The following curriculum is designed to satisfy the basic lower division requirements for biological sciences majors at senior institutions. Potential majors at senior institutions for students who earn an Associate in Science degree and follow the recommendations below include botany, genetics and ecological, evolutionary, molecular, or general biology. If you have chosen a transfer institution, consult them to make course selections. Students enrolling in this curriculum are urged to meet with an academic advisor each semester to review course selections and transfer plans.
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Laboratory Science
Program-specific courses
Supporting Course
Communications
Mathematics
Humanities
Two courses, with one from general humanities and one one from the fine arts or interdisciplinary categories.
Social and Behavioral Science
Choose two courses from two different prefixes.
Electives
Choose courses from any transfer-level elective area. Appropriate electives have a second digit of 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 in the KCC course number. A maximum of four (4) credit hours can come from physical education activity courses. Recommended courses are PHYS 1524 or PHYS 2624; and MATH 1774 or MATH 2524. Courses such as BIOL 2714 and BIOL 2644 sometimes can be transferred to a four-year school for credit for health career majors, but seldom transfer as credit for biology majors.
Log on to MyCreditsTransfer at www.itransfer.org to see how your courses transfer to other colleges and universities. MyCreditsTransfer also offers program requirements and course equivalencies.
Learn more about this program: Biological Sciences Sample Transfer Plan, AS