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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog
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ACCT - Accounting
ADED - Adventure Education
APHS - Applied Health Science
ART - Art
ARTH - Art History
ARTM - Arts Management
ASI - AuSable Institute
ATED - Athletic Training
BIBL - Bible
BIOL - Biology
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BIOL 313
BIOL 313L
BIOL 315
BIOL 317
BIOL 321
BIOL 321L
BIOL 325
BIOL 332
BIOL 332L
BIOL 334
BIOL 334L
BIOL 335
BIOL 335L
BIOL 348
BIOL 356
BIOL 356L
BIOL 358
BIOL 358L
BIOL 360
BIOL 362
BIOL 362L
BIOL 381
BIOL 381L
BIOL 382
BIOL 382L
BIOL 385
BIOL 385L
BIOL 386
BIOL 386L
BIOL 387
BIOL 391
BIOL 393
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BUSA - Business Administration
CHEM - Chemistry
CHIN - Chinese
CHRM - Christian Ministries
CIS - Computer & Information Science
COMM - Communication
COUN - Counseling
CRIJ - Criminal Justice
DANC - Dance
DIGC - Digital Proficiency Cert
DIGM - Digital Media
ECON - Economics
EDSP - Special Education
EDUC - Education
ELIR - Experiential Learning Init
ENGL - English
ENGR - Engineering
ESS - Earth and Space Science
FINA - Finance
FREN - French
GEOG - Geography
GEOL - Geology
GERM - German
GERO - Gerontology
GEST - General Studies
GIS - Geographic Information Systems
GREK - Greek
HDFS - Human Develop & Family Science
HEAS - HU Ethnic and Area Studies
HEBR - Hebrew
HIST - History
HONR - Honors
HPED-Health-Physical-Education
HRM - Human Resource Management
HUMA - Humanities
HUMS - Human Services
IAEP - Academic English Program
IBI - International Business Institu
IBUS - International Business
IDCC - Interdisciplinary-Cross Cultre
IDCR - Interdisciplinary-Core Course
IDET - Interdisciplinary-Ethics
IDFY - Interdisciplinary-First Yr Sem
IDNW - Interdisciplinary-NonWestern
IDPL - Interdisciplinary-Pluralism
IDST - Interdiscplinary-Sci,Tech,Wrld
IDWR - Interdisciplinary-BasicWriting
IDWV - Interdisciplinary-World Views
INTE - Internship
LANG - Language Training
LATN - Latin
LEAD - Leadership
MATH - Mathematics
MRKT - Marketing
MUAP - Music - Applied
MUCM - Music - Church Commercial
MUED - Music Education
MUEN - Music Ensembles
MUGE - Music Gen Ed
MUMH - Music History
MUSI - Music
MUTH - Music Theory
NURS - Nursing
NUTR - Nutrition
PACS - Peace and Conflict Studies
PHED - Physical Education
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PHYS - Physics
POLI - Politics
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RELI - Religion
SERV - Service Learning
SOAN - Sociology and Anthropology
SOCI - Sociology
SOWK - Social Work
SPAN - Spanish
SPMT - Sport Management
STAT - Statistics
SUST - Sustainability Studies
TEP - Teacher Education Program
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THEO - Theology
URBS - Urban Studies
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BIOL 313
Developmental Biology
BIOL 313L
Lab: Developmental Biology
BIOL 315
Environmental Ethics
BIOL 317
Bioethics
BIOL 321
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BIOL 321L
Lab: Mycology
BIOL 325
Medicinal Botany
BIOL 332
Plant Taxonomy
BIOL 332L
Lab: Plant Taxonomy
BIOL 334
Plant Ecology
BIOL 334L
Lab: Plant Ecology
BIOL 335
Plant Propagation
BIOL 335L
Lab: Plant Propagation
BIOL 348
Animal Behavior
BIOL 356
Ornithology
BIOL 356L
Lab: Ornithology
BIOL 358
Herpetology
BIOL 358L
Lab: Herpetology
BIOL 360
Topics in Biology
BIOL 362
Aquatic Zoology
BIOL 362L
Lab: Aquatic Zoology
BIOL 381
Microbiology
BIOL 381L
Lab: Microbiology
BIOL 382
Microbiology for Health Professions
BIOL 382L
Lab: Microbiology for Health Professions
BIOL 385
Physiology
BIOL 385L
Lab: Physiology
BIOL 386
Human Anatomy
BIOL 386L
Lab: Human Anatomy
BIOL 387
Neuroscience
BIOL 391
Biology Practicum
BIOL 393
Research Methods