Based upon 2026-2027 articulation agreement. Please confirm course list and requirements for transfer and application with UD advisor and at the provided pathway link: https://udayton.edu/academy/majors.php. The Associate of Science in Biology is designed for students who are planning to transfer to a four-year college or university and pursue a baccalaureate degree program in Biology. The curriculum fulfills the freshman and sophomore general education requirements of most four-year colleges and universities. As part of this degree program, students must complete the requirements of the Ohio Transfer Module in order to graduate.
This Sample Program Pathway is designed to provide an example of course selections in a term by term sequence. Please see an Academic Advisor for a plan specific to your academic needs.
Description: The first course of a two-semester university-parallel sequence for biology and science majors. Topics include scientific method; chemical and biochemical foundations; cell structure, function and reproduction; cellular respiration, photosynthesis, Mendelian genetics, chromosomal genetics, molecular genetics, protein synthesis, gene regulation, genomes, viruses and biotechnology. Three classroom, six lab hours per week.
Prerequisites: MAT 0100 or MAT 0600
Description: In English Composition I students learn reflective, analytical and argumentative writing strategies, incorporating sources and personal experience. Students will negotiate between public and private rhetorical situations and purposes to achieve academic literacy. They will write multiple drafts using a recursive writing process as they work toward fluency in style and mechanics. Note: Students who have not successfully completed the prerequisites listed can register for ENG 1101 together with the corequisite course ENG 0101, English Composition I Booster.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035 or Other (Placement Test Score)
Description: Polynomial, radical, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions and their graphs, roots of polynomial functions, rational and polynomial inequalities, conic sections, systems of linear equations; sequences and series. Trigonometric functions of angles, solving right and oblique triangles, trigonometric identities and equations, vectors, radian measure, graphs of trigonometric functions, inverse trigonometric functions and applications. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.
Notes: or MAT 2240, MAT 2270, MAT 2280, MAT 1445, MAT 2600
Prerequisites: MAT 0300 and Other (With a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on math placement test)
Description: This course is designed to help new students make a successful transition to Sinclair Community College. Topics include college resources; academic, career and personal services available through Sinclair; learning styles; the learning process; financial responsibility; stress and wellness; and computer literacy through eLearn and library resources.
Notes: Discuss with advisor
Term hours subtotal:
14
Description: The second course of a two-semester university-parallel sequence for biology and science majors. Topics include Darwinian evolution, evolution of populations, origin of species, history of life on Earth, phylogeny and systematics, prokaryotes, protists, plants, fungi, animals and ecology. Three classroom, six lab hours per week.
Prerequisites: BIO 1171 or Approval of Department
Description: A university-parallel course in chemistry for the science major. The first half of a comprehensive first-year survey of chemistry. Topics include the basics of matter, atoms and molecules, chemical reactions, bonding, molecular geometry and gases. Students registering for this course should have previously taken high school chemistry or equivalent. Four classroom hours, three lab hours per week.
Prerequisites: MAT 0300 or MAT 1450 or MAT 1470 or MAT 1570 or MAT 1580 or MAT 2270 or MAT 2280 or MAT 2290
Corequisites: CHE 1251
Corequisites: CHE 1211
Description: This course uses calculus as a tool for modeling applications in the life sciences. Limits, derivatives, and integrals are introduced and applied in this context. Emphasis is placed on qualitative analysis and interpretation.
Notes: or MAT 1450, MAT 2270
Prerequisites: MAT 1470 and Other (with a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on math placement test)
Term hours subtotal:
14
Description: The second half of a university-parallel course in chemistry for the science or engineering major. Topics include liquids and solids, solutions, chemical reaction kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acid/base chemistry, electrochemistry, representative metals, metalloids and non-metals and organic chemistry. Four classroom hours, three lab hours per week.
Prerequisites: CHE 1211
Corequisites: CHE 1261
Corequisites: CHE 1221
Description: Emphasis on the language of art, exposure to many different art forms, formulative ideas about what is viewed and exploration of specific media. This course has no textbook costs.
