481 Professional Practices in Graphic Design (3)
Design problems specific to the concerns of professional practice. Emphasis on client work, budgeting, planning, presentation and teamwork. Work leading to significant portfolio development. Spring semester. Studio hours 6. Prerequisite: Art 344.
490r Seminar in Art Education (3)
Emphasis on contemporary issues in art education. On demand.
491 Professional Preparation for the Visual Artist (3)
An opportunity to examine professional protocol and expectations in the art community. Students will study how to critically write about their art and the artwork of others. Grant writing and how to apply for admission to graduate schools will be addressed in addition to preparing professional portfolios and preparing to exhibit their art. All graduating seniors majoring in art will collectively collaborate on the mounting of an exhibition. Spring semester. Prerequisite: Application for Senior Exhibition in the fall semester, senior standing in the BFA major or approval of department head.
495r Departmental Honors (1-3 hours per term, 4 hours for the two terms)
Every semester. See Departmental Honors.
497r Research (1-4)
Every semester.
498r Individual Studies (1-4)
Every semester.
499r Group Studies (1-4)
Every semester.
Biological and Environmental Sciences
Professor Timothy Gaudin, Acting Head
The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences offers three majors: a B.S. in biology, a B.S. in medical technology and a B.S. in Environmental Science. The course requirements are listed below.
Students are urged to consider attendance at the institutions affiliated with UTC’s Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences that offer field course experience in the life sciences: Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, offering courses in marine biology; and Highlands Biological Station, Highlands, North Carolina, offering courses related to the biology and ecology of the Southern Appalachians.
Preprofessional programs in dentistry, medical technology, medicine, cytotechnology, dental hygiene, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine are described in the Preprofessional Programs section of the catalog. See Pre-professional Programs.
Biology (B.S.)
- General Education (see list of approved courses)
- Rhetoric and Composition: English 121, 122 (6 hours)
- Mathematics: One approved mathematics course (3 hours)
- Statistics: Biology 216* (4 hours) or Mathematics 210 (3 hours) Students who have taken Engineering 222, HHP 401, Mathematics 307, 408, Psychology 201 or Sociology 250 and subsequently changed their major to Biology will have satisfied this requirement.
- Natural Sciences: Two approved natural science courses, at least one including a laboratory component (7-8 hours)
- Humanities and Fine Arts: Two approved humanities and fine arts courses, one from fine arts and one from either (6 hours)
- Cultures and Civilizations: Option A: Western Humanities I and II and Non-Western Cultures and Civilizations OR Option B: World Civilization I, II, III (9 hours total)
- Behavioral and Social Sciences: Two approved behavioral or social science courses in two different disciplines (6 hours)
Major and Related Courses
- English 278 or Biology 495. Students who have taken English 276, 277 or 279 and subsequently changed their major to Biology will have satisfied this requirement.
- Foreign Language through the first college year in one foreign language or the equivalent through placement exam. Students with documented evidence that English is their second language as determined by the department head will meet the foreign language requirement after successful completion of English 122.
- Mathematics 131 and 136; OR 144, 145 and 151/152 (Initial course in Mathematics sequence is dependent upon UTC Math Placement.)
- Chemistry 121/123, 122/124, 351/353, 352/354.
- Biology - 38 hours including 121, 122 (a grade of C or better must be earned in 122 in order to take courses beyond the 100 level for which 122 is a prerequisite), 325 (326 required for the molecular concentration but is an elective for all other concentrations), four laboratory courses above the 100 level, 3 hours of a single, formal lecture or laboratory course at the 400 level.
- No more than 4 hours of 497r and/or 498r may be counted as part of the 38 hours of biology. All senior level students must take a major field achievement test in biology prior to graduation.
- 2.0 average in all biology courses.
- Minimum of 39 hours of 300 and 400 level courses.
- Electives to complete 120 hours.
- Additional requirements.
*Also satisfies requirement in the major.
Each biology major must also complete the requirements for one of the following concentrations.
2126 - General Biology
- Physics 103/183, 104/184 or Geology 111/181, 112/182 (Physics 103/183, 104/184 recommended for prospective graduate students)
- Biology courses:
- Botany (select 1 course) - 207, 351, 352
- Zoology (select 1 course) - 312, 313, 320, 330, 340, 342, 403, 408, 456, 457, 458 (Courses offered in Botany and Zoology at Gulf Coast Research Laboratory may be substituted. Approval of the department head required)
- Ecology and Evolution (select 1 course) - 306/307, 315, 406, 416, 440, 450Cell and Physiology (select 1 course) - 304, 311, 323, 412, 420, 428, 460, 463
- Recommended electives: Chemistry 341, 466
2127 - Preprofessional (Premedical, Predental)
- Chemistry 466, Physics 103/183 and Physics 104/184
- Biology courses:
- Botany (select 1 course) - 207, 351, 352.
- Zoology ( select 1 option) - 313, or 403, or 191 plus one course to be chosen
- from 312, 320, 340, 342, 408, 456, 457, 458
- Ecology and Evolution (select 1 course) - 306, 315, 416, 450
- Cell and Physiology (select 2 courses) - 311, 323, 428, 460
- One additional course to be chosen from
- Zoology - 312, 313, 320, 330, 340, 342, 403, 408, 456, 457, 458
OR - Cell and Physiology - 304, 311, 323, 412, 420, 428, 460, 463
- Zoology - 312, 313, 320, 330, 340, 342, 403, 408, 456, 457, 458
- Recommended elective - Classics 300
