Interpretive Biology and Natural History
8 Semester Plan
2026–2027 Undergraduate Catalog
| Semester 1 – Fall |
| Course |
Credits |
Major |
Other |
GEP |
| BIOL 149-General Biology |
4 |
X |
|
CC |
| CHEM 201 or CHEM 150 |
4 |
X |
|
C |
| GEOG 103-Physical Geography |
4 |
X |
|
E |
| MATH 119 or above |
3 |
X |
|
CS3 |
| ORIE 101-Intro to Higher Education |
1 |
|
X |
|
| Semester Total |
16 |
|
| Semester 2 – Spring |
| Course |
Credits |
Major |
Other |
GEP |
| BIOL 150-General Biology II |
4 |
X |
|
|
| ENGL 101-First-Year Composition |
3 |
|
|
CS1 |
| MATH 109-Probability & Statistics |
3 |
X |
|
|
| STCO 102-Intro to Communication |
3 |
X |
|
|
| Biology Elective (1 of 4) |
4 |
X |
|
|
| Semester Total |
17 |
|
| Semester 3 – Fall |
| Course |
Credits |
Major |
Other |
GEP |
| General Elective |
3 |
|
|
|
| IDIS 150-First-Year FSU Colloquia |
3 |
|
|
E |
| GEP Fine and Performing Arts |
3 |
|
|
A |
| GEP Social Science |
3 |
|
|
D |
| General Elective |
3 |
X |
|
|
| Semester Total |
15 |
|
| Semester 4 – Spring |
| Course |
Credits |
Major |
Other |
GEP |
| BIOL 334-General Animal Behavior |
3 |
X |
|
|
| BIOL 426¹- Vertebrate Zoology |
4 |
X |
|
|
| ENGL 338 or ENGL 339 |
3 |
X |
|
CS2 |
| GEP Humanities |
3 |
|
|
B |
| Semester Total |
13 |
*Fall Only
1Spring Even Years Only |
| Semester 5 – Fall |
| Course |
Credits |
Major |
Other |
GEP |
| GEP Humanities |
3 |
|
|
B |
| Biology Elective (2 of 4) |
4 |
X |
|
|
| General Elective |
3 |
|
X |
|
| General Elective |
3 |
|
X |
|
| Semester Total |
13 |
|
| Semester 6 – Spring |
| Course |
Credits |
Major |
Other |
GEP |
| GEP Social Science |
3 |
|
|
D |
| Biology Elective (3 of 4) |
3 |
X |
|
|
| General Elective |
3 |
|
X |
|
| General Elective |
3 |
|
X |
|
| Semester Total |
12 |
|
| Summer Session |
| Course |
Credits |
Major |
Other |
GEP |
| BIOL 494² or 493² |
3 |
X |
|
|
|
|
2Course offering is variable |
| Semester 7 – Fall |
| Course |
Credits |
Major |
Other |
GEP |
| GEP Identity and Difference |
3 |
|
|
F |
| Technology Fluency Course |
3 |
|
TF |
|
| Biology Elective (4 of 4) |
4 |
X |
|
|
| General Elective |
3 |
|
X |
|
| General Elective |
3 |
|
X |
|
| Semester Total |
16 |
|
| Semester 8 – Spring |
| Course |
Credits |
Major |
Other |
GEP |
| BIOL 340-General Ecology |
4 |
X |
|
|
| RECR 394-Environmental Interpre. |
3 |
|
|
|
| General Elective |
3 |
|
X |
|
| General Elective |
3 |
|
X |
|
| Biology 492-W/F, IBNH Seminar |
2 |
X |
|
|
| Semester Total |
15 |
|
Total Credits: 121
Updated by/date: Dr. R Taylor, Biology, 5/28/2026
