orientation  OR 1      
DAS 101   - Discover, Create, and Thrive: Arts and Sciences Orientation   1      
BIOL 198  - Principles of Biology   4   KSC 040
CHM 210   - Chemistry I    4    
Arts and Humanities and Moral Reasoning Overlay 3 KSC 060  
Social and Behavioral Science Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 255  - General Microbiology   4      
CHM 230  -        
 -     KSC 020  
 -     KSC 010  
Free elective 1    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
  -        
 -        
 -      KSC 010
 -     KSC 030  
Social and Behavioral Science and Global Perspectives Overlay 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
 -        
  -        
 -        
Arts and Humanities 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 14      
       
Third Year       
Semester 1      
 -        
 -        
Outside concentration - A&S requirement 3    
 -   (or other Statistics option)      
Free elective 1    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
 -       
 -        
Outside concentration - A&S requirement 3    
Biology elective 3    
Fine Arts or Humanities - A&S requirement 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
 -  OR      
 -        
Biology elective 3    
Non-Quantitative Social Science and US Multicultural Overlay - A&S requirement 3    
Outside concentration - A&S requirement 3    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
Biology electives  5    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Free electives 7    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Total Program Hours: 120