Recommended Academic Plan

Biotechnology Clinical Laboratory Science Option (BIOTC CLS at UP)
Effective (For students entering Summer 2008 and later)

Semester 1	Credits	Semester 2	Credits
MATH 140 (GQ) Calculus with Analytic Geometry I	4	MATH 141(GQ) Calculus with Analytic Geometry II	4
CHEM 110 (GN) Chemical Principles	3	CHEM 112 (GN) Chemical Principles	3
CHEM 111 (GN) Experimental Chemistry	1	CHEM 113 (GN) Experimental Chemistry	1
PSU 016 First-Year Seminar	1	ENGL 015 OR 030 (GWS)Composition/Honors Composition	3
Arts (GA), Humanities (GH) or Social Behavioral Sciences (GS)	6	PHYS 250 (GN)Introduction Physics I	4
		Health & Physical Activity (GHA)	1
Total Credits:	15	Total Credits:	16
Semester 3	Credits	Semester 4	Credits
CHEM 202 (must be taken in sequence with CHEM 203) or 210 Organic Chemistry (must be taken in sequence with CHEM 212 & 213)	3	CHEM 203 (must be taken in sequence with CHEM 202) or 212 Organic Chemistry (must be taken in sequence with CHEM 210 & 213)	3
MICRB 251 Molecular & Cell Biology I	3	CHEM 213 Laboratory in Organic Chemistry (must be taken in sequence with CHEM 210 & 212)	2
PHYS 251 (GN) Introductory Physics II	4	MICRB 252 Molecular & Cell Biology II	3
Arts (GA), Humanities (GH) or Social Behavioral Sciences (GS)	6	MICRB 201 Introductory Microbiology	3
		MICRB 202 Introductory Microbiology Laboratory	2
		BIOL 322 Genetics	3
		Health & Physical Activity (GHA)	1
Total Credits:	16	Total Credits:	15-17
Semester 5	Credits	Semester 6	Credits
BMB 211 Elementary Biochemistry	3	BMB 221Applied Biochemistry	2
BMB 212 Elementary Biochemistry Laboratory	1	MICRB 412 Medical Microbiology	3
MICRB 410 Principles of Immunology	3	MICRB 422 Medical Microbiology Laboratory	2
MICRB 421W Laboratory of General & Applied Microbiology	3	ENGL 202C Technical Writing	3
CAS 100 A, B, or C (GWS) Effective Speech	3	± LIST C FREE ELECTIVES	1-3
Arts (GA), Humanities (GH) or Social Behavioral Sciences (GS)	3	Health & Physical Activity (GHA)	1
		Arts (GA), Humanities (GH) or Social Behavioral Sciences (GS)	3
Total Credits:	16	Total Credits:	15-17
Semester 7	Credits	Semester 8	Credits
MICRB 405A Seminar & Practicum in Medical Technology	8	MICRB 405D Seminar & Practicum in Medical Technology	5
MICRB 405B Seminar & Practicum in Medical Technology	1	MICRB 405E Seminar & Practicum in Medical Technology	7
MICRB 405C Seminar & Practicum in Medical Technology	6	MICRB 405F Seminar & Practicum in Medical Technology	3
Total Credits:	15	Total Credits:	15

• Bold Italics indicates course requires a grade of C or better for entrance into this major
• Italics indicate courses that satisfy both major and General Education requirements.
• Bold type indicates all 3 courses are required to graduate, a grade of C or better is required in 2 of the 3 courses.
• ± indicates see the Department List for exclusions see reverse side
• To graduate, students must earn a C or higher in 9 credits of any 400-level BMB/ MICRB courses except BMB 443, 444, 445, BMB/MICRB 495, 496, MICRB 421W, 422, 447
• GWS, GHA, GQ, GN, GA, GH, and GS are codes used to identify General Education requirements.
• W is the code used to designate courses that satisfy University Writing Across the Curriculum requirements.

Scheduling patterns for courses not taught each semester

Fall - only taught courses: BMB 251H, 400, 401H, 428, 430, 443W, 446, 464 BMB/MICRB 252, 435, 450 MICRB 401, 413, 421W and MICRB/BIOTC 416 BIOTC 489

Spring only taught courses: BMB 221, 252H, 402H, 433, 437, 444, 445W, 474, 497A, 497B BMB/MICRB 252, 432, 460, 480 MICRB 201H, 412, 415, 422, 447 BIOTC 459, 460

± LIST C FREE ELECTIVES - With the EXCEPTION of the courses listed below, ALL courses appearing in the University Bulletin are acceptable as elective courses: 6 credits of ROTC may be applied toward graduation requirements.

BI SC 001 BI SC 002 MATH 001 MATH 003 MATH 004 MATH 111 MATH 017

MATH 018 MATH 021 MATH 022 MATH 026 MATH 030 MATH 035 MATH 036

MATH 040 MATH 041 MATH 081 MATH 082 MATH 083 MATH 110 CHEM 001

CHEM 003 CHEM 108 CHEM 101 ENGL 004 ENGL 005 PH SC 007 PHYS 001

PHYS 150 PHYS 151 LL ED 005 LL ED 010 LL ED 123 STAT 100