1. General education requirements are the same for all
students pursuing a Bachelor's degree in SBS. Students in
the 6 yr BA/MD program will apply specific courses required
by the medical program to fulfill these requirements.
2. Physical sciences and mathematics requirements: All of
the following courses are required.
  A grade of C- or better is required in each course used
  to fulfill these requirements.
  MATH 216 or MATH 210         Biomath I or Calculus I
   or STAT 235             or Elementary Statistics              3-4 cr. hr.
  PHYSICS 210           General Physics I or
   or PHYSICS 240      Physics for Science and Engineering I  4-5 cr. hr.
  CHEM 211                General Chemistry I                      4 cr. hr.
  CHEM 211L               Experimental General Chemistry I         1 cr. hr.
  CHEM 212R               General Chemistry II                     4 cr. hr.
  CHEM 212LR              Experimental General Chemistry II        1 cr. hr.
  CHEM 320                Elementary Organic Chemistry             4 cr. hr.
  CHEM 320L               Experimental Organic Chemistry           1 cr. hr.
3. Biology course requirements.   Biology courses that
   fulfill the BA degree requirements are listed below.
   A total of 38 credit hours of biology courses is
   required and at least 24 of these must be at the 300
   or 400 level. A minimum of 21 credit hours of biology
   courses must be earned from UMKC SBS.  A grade of C-
   or better is required in each course used to fulfill   these requirements.
  A. All of the following courses are required of all
     students seeking the BA degree in Biology.  These
     core curriculum requirements constitute a total
     of 17 credit hours plus 2 credit hours of elective     upper level biology.
  BIOLOGY 108           General Biology I                          3 cr. hr.
  BIOLOGY 108L          General Biology I Lab                      1 cr. hr.
  BIOLOGY 109           General Biology II                         3 cr. hr.
  BIOLOGY 109L          General Biology II Lab                     1 cr. hr.
  BIOLOGY 202           Cell Biology          3 cr. hr.
  BIOLOGY 206           Genetics              3 cr. hr.
  BMS 9265              Human Biochemistry                         5 cr. hr.
  B. The following courses are required for 10 credit hours.
  LS-MCRB 313           Microbiology          3 cr. hr.   
  BMS 9296, BMS 9297, BMS 9298 Human Structure Function    7 cr. hr.
  C. The following laboratory courses are required.
  LS-MCRB 313WL        Laboratory in Microbiology                 3 cr. hr.
  LS-ANATO 118L         introductory Anatomy Lab                   2 cr. hr. 	
  D. Dual Degree requirement  
  LS-ANATO 119          Functional Anatomy I                       3 cr. hr.
  E. Biology Synthesis Requirement     (Choose a total of 3 credit hours)
  BIOLOGY 498WI         Critical Analysis of Biological Issues     3 cr. hr.
  LIFE-SCI 490WI        Senior Seminar        3 cr. hr.
  LIFE-SCI 497          Special Topics                           1-3 cr. hr.
  LIFE-SCI 499          Undergraduate Research                   1-3 cr. hr.
  F. Additional 3 credit hours of upper level biology coursework
     is needed to complete the total of 38 required credit hours
     in biology, 24 of which must be junior/senior level and one
     of which must be a writing intensive course.  
4. The UM Biology GPA must be at least 2.0.
5. A minimum of 120 credit hours is required (with a maximum 
   of 30 credit hours of professional credit allowed toward the degree) and 36 of
   these must be at the junior/senior level.  Electives
   may be taken from any area once other degree   requirements have been met.