Jan 30, 2026  
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Biology - Cellular and Molecular Biology (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


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

     
First Year Hours K-State  
Semester 1      
BIOL 100  - Biology First-Year Orientation  OR 1   KSC 070  
DAS 101  - Discover, Create, and Thrive: Arts and Sciences Orientation   1 KSC 070  
BIOL 198  - Principles of Biology   4   KSC 040  
CHM 210  - Chemistry I   4   KSC 070  
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 398  - Principles of Genetics   4      
CHM 230  - Chemistry II   4      
COMM 106  - Public Speaking I   3   KSC 020  
ENGL 100  - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
Total Credits: 14      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
Choose 1 of the following biology courses for cellular and molecular core:      
BIOL 461  - Phage Hunters I   OR 3      
BIOL 676  - Molecular Genetics Laboratory   OR 3      
BIOL 695   - Internship in Biology   OR 1-3    
BIOL 698  - Research in Biology   0-8    
CHM 350  - General Organic Chemistry   3    
MATH 220  - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I    4   KSC 030  
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement: Global Perspectives Overlay 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 255  - General Microbiology   4   KSC 070  
Biology Elective 3    
CHM 351  - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory   2    
ENGL 200  - Expository Writing II    3    KSC 010
BS Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Requirement: Ethical Reasoning Overlay 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
BIOL 580  - Molecular Biology of Genes and Genomes   3      
PHYS 113  - General Physics I   4      
STAT 225   - Introduction to Statistics  (or other Statistics option) 3      
Outside Concentration Class #1 3    
Free Elective 1    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
BIOCH 521   - General Biochemistry   3      
BIOL 541   - Cell Biology   3      
PHYS 114  - General Physics II   4      
Outside Concentration Class #2 3    
BS Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Requirement: US Multicultural Overlay 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
BIOL 520  - Evolution  OR 3      
BIOL 521  - Evolution of Infectious Diseases   3      
Biology Elective (course that includes a lab) 3    
Free Elective 3    
Outside Concentration Class #3 3    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
Biology Elective 4    
Biology Elective (course that includes a lab) 3    
Free Elective 2    
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Total Program Hours: 120      

 

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