Biology B.S. - Foundations for Medical Science (Human or Veterinary Disciplines)
This concentration prepares students with a primary career focus in the direction of human or other vertebrate medical disciplines (i.e., dentist, physician, veterinarian), allied health (i.e., medical technology, nursing, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, etc.), and therapy (i.e., occupational, physical, recreational, rehabilitation, respiratory, etc.). This concentration provides broad introductory knowledge in the biological sciences and exposes students to coursework in preparation to a successful health professions career. Upper level coursework is focused on human or other vertebrate disciplines that are instrumental in medicine and allied health or therapy. The variety of coursework also allows students to be successful if they decide to pursue related graduate work or a job after graduation.
A Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Biology and a concentration in Foundations for Medical Science requires the completion of the Elon Core Curriculum as well as the Major Requirements listed below.
Major Requirements:
Required Courses:
Select one of the following Biological Breadth electives: 4 sh
In addition, a required experiential component selected from one of the following:
(a) internship (BIO 481)
(b) research under the direction of BIO faculty member
Choose 16 semester hours from the following: 16 sh
- 4 of the elective semester hours can be any 200-400 level biology elective (ie. a wildcard) that is not being counted elsewhere in the major.
- students may count up to 4 hours of Bio499 towards their electives if the level of biological content covered is deemed equivalent to an elective course (requires chair review)
- Students may count up to 8 semester hours from special topics Seminars (non-lab BIO courses at the 300-400 level).
- Students may count up to 8 semester hours from 200 level BIO elective courses.
- Students cannot count more than one 200-300 level course of the same topic toward elective credits. Topics in question are Biochemistry (BIO 329, BIO 328, CHM 351), Anatomy (BIO 263, BIO 343), Microbiology (BIO 253, BIO 321), Physiology (BIO 264, BIO 315).
Total Credit Hours: 68