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Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025
Biological Sciences for Business, B.S.
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The Biological Sciences for Business program is a program with a dual-degree in which students earn a Bachelor of Science in the first four years and have the option of beginning the Master of Business Administration program in the fifth year. It is designed to prepare students for leadership in the Biotech, pharmaceutical, environmental and/or related industries.
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Requirements for the BS in Biological Sciences for Business:
Core Curriculum Requirements
Students must complete the Undergraduate Core Curriculum requirements. Specific courses that must be taken to satisfy the core curriculum requirements include science courses and the following:
Science Requirements
Scientific Perspectives, Natural Science Elective and Social Science Elective are included within the major.
Major Requirements:
65-67 credit hours, as follows
30 hours in Biology courses
20 hours of electives from BIOL 200-490, or CHEM 435 or CHEM 440, including at least two lecture-lab combinations from:
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BIOL200/201, BIOL206/207, BIOL210/211, BIOL230/231, BIOL250/251, BIOL260/261, BIOL270/271, BIOL340/341, BIOL350/351, BIOL354/355, BIOL450/451, BIOL460/461
Senior Capstone
- 2 credits from BIOL 495-499
8 hours in required Chemistry courses
6-8 hours in another science
6 hours in Mathematics courses:
- MATH 140 - Concepts of Calculus or
- MATH 180 - Differential Calculus or
- MATH 181 - Calculus II
18 hours in Business courses:
3 hours in Science-In-Business courses:
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Choose from CHEM 250, CHEM 270, ECON 320, ECON 421, HESA 101, HESA 110, HESA 345, HESA 410, HIST 308, HIST 436, or SUST 370
Note:
- A 2.000 cumulative average must be attained in the major courses.
- If opting to pursue the MBA, 6 hours of business graduate classes may be taken in the senior year after acceptance to the MBA program. They do not count towards your undergraduate degree. They are BLAW 550 - Business Law and Ethics and MGMT 550 - Strategy and Organizations
TOTAL Minimum Hours Required for Degree: 120 Semester Hours
Biological Sciences for Business, B.S.
This block serves as a guideline for progress toward a degree for students who start with a math placement in pre-claculus (MATH 120) or calculus (“ELC” or “ADV”). See your academic advisor. Courses with a † or †† can be swapped around with other courses with the same symbol.
For MBA fifth year, consult program and adviser.
First Semester
- BIOL 160 - General Biology I
- BIOL 161 - General Biology I Lab
- CHEM 160 - General Chemistry I
- CHEM 161 - General Chemistry I Lab
- ENGL 101 - English Composition or ENGL 115 - Rhetoric†
- CORE 100 - First Year Seminar or THEO 111 - Theological Foundations
- CORE 101 - 1st Year Co-Curricular Program I
Total (14)
Second Semester
- BIOL 162 - General Biology II
- BIOL 163 - General Biology II Lab
- CHEM 162 - General Chemistry II
- CHEM 163 - General Chemistry II Lab
- PHIL 100 - Ethics as Intro to Philosophy†
- MATH 120 - Elementary Functions† (if needed)
- CORE 100 - First Year Seminar or THEO 111 - Theological Foundations
- CORE 102 - 1st Year Co-Curricular Program II
Total (14-17)
First Semester
- BIOL Elective with Lab
- Creative Perspectives Elective††
- MATH 140 or MATH 180 or STAT 146†
- Historical Perspectives Elective††
- Second Language I†
- Recommended: BIOL 299 Prof. Comm. in the Sciences (oral comm flag)
Total (16-17)
Second Semester
- BIOL Elective with Lab
- PHIL 200 - Philosophical Perspectives Elective††
- MATH 140 or MATH 180 or STAT 146†
- Second Language II†
- ECON 200 - Microeconomics
Total (16)
First Semester
- BIOL Elective
- Other Science Elective
- ACCT 200 - Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Business Elective
- ENGL 205 - Literature & Moral Imagination††
Total (16-17)
Second Semester
- BIOL Elective
- Other Science Elective
- Humanities Elective††
- Business Elective
- Theological Perspectives Elective††
Total (16-17)
Summer
- Take GMAT Exam and Apply to MBA Program if Desired
First Semester
- BIOL Capstone
- BIOL Elective
- E/RS Focus Elective††
- Business Elective
- General Elective
- MBA Option: BLAW 550 - Business Law and Ethics
Total (12-15 UG + 3 MBA Option)
Second Semester
- BIOL Capstone
- BIOL Elective
- Business Elective
- DCR Elective††
- General Elective
- MBA Option: MGMT 550 - Strategy
Total (12-15 UG + UG + 3 MBA Option)
Fifth Year
- MBA (optional; consult consult program and adviser)
Notes:
- Students intending to apply for and complete the MBA program must notify their advisor and take the GMAT before the fall of their senior year. ACCT 200 and ECON 200 are pre-MBA foundation requirements for MBA candidates.
