Lakeland College

Biology Major

Biology Major (54-55 semester hours)

for Education and Non-education Majors

• BIO 111 Life Sciences I (4 semester hours)
• BIO 112 Life Sciences II (4 semester hours)
• BIO 262 Genetics (4 semester hours)
• BIO 350 General Ecology (4 semester hours)
• BIO 475 Scientific Analysis & Writing I (2 semester hours)
• BIO 476 Scientific Analysis & Writing II (2 semester hours)
• CHM131 Principles of Chemistry I (4 semester hours)
• CHM132 Principles of Chemistry II (4 semester hours)
• One of the following:
  1. MAT 220 Probability and Statistics (3 semester hours)
  2. MAT 231 Calculus I (4 semester hours)
• Two courses from one of the following lettered groups:
  1. PHY 211 General Physics I (4 semester hours)
     PHY 222 General Physics II (4 semester hours)
  2. PHY 251 Physics I (4 semester hours)
     PHY 252 Physics II (4 semester hours)
• 15 additional biology (BIO) and/or biochemistry (BIOC) semester hours, at the 200 level or higher, with at least 10 semester hours at the 300 level or higher.

Note: To qualify for Early Adolescence through Adolescence (grades 6-12) teaching certification, students must complete all courses listed above, complete the professional education sequence, and satisfy the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) statutory requirements.