Southwestern Oklahoma State University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025
B.S. Ed. Natural Sciences Education Cothran
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
SWOSU is an affiliate member of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, a Mississippi State Institute of Higher Learning. Coursework in marine biology completed at this facility may be applied toward degree requirements in the biological sciences major. Classes are offered during two six-week summer sessions at the marine laboratory at Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Students may also enroll in courses at other field stations and request that credit earned apply to their degree programs. Students are encouraged to pursue opportunities for research by contacting individual faculty members or applying for numerous off-campus summer research experiences and internships. Students may receive independent study course credit for participation in approved research projects. Paid positions as research and teaching assistants and departmental tutors are available for qualified students. Speak to your advisor or one of your instructors about opportunities for research in Biological Sciences.
Transfer Students Any biological and biomedical sciences faculty member
Professional Programs (Consult advisor in one of the following areas concerning requirements and application information.)
Pre- Medicine, Pre-Osteopathic Medicine Aracena, Sharma, Ubeidat
Pre-Physical Therapy, Pre-Occupational Therapy Sharma
Pre-Dentistry, Pre-Dental Hygiene Paul
Pre-Veterinary Medicine Bosque, Garcia, Cothran
Pre-Optometry Bosque
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Pre-Physician Associate, Pre-Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, Pre-Communication Sciences Disorders, Pre-Nutritional Sciences Sharma
Membership in the Biology Club can further enhance the training received by biology majors. This student organization, established in 1930 and open to all students, assists the department in such areas as display preparation, arrangement for seminar speakers and scheduling of tours of research laboratories and wildlife refuges. Multi-disciplinary organizations such as the Medical Professions Club and the Pre-veterinary Medicine Club provide additional opportunities to serve and experience the opportunities a Biological Sciences degree can provide. Beta Beta Beta, a national biological science honor fraternity, recognizes the achievements of outstanding biology students. Students have the opportunity to present their research with posters and oral presentations and compete for regional and national recognition for research excellence.
Graduate Programs: Students must apply for graduate programs through the College of Professional and Graduate Studies. Following acceptance into the graduate program, each student will be assigned to an advisor from the Biological and Biomedical Sciences graduate faculty. Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Statement on Evolution Biology is a natural science that accumulates knowledge through empirical observation and rigorously tested hypotheses. Evolution by natural selection, a foundational principle of modern biology, is supported by overwhelming scientific evidence and is accepted by a vast majority of scientists. Because understanding evolution is fundamental to the understanding and practice of modern biology, Southwestern Oklahoma State University biology faculty teach evolution throughout the biology curriculum. This practice is in accordance with policy statements from the National Academies of Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Biology Teachers Association, the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences, and the Oklahoma Science Teachers Association and is supported by numerous religious denominations and organizations. Because we are a science department, we do not teach philosophically deduced theories or alternative hypotheses that cannot be rigorously tested.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Programs and Advisors)
New students are assigned to the biological and biomedical sciences faculty advisor with whom they consulted during initial enrollment. Students should select an advisor from one of the biological sciences degrees and options no later than the last semester of their sophomore year (transfer students entering after their sophomore year should select an advisor before enrolling for their second semester.)
B.S. Biological Sciences Any biological science faculty member
B.S. Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences Option Aracena, Paul, Sharma, Ubeidat B.S. Biological Sciences, Environmental and Organismal Biology Option Aracena, Boggs, Bosque, Cothran, Garcia, Santos
For more information visit our web site at: https://www.swosu.edu/academics/academic- departments/biological-sciences/index.php
Medical Laboratory Sciences
B.S. Microbiology Paul, Somalinga
Students interested in working in medical laboratories may pursue an Associate degree as a medical laboratory technician in the Department of Allied Health or a B achelor’s degree in microbiology-medical laboratory sciences option (Weatherford Campus and clinical study at an accredited affiliated hospital). Prior to admission to a clinical program, students complete 90 hours of general education and pre-medical laboratory sciences course work. This is the 3+1 program and after completion of the program, the student is awarded a B.S. in Microbiology, Medical Laboratory Sciences Option. Students may opt to complete an
B.S. Microbiology, Medical Laboratory Sciences Option Paul
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