Biology (Sciences) - 2011 Cohort

Students must complete 120 Credit hours to graduate.

Course		Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours
You have to take tracks A, B, and C.If you take A, you can take A.1, A.2, or A.3
A.1	You have to take all the courses in this track.
A.2	You have to take all the courses in this track.
A.3	You have to take all the courses in this track.
A.3	INTU1420	Academic Practices	All	click here	0
B.1	You have to take all the courses in this track.
B.2	You have to take all the courses in this track.
	MATU1425	College Algebra	All	click here	0
	MATU1415	Algebra	All	click here	0
	MATU1435	Trigonometry	All	click here	0
C
	ARBU1301	Arabic I	All		0
	ARBU1302	Arabic II	All	click here	0
	ENGU1301	English I	All		0
	ENGU1302	English II	All	click here	0
	ENGU1303	English III	All	click here	0
	ENGU1304	ENGLISH BENCHMARK	All	click here	0

General Education (21 credit hours)

You have to take all of the following clusters.

Cluster : Human Community ( 9 CH )

You have to take all of the following clusters.

Cluster : Humanities / Fine Arts( 3 CH )

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

ARCH340	History and Theory of Arch.	Fall Spring	click here	3
LNG110	Language, Society & Culture	Fall Spring	click here	3
MSC200	Intro. to Mass Media	Fall Spring	click here	3
MSC240	World and Arab Media	Fall Spring	click here	3
PHI270	Philosophy of Education	Fall Spring	click here	3
PHI271	History and Phil. of Science	Spring	click here	3
TRS200	Introduction to Translation	Fall Spring	click here	3
HSR130	Intro. to Language & Comm.	Fall Spring	click here	3
HIS133	Introduction to Art History	Fall Spring	click here	3
LIT150	Introduction to Literature	Fall Spring	click here	3
PHI101	Introduction to Philosophy	Fall Spring	click here	3
LNG100	Introduction to Linguistics	Fall Spring	click here	3
HSR120	Intro. to Heritage & Culture	Fall Spring	click here	3

Cluster : Social & Behavioral Sc. (3CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

AGRB210	Introduction to Agribusiness	Fall Spring	click here	3
ECON110	Principles Of Economics	Fall Spring		3
SWK200	Introduction to Social Welfare	Fall Spring	click here	3
SOC260	Folklore	Fall Spring	click here	3
PSY100	Intro. to Psychology	Fall Spring	click here	3
HSR150	Intro. to Gov. Policy. &Urb. S	Fall Spring	click here	3
HSR140	Intro. to Society & Behavior	All	click here	3

Cluster : Society ( 3 CH )

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours
HSS105	Emirates Society	All		3

Cluster : Skills for Life (6 CH )

Cluster : English Com. Skills ( 6 CH )

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

ESPU102	English For Science	All	click here	3
ESPU1432	Comm Skills for Science	Fall Spring	click here	3

Cluster : Values to Live ( 6 CH )

You have to take all of the following clusters.

Cluster : Values to Live By Ethics (3CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

PHI122	International Ethics	Fall Spring	click here	3
FOED102	Professional ethics in ED.	All	click here	3
PHI121	Fund. of Environmental Ethics	Fall Spring	click here	3
PHI226	Human Rights Theory	Fall Spring	click here	3
PHIL120	Princ. Of Professional Ethics	All	click here	3

Cluster : Islam ( 3 CH )

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours
ISLM1103	Islamic culture	All		3

College Requirements (9 credit hours)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

ITBP112	Introduction to Programming	All	click here	3
MATH105	Calculus I	Fall Spring	click here	3
PHYS105	General Physics I	All	click here	3

Major Specialization (54 credit hours)

You have to take all of the following clusters.

