Prerequisite course information

Two semester sequence for science majors and pre-professional students. Topics that should be covered include biology of organisms and plants, animal ecology, evolution, cell biology, and genetics of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. (8 semester hours with laboratory; WSU Biol 106 & 107)

Two semester sequence for science majors and pre-professional students. Topics that should be covered include stoichiometry, structure, gases, liquids, solids, solutions, thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, volumetric and gravimetric analysis, acid-base, ionic, molecular, solubility, oxidation/reduction equilibriums, kinetics, electrochemistry, systematic chemistry of the elements, and coordination compounds. (8 semester hours with laboratory; WSU Chem 105 & 106)

Modern biochemistry for undergraduates in the biological sciences. Topics that should be covered include proteins (amino acids, protein structure, enzyme kinetics, and mechanisms), metabolism (carbohydrate structure, glycolysis, TCA cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, glycogen metabolism, and metabolic integration), molecular genetics (central dogma, DNA structure, packaging, replication, repair, RNA transcription, translation, genetic code, protein targeting, gene expression, and DNA technology). (3 semester hours; WSU MBioS 303)

Topics that should be covered include graphs, properties and applications of polynomial, rational, and exponential and logarithmic functions. (3 semester hours; WSU Math 106)

Algebra/trigonometry-based physics. Topics that should be covered include mechanics, wave phenomena, temperature, and heat. (4 semester hours with laboratory; WSU Phys 101)

Principles of modern and classical genetics. Topics that should be covered include basic Mendelian genetics, meiosis, mitosis, chromosome rearrangement, DNA structure and replication, mutations, bacterial and phage genetics, gene regulation, transcription, translation, plasmids, transposons, cloning, population genetics, and evolution. (3 or 4 semester hours; WSU MBioS 301)

Topics that should be covered include introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics: t-tests, chi-square tests, one-way ANOVA, simple linear regression, and correlation. (3 semester hours; WSU Stat 212, 412 or Psych 311)

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WSU course description

Genetics: Principles of modern and classical genetics. Topics that should be covered include basic Mendelian genetics, meiosis, mitosis, chromosome rearrangement, DNA structure and replication, mutations, bacterial and phage genetics, gene regulation, transcription, translation, plasmids, transposons, cloning, population genetics, and evolution. (3-4 semester hours; WSU MBioS 301)

Approved course from an outside institution

Introductory Genetics: Covers gene transmission, including chromosome mapping, genetic pathways, and mutational analysis of biological processes emphasizing mutations affecting chromosome transmission. Introduction to genomics – cloning and sequence analysis of whole genomes. Emphasizes formal genetic mechanisms, molecular techniques.

Unapproved course from an outside institution

Genetics of Livestock Improvement: This course encompasses basic principles of animal breeding and genetics with application toward the improvement of domestic livestock species. A variety of topics are covered to facilitate a greater understanding of gene function, inheritance patterns, and selection practices used in sustainable animal breeding programs.

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Statistics: (3 semester hours) Topics that should be covered include introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics: t-tests, chi-square tests, one-way ANOVA, simple linear regression, and correlation. (WSU Stat 212, 412 or Psych 311)

Approved course from an outside institution

Principles of Statistics: Includes summarizing data, measures of central location, measures of variation, probability, mathematics expectation, probability distributions, sampling and sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, regression analysis, and correlation.

Unapproved course from an outside institution

Management Statistics: This is the introduction to basic statistics for management students.

WSU course description

Biology with lab, Part I: One semester of a two semester sequence for science majors and pre-professional students. Biology of organisms, plants, animals, ecology, and evolution. (4 semester hours w/lab; WSU Biol 106)

Approved course from an outside institution

Biological Principles I: An introductory course focusing upon fundamental biological concepts and methods for students planning to major in biology or for students needing to satisfy a professional school requirement in biology. This course, one in a two semester series, focuses on the biological principles of evolution and speciation, a survey of biological diversity, the study of plant form and function, and the study of animal form and function. Three lectures and one 3-hour laboratory per week.

