Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Business Administration Degree Requirements (Double Major – 140 hours)

I. Core Curriculum Requirements¹: 42 hours
    A. Communication (6 hours)
        3 hours Communication (RHET 1302)
        3 hours Communication Elective (BA 4305)²
    B. Social and Behavioral Sciences (15 hours)
        6 hours Government (GOVT 2301 and 2302)
        6 hours American History
        3 hours Social and Behavior Sciences Elective (ECO 2301)²
    C. Humanities and Fine Arts (6 hours)
        3 hours Fine Arts (ARTS 1301)
        3 hours Humanities (HUMA 1301)
    D. Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (6 hours)
        6 hours Calculus (MATH 2417 and 2419)³
    E. Science (9 hours)
        9 hours Chemistry (CHEM 1311/1111, 1312/1112 and 2123)

¹ Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed in parenthesis are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major requirements at UT Dallas.

II. Major Requirements: 86 hours
    Biology Major Preparatory Courses (17 hours beyond Core Curriculum)
        CHEM 1111 General Chemistry Laboratory I
        CHEM 1112 General Chemistry Laboratory II
        CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I
        CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II
        CHEM 2123* Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
        CHEM 2125* Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
        CHEM 2323* Introductory Organic Chemistry I
        CHEM 2325*Introductory Organic Chemistry II
        MATH 2417 and 2419³ Calculus I and II
        PHYS 3341/2125 Physics for BioScience I with Laboratory
        PHYS 3342/2126 Physics for BioScience II with Laboratory
    Biology Major Core Courses (33 hours)
        BIOL 2111* Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop I
        BIOL 2112* Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop II
        BIOL 2281* Introductory Biology Laboratory
        BIOL 2311* Introduction to Modern Biology I
        BIOL 2312* Introduction to Modern Biology II
        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 Administration Major Preparatory Courses (15 hours beyond Core Curriculum)
        AIM 2301* Introductory Financial Accounting
        AIM 2302* Introductory Cost Management
        BA 2301* Business and Public Law
        ECO 2301* Principles of Macroeconomics2
        ECO 2302* Principles of Microeconomics
        MATH 2333* Matrices, Vectors and Their Application
    Business Administration Core Courses (21 hours)
        BA 3341 Business Finance
        BA 3351 Introduction to Management Information Systems
        BA 3352 Production Management
        BA 3361 Organizational Behavior
        BA 3365 Marketing Management
        BA 4305 Social & Political Environment of Business2
        BA 4371 International Business
        STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics
            or STAT 3332 Statistics for Life Sciences

² A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Hours are counted in Core Curriculum.
³ Six hours of Calculus are counted under Mathematics Core, and 2 hours of Calculus are counted as Major Preparatory Courses.
* Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.

III. Elective Requirements: 12 hours
    Advanced Electives
        All students are required to take at least six hours of advanced electives outside their major
        field of study. These must be either upper-division classes or lower-division classes that
        have prerequisites. These may be satisfied with CHEM 2323 and 2325, counted under Major
        Preparatory Courses.
    Guided Electives (12 hours)
        Business Administration (9 hours): To be selected from AIM 3341, AIM 4342, BA 4321, BA
        4322, and BA 4346.
    Biology (3 hours): To be selected from BIOL 4380, BIOL 3V96 (3 hours)⁴ and BIOL 4V96 (3
        hours)⁴
    All students must complete at least 51 hours of upper-division credit to graduate.

⁴ Requires permission of the Biology Undergraduate Advisor to ensure training in recombinant DNA analysis.

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