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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Biology - Human Health 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 Core  
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  
Free Elective 1    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
CHM 350   - General Organic Chemistry   3      
ENGL 200  - Expository Writing II    3   KSC 010
MATH 220  - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I   4   KSC 030  
Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement: Global Perspectives Overlay 3 KSC 050  
BS Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Requirement: Ethical Reasoning Overlay 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 255  - General Microbiology   4   KSC 070  
CHM 351  - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory   2      
PHYS 113  - General Physics I   4      
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Free Elective 1    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Third Year       
Semester 1      
BIOCH 521  - General Biochemistry   3      
BIOL 441  - Human Body I   4      
PHYS 114  - General Physics II   4      
Outside Concentration Class #1 3    
Free Elective 1    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 442  - Human Body II    4    
BIOL 541  - Cell Biology   3      
Outside Concentration Class #2 3    
STAT 225  - Introduction to Statistics   (or other Statistics option) 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 3    
Outside Concentration Class #3 3    
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
Biology Elective 3    
Biology Elective 3    
Biology Elective 2    
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Total Program Hours: 120      

 

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