Biology - A.S. Degree

This program is designed for students who wish to pursue a bachelor’s degree at a four-year institution, majoring in Biology or a related science.

According to the National Research Council, students should be able to demonstrate that:

• Science is an evidence-based way of thinking about the natural world and understanding how it operates.
• Science is a process with rules of operation that allow our understanding of the natural world to evolve.
• Science is based on reproducible evidence and observations that contain uncertainties.
• The sciences are related to each other, mathematics, and everyday life.
• Science is driven by globalization, technology, and new instrumentation and measurement tools.
• Scientific meanings of theory and law are different than popular meanings.

Thank you for choosing Sussex County Community College as the place to begin your education. We pride ourselves on giving you the individualized attention you need to be successful.

Once you have been accepted, choose the correct path with, What Type of Student are you? This will give you the important Steps to follow from application to registration.

This is a recommended program course sequence for students who wish to complete their associate degree in two years. Part-time students and students starting in the spring or summer semesters can meet with an Advisor to customize their own plan.

*General Education & Elective courses: Choose from the list of approved courses in the College Catalog.

**Students testing higher than MATH110 on the CLM test may take MATH111, MATH112, MATH113, MATH114 or MATH213 to satisfy this math requirement

Students may choose to first take some developmental courses that are designed to prepare students for the college-level coursework in their academic plan. This may add to the students’ completion time.

The number of credits students take each semester will determine when the student will complete his/her program of study.