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Biology with lab, Part II: One semester of a two-semester sequence for science majors and pre-professional students. Cell biology and genetics of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. (4 semester hours w/lab; WSU Biol 107)

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Biological Principles II: An introductory course focusing upon fundamental biological concepts and methods for students planning to major in biology or needing to satisfy a professional school requirement in biology. This course, one in a two semester series, focuses on biomolecules, the molecular components of life, fundamental cell structures, and an introduction to genetics. Three lectures and a one 3-hour laboratory per week.

Unapproved course from an outside institution

Biology and Society: Not open to Biology majors or for minor credit. Principles of biology and their relationship to social issues. Three lectures and one 3-hr lab a week.

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Inorganic Chemistry with lab, Part I: Stoichiometry, structure, gases, liquids, solids, solutions, thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, volumetric, and gravimetric analysis. (4 semester hours w/lab; WSU Chem 105)

Approved course from an outside institution

General Chemistry I: Basic principles of chemistry, including stoichiometry; introduction to solution phase chemistry; gas phase chemistry; thermodynamics, including enthalpies of formation and reaction; atomic structure; periodic trends; chemical bonding; and molecular structure. Three lectures and a one 3-hour laboratory per week.

Unapproved course from an outside institution

Elementary Survey of Chemistry: Nonrigorous but adequate background in fundamentals. Preparation for technical training in life sciences. Three lectures and one 3-hr lab a week.

WSU course description

Inorganic Chemistry with lab, Part II: (4 semester hours w/lab) Acid-base, ionic, molecular, solubility, oxidation/reduction equilibria; kinetics, electrochemistry; systematic chemistry of the elements; coordination compounds. (WSU Chem 106)

Approved course from an outside institution

General Chemistry II: Liquids and solids. Solutions and colligative properties. Continuation of thermodynamics, including entropy and free energy. Principles and applications of chemical equilibrium, including acid-base chemistry (titrations, buffers). Kinetics. Redox reactions and electrochemistry. Three lectures and a one 3-hour laboratory per week.

Unapproved course from an outside institution

Introduction to Chemistry: General treatment of the fundamentals of chemistry. Three lectures and one 3-hour lab per week.

WSU course description

Biochemistry: Modern biochemistry for undergraduates in the biological sciences. Topics that should be covered include proteins (amino acids, protein structure, enzyme kinetics, and mechanisms), metabolism (carbohydrate structure, glycolysis, TCA cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, glycogen metabolism, and metabolic integration), and molecular genetics (central dogma, DNA structure, packaging, replication, repair, RNA transcription, translation, genetic code, protein targeting, gene expression, DNA technology). (3 semester hours; WSU MBioS 303)

Approved course from an outside institution

Biochemistry: Carbohydrate, lipid, protein, and nucleic acid structure and function; enzyme kinetics; energetics; major metabolic pathways for carbohydrates, lipids, and amino acids; photosynthesis; and regulation of gene function.

Unapproved course from an outside institution

The Biochemistry of Health for Non-Science Majors: Introduction for non-science majors to the biochemical basis of nutrition, health, DNA, and the human genome. The class and laboratory includes training for in-depth searching of Internet and library information resources, evaluating and presenting the information found, and an introduction to DNA fingerprinting.

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Physics with lab: Algebra/trigonometry-based physics, topics in mechanics, wave phenomena, temperature, and heat. (4 semester hours w/ lab; WSU Phys 101)

Approved course from an outside institution

General Physics I: Non-calculus treatment of mechanics, waves, sound, and heat. Knowledge of simple algebra and trigonometry is required.

Unapproved course from an outside institution

The Great Ideas of Physics: Conceptual, quantitative, and laboratory treatments of the great ideas and discoveries that have influenced lives and changed perceptions of nature, from Johannes Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and Isaac Newton’s and Albert Einstein’s laws of motion and gravity to the modern concepts of the quantal structure of nature and the big bang universe.

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Mathematics (algebra, pre-calculus, or higher): Graphs, properties, and applications of polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions. (3 semester hours; WSU Math 106)

Approved course from an outside institution

College Algebra: Functions: graphs, transformations, combinations, and inverses. Polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic functions and applications. Systems of equations and matrices. Partial fractions.

Unapproved course from an outside institution

Intermediate Algebra: Linear equations and inequalities, polynomials and exponents, rational expressions, roots and radicals, quadratic equations, lines, systems of equations and inequalities, applied problems, factoring, graphs, the quadratic formula, completing the square and complex numbers.