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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
 Department: GENETICS
Major: GENETICS (459)
Degree: BS-NATURAL SCIENCES (ANS)
These requirements apply to students declaring this major from Summer 2000 through Spring 2001
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Completion of the CALS degree requirements will satisfy all University
General Education Requirements (GER)
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Admission to UW
If admitted with a deficiency see your academic Dean in 116 Agricultural Hall
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SECTION 1 - COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
These requirements apply to all degrees in the College. The courses required in
this section also meet UW General Education Requirements. A course taken to
satisfy a requirement in Section 1 may also be used to satisfy one, but only one,
requirement in another section of the curriculum. Departments may specify somewhat
different courses to satisfy the requirement in each sub-section.

Communication (I.C.)
Five credits minimum required.
SEE WRITTEN/ORAL COMMUNICATION ADDENDUM FOR REQUIREMENTS. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COURSES MAY ONLY BE USED ONCE WITHIN THESE CATEGORIES (I.E.1.-I.E.4.)

Econ or Ag and Applied Econ (I.E.1.)
_____ 3 credits required from: A A E 215, 323, 336, ECON 101, 102, 111, 121, 261

Ethnic Studies (I.E.2.)
_____ 3 credits required from any course classified as "e"

Humanities (I.E.3.)
_____ 6 credits required from any course classified as H, L, or Z

Social Science (I.E.4.)
_____ 3 credits required from any course classified as S or Z - but not
Econ or Ag and Applied Econ
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International Studies (I.H.)
A course satisfying this requirement may also meet one, but only one, other
curricular requirement, including one other requirement in Section 1.
_____ 3 credits required from this list.
A A E 319, 350, 374, 462, 473, 474, 479, 542, 567, 577
AGRONOMY 377
AN SCI 370
ANTHRO 100, 104, 204, 220, 260, 277, 300, 318, 319, 327, 348, 390, 470
ATM OCN 121
ECON 364, 366, 464, 467, 472, 474
ENTOM 201
FINANCE 445
FOREST 430, 450
GEOG 120, 127, 139, 140, 244, 260, 348, 349, 353, 355, 358, 538
HISTORY 103, 104, 127, 139, 142, 210, 242, 260, 277, 338, 349, 359, 371, 375, 410, 419, 440, 441, 443, 444, 445, 446, 449, 458
INTER-AG 472
INTL BUS 200
JOURN 620, 621
MARKETNG 420
NUTR SCI 350, 642
POLI SCI 106, 252, 260, 271, 275, 277, 312, 323, 331, 336, 342, 346, 359, 362, 375, 630, 633, 634, 639, 640, 642, 651, 653, 658, 659
RUR SOC 222, 230, 260, 613, 630
SOC 170, 244, 252, 260, 277, 614, 627, 634
SOIL SCI 431
URB R PL 464
WL ECOL 360
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SECTION 2 - DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
These requirements apply to all Natural Science Degrees. Different departments may specify somewhat different courses.

Mathematics (I.A., I.B., IV.A., IV.C.)
All required:
_____ MATH 112 and 113, OR MATH 114, OR may be satisfied by placement exam
_____ MATH 221, OR 171 and 217
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chemistry/Mathematics (I.D., IV.C., IV.D.)
All required:
_____ Two courses required from: CHEM 103 and 104, OR CHEM 109 and 110
_____ CHEM 343 and 344 and 345
_____ One of the following required: MATH 222, OR 231 and 232, OR CHEM 221, OR STAT 571
OR 5 credits of statistics
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Physics (IV.B.)
_____ Two course required from: PHYSICS 201 and 202, OR 207 and 208
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Biological Science (IV.E, IV.F.)
All required:
_____ BIOCORE 301, 303, 323, 333
_____ 2 BIOCORE labs from: 303, 304, 324
OR
_____ BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 151 and 152 (student should be encouraged to enroll as freshmen)
_____ GENETICS 466
_____ BACT 303 and 304
OR
_____ BOTANY 130, and ZOOLOGY 101 and 102
_____ GENETICS 466
_____ BACT 303 and 304
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SECTION 3 - MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

Major (IV.G.)
_____ One course required from: BIOCHEM 501, 507*, BMOLCHEM 503

*If Biochem 507 is taken, it must be taken as part of Biochem 507 and 508 which counts in subset 2.

12 credits required with 5 credits minimum from each subset:
(Subset 1)
_____ BACT 370
_____ BIOCHEM 550
_____ GENETICS 545, 561, 562, 565, 607, 610, 612, 620 631, 640, 731, 875
_____ HORT 550

(Subset 2)
_____ AGRONOMY 338
_____ AHABS/MM & I 529, 572
_____ BACT 526, 527, 528, 545, 550, 551
_____ BIOCHEM 508
_____ BMOLCHEM 504
_____ BOTANY 563
_____ DY SCI 360, 466
_____ HORT 500, 501, 502
_____ PL PATH 505
_____ ZOOLOGY 350, 360, 410, 430, 470, 523, 570
_____ A biological science course as approved by advisor
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Capstone Experience (I.I.)
_____ GENETICS 566 required
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Electives
The student may complete this section with any courses.
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SPECIAL NOTES: For the Bachelor of Science Degree, students must complete
a minimum of 124 credits with at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Students must
take their last 30 credits in residence while officially enrolled in the
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Degree credit will be granted
only once for courses that are repeated. Other degree requirements are
outlined in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Comments:
Date of Audit:
Degree credits to date:
Genetics(ANS)
Effective Summer 2000 through Spring 2001


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