Notes: or ART 2230, ART 2231, ART 2235, ART 2236, ART 2237, ART 2239, MUS 1121, MUS 1123, THE 1101 *ART 2239 also counts for UD's Crossing Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Investigations
Description: University-parallel course covering topics such as history and systems of psychology, behavioral research methods, physiology of behavior, sensation, perception, learning, memory, consciousness, cognition, personality, lifespan development, gender, social psychology, motivation, emotion, stress, mental disorders and therapies. This course has no textbook costs.
Notes: or ECO-2160, ECO-2180, PLS-1121, PLS-2220, SOC-1101, SOC-1145. Two OT36 Social & Behavioral Sciences required and must be from different subject areas. *SOC 1145 also counts for UD's Crossing Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Investigations
Term hours subtotal:
11
Description: Lab for CHE 2111.
Corequisites: CHE 2111
Description: Designed to improve speaking and listening skills through the study and application of public speaking structure, content and style. This course requires 5 speeches in front of a live audience. The online course sections require the recordings to be created by the student with at least 8 adults present for each speech. Any questions, please contact the Communication Department at com.dept@sinclair.edu.
Description: Major trends in the development of Western culture, emphasizing political, economic, social and cultural achievements from the seventeenth century to the present.
Notes: or HIS 1111, HUM 1125, PHI 2205, REL 1111, REL 1112, REL 2255
Term hours subtotal:
15
Description: Fundamental principles, concepts and techniques of genetics. Lab work includes basic methods of genetic research and analysis. Three classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: MUST be taken AFTER BIO 1171 and BIO 1272
Prerequisites: BIO 1111 or BIO 1171
Corequisites: BIO 2236
Description: Lab for Genetics, including basic methods of genetic research and analysis.
Corequisites: BIO 2235
Description: Lab for CHE 2121.
Corequisites: CHE 2121
Description: This comprehensive history survey course will delve into the distinctive journey of individuals of African descent in the United States. It will encompass various subjects, including enslavement, the abolitionist movement, Reconstruction, the emergence of and reaction to segregation laws, the Harlem Renaissance, and the struggles for human and democratic rights.
Notes: MULTICULTURAL ELECTIVE - or HIS 2215, THE 2202 *Consult with UD advisor for additional options and guidance *HIS 1105 and HIS 2215 also count for UD's Crossing Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Investigations
Description: A critical analysis of contemporary American society with review of major sociological theories, research methods, culture, socialization, groups, social structure, social institutions, deviance, social inequalities, social processes and social change.
Notes: or ECO 1100, ECO 2160, ECO 2180, PLS 1121, PLS 2220, PSY 1100, SOC 1117, SOC 1145. Two OT36 Social & Behavioral Sciences required and must be from different subject areas. *SOC 1145 also counts for UD's Crossing Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Investigations
Term hours subtotal:
15
Description: Emphasis on Charles Darwin, speciation, fossils, radiometric dating, natural selection, mutations, macroevolution, mass extinctions, coevolution, sexual reproduction, human evolution and religious issues.
Notes: Additional course beyond degree requirements that may be taken at Sinclair to reduce the per-semester course load at UD. Additional courses are not financial aid eligible.
Notes: MUST be taken AFTER BIO 1171 and BIO 1272. Additional course beyond degree requirements that may be taken at Sinclair to reduce the per-semester course load at UD. Additional courses are not financial aid eligible.
Description: English Composition II, building on the skills in English Composition I, develops rhetorical literacy through research, critical reading and multigenre writing tasks. Through major and minor, cumulative and stand-alone assignments, students construct arguments and analyses, ethically incorporating academic sources while developing their own voices as writers and citizens.
Notes: Additional course beyond degree requirements that may be taken at Sinclair to reduce the per-semester course load at UD. Additional courses are not financial aid eligible.
Prerequisites: ENG 1101
Term hours subtotal:
10