General Undergraduate Admission Requirements

All applicants must meet the general admission requirements for Concordia University Chicago undergraduate programs as published in the Concordia University Chicago academic catalog.

New students are accepted into undergraduate degree-seeking programs for online (ADP) and on-campus (Traditional) study in the fall and spring semesters.  If you have any questions please work with your admissions advisors.  

BA Biology Major Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
BIO-2011	General Biology I	4
BIO-2012	General Biology II	4
BIO-3215	Microbiology	4
BIO-3230	Cell Biology	4
or BIO-3235	Molecular Biology
BIO-4225	Genetics	4
BIO-4900	Seminar in Biology	3
Electives
Select 10 hours of the following:		10
Department chair-approved MIC (up to 4 hours can be applied)
BIO-1500	Medical Terminology
BIO prefix at the 2000-level or above
Required Support Courses
CHE-2211	General Chemistry I	4
CHE-2212	General Chemistry II	4
Total Hours		41

Note: For students planning related graduate/professional programs, CHE-3311 Organic Chemistry I & CHE-3312 Organic Chemistry II, PHY-2121 Elementary Physics I & PHY-2122 Elementary Physics II, and MAT-2500 Calculus I are strongly recommended as additional support courses.

The following courses may not be used in this major:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
BIO-1201	Biology in the World Today	4
CHE-1110	Consumer Chemistry	4
PHY-1110	Physics of Things We Use	4
NSCI-1970	Energy and Our Environment	3
NSCI-1981	Introduction to Sustainability	4

Graduation Requirements

Students in the College of Health, Science and Technology or The College of Theology, Arts and Humanities must meet all University requirements found in the Academic Information section of this catalog. Specific requirements for these Colleges include the following:

• A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 for all coursework completed at CUC
• A minimum GPA of 2.00 for all courses taken in the major at CUC
• A minimum grade of C for all courses taken in a major at CUC
• The Department of Natural Sciences requires a minimum grade of C for courses within the major that are not pre-requisites for other courses. For courses that are pre-requisites, the C minimum remains unless superseded by admission grade requirements for specific programs, e.g., nursing at Oak Point (formerly Resurrection) University, microscopy at Hooke College, medicine/dentistry/pharmacy at LECOM, etc.).

• The following courses may not be taken on the Pass/Fail grade option:

• Course List

  Code	Title	Hours
  ENG-0100	College Writing	3
  ENG-1100	English Composition	3
  ENG-2000	Writing About Literature	3
  MAT-0100	Fundamentals of Math	3
  MAT-0110	Advanced Intermediate Algebra	3
  Any course in a major at CUC