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

Biology (BA) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


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  
ENGL 100   -Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement (US Multicultural Overlay) 3 KSC 030  
Language Course 4 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 221  - Organismic Biology   5      
COMM 106  - Public Speaking I    3      
MATH 100  - College Algebra  OR 3   KSC 030  
MATH 150  - Plane Trigonometry  OR 3   KSC 030  
MATH 220  - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I   4      
Language Course 4    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
Biology Elective 3    
CHM 210   - Chemistry I   4      
ENGL 200  - Expository Writing II   3   KSC 010  
Language Course 3    
Social and Behavioral Science and Global Perspectives Overlay 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
Biology Elective 3    
CHM 230  - Chemistry II   4      
STAT 225  - Introduction to Statistics  OR 3      
STAT 240  - Biometrics I  OR 3      
STAT 701   - Fundamental Methods of Biostatistics  OR 3    
STAT 703  - Introduction to Statistical Methods for the Sciences    3    
Language Course 3    
Moral Reasoning Overlay 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
BIOL 263  - Ecology of Environmental Problems  OR 3      
BIOL 529  - Ecology   3      
CHM 350  - General Organic Chemistry   3      
CHM 351  - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory   2      
Arts and Sciences 300-level or above Social Science 3    
Outside Concentration - A&S requirement 3    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 398   - Principles of Genetics   4      
PHYS 113  - General Physics I   4      
Outside Concentration - A&S requirement 3    
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 14      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
Biology Elective 3    
Biology Elective 3    
BIOL 520   - Evolution   OR 3      
BIOL 521  - Evolution of Infectious Diseases   3      
Arts and Sciences 300-level or above Humanities course 3    
Outside Concentration - A&S requirement 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
Biology Elective 3    
Arts and Sciences fine arts course 3    
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Free Electives 6    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Total Program Hours: 120