- A cumulative average of 2.0 is required in the major courses for graduation.
- A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for the degree. A second Bachelor’s degree requires 150 credit hours (30 additional credit hours).
Biological Sciences for Business, B.S. Alternative Pathway
This block serves as a guideline for progress toward a degree for students who start with a math placement in MATH 105. See your academic advisor. Courses with a † or †† can be swapped around with other courses with the same symbol.
First Semester
- BIOL 158 - Integrated Biology I
- BIOL 159 - Integrated Biology I Lab
- MATH 105 - Fundamentals of Mathematics
- Second Language I†
- ENGL 101 - English Composition or ENGL 115 - Rhetoric†
- CORE 100 - First Year Seminar or THEO 111 - Theological Foundations
- CORE 101 - 1st Year Co-Curricular Program I
Total (16)
Second Semester
- BIOL 160 - General Biology I
- BIOL 161 - General Biology I Lab
- PHIL 100 - Ethics as Intro to Philosophy†
- MATH 120 - Elementary Functions
- Second Language II
- CORE 100 - First Year Seminar or THEO 111 - Theological Foundations
- CORE 102 - 1st Year Co-Curricular Program II
Total (16)
First Semester
- BIOL 162 - General Biology II
- BIOL 163 - General Biology II Lab
- CHEM 160 - General Chemistry I
- CHEM 161 - General Chemistry I Lab
- MATH 140 or MATH 180 or STAT 146†
- Creative Perspectives Elective††
- Recommended: BIOL 299 Prof. Comm. in the Sciences (oral comm flag)
Total (14-15)
Second Semester
- BIOL Elective with Lab
- CHEM 162 - General Chemistry II
- CHEM 163 - General Chemistry II Lab
- MATH 140 or MATH 180 or STAT 146†
- ECON 200 - Microeconomics
Total (14)
First Semester
- BIOL Elective
- Other Science Elective
- ACCT 200 - Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Business Elective
- ENGL 205 - Literature & Moral Imagination††
- Historical Perspectives Elective††
Total (16-17)
Second Semester
- BIOL Elective
- Other Science Elective
- Humanities Elective††
- Business Elective
- Theological Perspectives Elective††
Total (16-17)
Summer
- Take GMAT Exam and Apply to MBA Program if Desired
First Semester
- BIOL Capstone
- BIOL Elective
- E/RS Focus Elective††
- Business Elective
- PHIL 200 - Philosophical Perspectives Elective††
- MBA Option: BLAW 550 - Business Law and Ethics
Total (12-15 UG + 3 MBA Option)
Second Semester
- BIOL Capstone
- BIOL Elective
- Business Elective
- DCR Elective††
- General Elective
- MBA Option: MGMT 550 - Strategy
Total (12-15 UG + UG + 3 MBA Option)
Fifth Year
MBA (optional; consult program and adviser)
Notes:
Students intending to apply for and complete the MBA program must notify their advisor. ACCT 200 and BAIS 211 are pre-MBA foundation requirements for MBA candidates.
- A cumulative average of 2.0 is required in the major courses for graduation.
- A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for the degree. A second Bachelor’s degree requires 150 credit hours (30 additional credit hours).
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