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Dec 03, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Biological Sciences, B.S.
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The B.S. degree program is designed for students who plan careers in the biological sciences or further study in graduate or professional schools. Although statistics is used extensively in biological research, preprofessional students should be aware that certain medical schools also require a full year of calculus.
SMU Degree Requirements
An SMU undergraduate degree requires a minimum of 120 credit hours and must include completion of the University’s Common Curriculum , one major and a combination of electives and/or other majors or minors. Completion of certain majors requires more than 120 hours to finish the degree. The credit hours within this curriculum are distributed as follows:
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Requirements for the Major
Biological Sciences (34 Credit Hours)
Chemistry (16 Credit Hours)
Mathematics (6 Credit Hours)
Total for the Major Only: 64 Credit Hours
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