With careful advising for electives, the above student has more than 40 Gen Ed SLO hours and has met all of their Gen Ed SLOs by the end of their junior year. All major requirements are also fulfilled by the junior year.  The only remaining requirements for students after their third year are more elective credit hours to add up to a total of 124.  This is fulfilled by the student's first year at Duke University.

Year 1

FallSpring
  • BIO 1500 Biology I: Biological Essentials (4 credits)*
  • POS 1115 Methods for Political Science I (4 credits)*
  • OR Other Soc. Sci. Elect. (BS degree) (4 credits)*
  • Gen Ed SLO Effective Communication Cat A (4 credits)**
  • CHE 1011 Chemical Foundations I (4 credits)*
  • OR CHE 1111 Principles of Chemistry (4 credits)*
  • BIO 1600 Biology II: Biological Diversity (4 credits)
  • Gen Ed SLO Effective Communication Cat A (4 credits)**
  • HRT 2100 Introduction to Horticultural Science (4 credits)*
  • OR Other Environmental Studies Elective (4 credits)
  • CHE 1013 Environmental Chemistry Fundamentals (4 credits)
  • OR CHE 1112 Principles of Chemistry II (4 credits)
TOTAL: 16 CreditsTOTAL: 16 Credits

Year 2

FallSpring
  • BIO 2500 Biology III: Ecology and Evolution (4 credits)
  • BIO 2900 Conservation Biology (4 credits)
  • MAT 2032 Biostatistics1 (4 credits)*
  • OR MAT 2022 (4) Elementary Statistics1 (4 credits)*
  • Envir. Studies Elective 3000 level (4 credits)
  • BIO 2200 Environmental Issues (4 credits)
  • PHI 2204 Ethics (4 credits)*
  • ECO 2205 Principles of Microeconomics (4 credits)
  • Gen. Ed SLO Fine Arts Elective (4 credits)
TOTAL: 16 CreditsTOTAL: 16 Credits

Year 3

FallSpring
  • BIO 3301 Field Ecology (4 credits)
  • Envir. Studies Elective 3000 level (4 credits)
  • Gen Ed SLO Social World Elective (4 credits)*
  • MAT 2050 Applied Calculus (BS degree) (4 credits)*
  • BIO 4460 Intro to Ecology Research (2 credits)*
  • BIO 2320 Marine Microbiology (4 credit)
  • OR BIO 3400 Microbiology
  • Gen Ed SLO Meaning and Value Elective (4 credits)*
  • Gen Ed SLO Effective Communication B (4 credits)*
  • BIO 4461/4462 Research:  Ecology (4 credits)*
  • Gen Ed SLO Wellness course (2 credits)*
TOTAL: 18 CreditsTOTAL: 18 Credits

Year 4

FallSpring
  • Masters thesis project at Duke University
  • Masters thesis project at Duke University

*Meets a Gen Ed SLO.
**Good written communication skills are absolutely necessary: therefore, it is imperative that you take more courses in this area than the minimum required to fulfill the Gen Ed SLO.