School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Bachelor of Science in Biology and Business Administration (Double Major)
Degree Requirements (143 hours)1
I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 hours2
Communication (6 hours)
3 hours Communication (RHET 1302)
3 hours Communication Elective (BCOM 3311)3
Social and Behavioral Sciences (15 hours)
6 semester credit hours Government (GOVT 2301 and GOVT 2302)
6 hours American History
3 hours Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective (ECON 2301)3
Humanities and Fine Arts (6 hours)
3 hours Fine Arts (ARTS 1301)
3 hours Humanities (HUMA 1301)
Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (6 hours)
6 hours Calculus (MATH 2413 and MATH 2414)4
Science (9 hours)
9 hours Chemistry (CHEM 1311 and CHEM 1111, CHEM 1312 and CHEM 1112, and CHEM 2123)3
II. Major Requirements: 89 hours
Biology Major Preparatory Courses (17 hours beyond Core Curriculum)
CHEM 1111 General Chemistry Laboratory I3
CHEM 1112 General Chemistry Laboratory II3
CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I3
CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II3
CHEM 2123 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory I5
CHEM 2125 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory II5
CHEM 2323 Introductory Organic Chemistry I5
CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II5
MATH 2413 Differential Calculus and MATH 2414 Integral Calculus4, 6
PHYS 2325 Mechanics and PHYS 2125 Physics Laboratory I
PHYS 2326 Electromagnetism and Waves and PHYS 2126 Physics Laboratory II
Biology Major Core Courses (29 hours)
BIOL 2111 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop I5
BIOL 2112 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop II5
BIOL 2281 Introductory Biology Laboratory5
BIOL 2311 Introduction to Modern Biology I5
BIOL 2312 Introduction to Modern Biology II5
BIOL 3101 Classical and Molecular Genetics Workshop
BIOL 3102 Eukaryotic Molecular and Cell Biology Workshop
BIOL 3161 Biochemistry Workshop I
BIOL 3162 Biochemistry Workshop II
BIOL 3301 Classical and Molecular Genetics
BIOL 3302 Eukaryotic Molecular and Cell Biology
BIOL 3361 Biochemistry I
BIOL 3362 Biochemistry II
or BIOL 3335 Microbial Physiology
BIOL 3380 Biochemistry Laboratory
Business Administration Major Preparatory Courses (16 hours beyond Core Curriculum)
ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting5
ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting5
BA 3100 Professional Development
BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law5
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics3, 5
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics5
MATH 2333 Matrices, Vectors and Their Application5
or OPRE 3333 Quantitative Business Analysis
Business Administration Core Courses (27 hours)
BCOM 3311 Business Communication3
BCOM 4350 Advanced Business Communication
FIN 3320 Business Finance
MIS 3300 Introduction to Management Information Systems
OPRE 3310 Operations Management
OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior
MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing
BPS 4305 Strategic Management
IMS 3310 International Business
STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics
or STAT 3332 Statistics for Life Sciences
or OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty
III. Elective Requirements: 12 hours
Guided Electives (12 hours)
Business (9 hours): To be selected from any upper-division JSOM courses. If qualified, the student may select from JSOM graduate courses.
Biology (3 hours): BIOL 4380 Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory or approved upper-division biology course.
1. Degree is 144 hours if students are required to take NATS 1101.
2. Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed in parentheses are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major requirements at UT Dallas.
3. A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Hours are counted in Core Curriculum.
4. Six hours of Calculus are counted under Mathematics Core, and 2 hours of Calculus are counted as Major Preparatory Courses.
5. Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.
6. Students may substitute MATH 2413 and MATH 2414 by taking MATH 2417 and MATH 2419.