Cluster : Compulsory Courses (26 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

BIOC270	General Genetics	Fall Spring	click here	3
BIOC275	Genetics Laboratory	Fall Spring	click here	1
BIOC290	Cell and Molecular Biology	Fall Spring	click here	3
BIOC480	Research Project	Fall Spring		3
BIOC490	Advanced Bio-Applications	All		2
BIOC100	Basic Biology I	All	click here	3
BIOC205	Basic Biology II	Fall Spring	click here	3
BIOC214	General Biology Laboratory	Fall Spring	click here	1
BIOC230	General Microbiology	Fall Spring	click here	3
BIOC250	Basic Ecology	Fall Spring	click here	3
BIOC495	Seminar	Fall Spring		1

Cluster : Internship (6 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours
BIOL499	Internship	Fall Spring		6

Cluster : Supporting Requirements (22CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

STAT235	Statistics for Biology	Fall Spring	click here	3
ENG310	Writing for research	Fall Spring	click here	3
MATH110	Calculus II	All	click here	3
CHEM361	Biochemistry	Fall Spring	click here	3
CHEM245	Organic Chemistry Lab I	Fall Spring	click here	1
CHEM241	Organic Chemistry I	Fall Spring	click here	3
CHEM115	General Chemistry Lab	Fall Spring	click here	1
CHEM112	General Chemistry II	Fall Spring	click here	2
CHEM111	General Chemistry I	All	click here	3

Major Elective (18 credit hours)

You can take only one of the following clusters.

Cluster : Cellular &Molecular Biol(18CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours
BIOE240	Principles of Environmental Sc	Fall Spring	click here	3

Cluster : Elective Courses ( 15 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

BIOM339	Virology	Fall	click here	2
BIOM350	Developmental Biology	Fall Spring	click here	3
BIOM445	Macromol.:Struc, Fun. & Bioin.	Spring	click here	3
BIOM435	Human Molecular Genetics	Fall	click here	3
BIOM433	Biotechnology & Genetic Eng.	Fall	click here	3
BIOM461	Tissue Culture	Fall	click here	3
BIOM462	Immunology	Fall Spring	click here	3
BIOM489	Molecular Biology Techniques	Fall Spring	click here	1
BIOM492	Special Topics(Cell & Mole)	Fall Spring	click here	1
BIOM335	Molecular Biology of Genes	Fall Spring	click here	3
BIOM420	Mol. basis of cell&tissue dev.	Fall Spring	click here	3

Cluster : Ecology & Environmental (18CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours
BIOE240	Principles of Environmental Sc	Fall Spring	click here	3

Cluster : Elective Courses ( 15 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

BIOE250	Biodiversity and Evolution	Fall Spring	click here	3
BIOE380	Desert Ecology	Fall	click here	3
BIOE390	Wildlife & Rangeland Manag.	Spring	click here	3
BIOE410	Field Survey and Envir.Ass	Spring	click here	3
BIOE452	Oceanography	Fall Spring	click here	3
BIOE453	Environmental Toxicology	Fall Spring	click here	3
BIOE455	Ecology of Pathogens	Fall	click here	3
BIOE457	Animal Behavior	Spring	click here	3
BIOE459	Conservation Biology	Fall Spring	click here	3
BIOE425	Prin. of Ecological Modeling	Spring	click here	3

Cluster : General Biology (18 CH)

You have to take all of the following clusters.

Cluster : Compulsory Courses (6 CH)

Course	Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours

BIOE240	Principles of Environmental Sc	Fall Spring	click here	3
BIOG315	Fundamentals of Physiology	Fall Spring	click here	3

Cluster : Elective Courses (12 CH)

Course		Title	Semester	Prerequisite	Hours
You have to take tracks A, B, C, and D.
A	You need to take only one course from the courses in this track.
	BIOG330	Mycology	Fall	click here	3
	BIOG332	Parasitology	Spring	click here	3
	BIOG434	Bacteriology	Fall Spring	click here	3
B	You need to take only one course from the courses in this track.
	BIOG333	Entomology	Fall	click here	3
	BIOG360	Marine Biology	Spring	click here	3
	BIOG400	Biology of Invertebrates	Fall Spring	click here	3
C	You need to take only one course from the courses in this track.
	BIOG321	Histology	Fall	click here	3
	BIOG433	Biology of Vertebrates	Fall Spring	click here	3
	BIOG445	Animal Physiology	Fall Spring	click here	3
D	You need to take only one course from the courses in this track.
	BIOG450	Plant Physiology	Fall Spring	click here	3
	BIOG460	Botany	Fall Spring	click here	3
	BIOG470	Plant anatomy	Fall	click here	3

Elective Courses "Minor" (18 credit hours)

Cluster : MInor Courses (18 CH)

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