Program Requirement

Catalog Year: 2025 - 2026 General Studies Gold

Degree: Bachelor of Applied Science, BAS

College/School: College of Integrative Sciences and Arts

Plan Code: LSANBIOBAS

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120

minimum credit hours

Upper division minimum
credit hours

Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours

Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours
BAS Core
ABS 302 Ethical and Policy Issues in Biology 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ABS 350 Applied Statistics (QTRS) 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
BIO 340 General Genetics 4 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	4
ABS 370 Ecology 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
BAS Concentration
ABS 312 Structure and Function 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ABS 355 Ecology and Adaptations of Vertebrates 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ABS 372 Captive Animal Behavior Management 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ABS 378 Animal Nutrition 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ABS 417 Comparative Immunology 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ABS 318 Unseen Life on Earth ABS 371 Small Animal Veterinary Topics ABS 375 Equine Science ABS 376 Wildlife Ecology ABS 377 International Wildlife Conservation ABS 379 Animal Anatomy ABS 470 Life History of Mammals ABS 472 Applied Herpetology ABS 473 Applied Ornithology ABS 494 Topic: Emerging Infections & Epidemics ABS 494 Topic: Organismal Adaptation to a Changing Climate BIO 351 Developmental Biology BIO 360 Animal Physiology 9 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	9


Students who have not met all ASU general studies and first-year composition requirements with their transfer courses must complete them at ASU to earn the BAS degree.
Students should work with their academic advisor to review the DARS graduation audit to determine needed requirements.
AAS Transfer Degree Block of Credit Hours 60 Credit Hours		60

Notes

All baccalaureate degree students must fulfill university graduation requirements, including a minimum of 120 credit hours, with at least 45 credit hours in upper-division courses. https://catalog.asu.edu/undergraduatereq
All undergraduate students must complete General Studies requirements. https://catalog.asu.edu/ug_gsr
Mathematics Placement Assessment score determines placement in first mathematics course.
Students should work with their academic advisor, and consider course prerequisites, in order to complete all degree requirements in four years.
Students must have completed BIO 181, BIO 182 AND either CHM 101 or CHM 113, in order to meet upper division course prerequisites.

Applied Science (Animal Biology), BAS