School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Business Administration (Double Major)

Degree Requirements (147 semester credit hours)^{1, 2}

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours³

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

COMM 1311 Survey of Oral and Technology-based Communication

RHET 1302 Rhetoric

Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours

MATH 2417 Calculus I^{4, 5}

Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours

CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I⁴

CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II⁴

Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture core courses (see advisor)

Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Creative Arts core courses (see advisor)

American History: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from American History core courses (see advisor)

Government / Political Science: 6 semester credit hours

GOVT 2305 American National Government

GOVT 2306 State and Local Government

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{4, 6}

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

MATH 2419 Calculus II^{4, 5}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{4, 6}

II. Major Requirements: 96 semester credit hours

Biology Major Preparatory Courses: 20 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum

CHEM 1111 General Chemistry Laboratory I

CHEM 1112 General Chemistry Laboratory II

CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I⁴

CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II⁴

CHEM 2123 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory I⁶

CHEM 2125 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory II⁶

CHEM 2323 Introductory Organic Chemistry I⁶

CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II⁶

MATH 2417 Calculus I^{4, 5}

MATH 2419 Calculus II^{4, 5}

PHYS 2325 Mechanics

PHYS 2125 Physics Laboratory I

PHYS 2326 Electromagnetism and Waves

PHYS 2126 Physics Laboratory II

NATS 1101 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Freshman Seminar

UNIV 1010 Freshman Seminar

Biology Core Courses: 33 semester credit hours

BIOL 2111 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop I⁶

BIOL 2112 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop II⁶

BIOL 2281 Introductory Biology Laboratory⁶

BIOL 2311 Introduction to Modern Biology I⁶

BIOL 2312 Introduction to Modern Biology II⁶

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

BIOL 4461 Biophysical Chemistry

Business Major Preparatory Courses: 16 hours beyond Core Curriculum

ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting⁶

ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting⁶

BA 3100 Professional Development

BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law⁶

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{4, 6}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{4, 6}

OPRE 3333 Quantitative Business Analysis⁶

or MATH 2333 Matrices, Vectors, and Their Application^{6, 7}

OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty

or STAT 2332 Statistics for Life Sciences

or STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics

Business Core Courses: 27 semester credit hours

BCOM 3310 Business Communication

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

III. Elective Requirements: 9 semester credit hours

Guided Electives: 9 semester credit hours

Business (6 semester credit hours): To be selected from upper-division JSOM courses. If qualified, the student may select from JSOM graduate courses.

Biology (3 semester credit hours): To be selected from BIOL 4380, BIOL 3V96, BIOL 4391, or BIOL 4399.⁸

All students must complete at least 51 hours of upper-division courses to graduate.

1. Incoming freshmen must complete and pass UNIV 1010 Freshman Seminar and the corresponding school-related freshman seminar course. Students, including transfer students, who complete their core curriculum at UT Dallas must take UNIV 2020.

2. Degree is 148 semester credit hours if students are required to take NATS 1101.

3. Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.

4. A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Hours are counted in Core Curriculum.

5. Six semester credit hours of Calculus are counted under Mathematics Core and Component Area Option Core, and 2 semester credit hours of Calculus are counted as Biology Major Preparatory Courses.

6. Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.

7. Students may substitute MATH 2418 or CS 2305.

8. Requires permission of the Biology Undergraduate Advisor to ensure training in recombinant DNA analysis.