Life Science, A.S.

The Associate of Science in Life Science (AS-LS) degree at Landmark College focuses on hands-on scientific inquiry to give students the ability to acquire essential knowledge in the life sciences, conduct and analyze research based on principles of scientific inquiry, apply scientific knowledge to analyze real world problems and issues, develop useful skills for working within a life sciences field, and to communicate scientific content clearly and effectively. Landmark College Life Science majors choose from one or two strands, health science or environmental science, so they can begin to focus on a career while gaining a solid foundation in the sciences.

To earn the AS-LS students must complete 60 credits which includes the general education core (21 credits not met by major requirements), 25 credits of major requirements, 7-8 credits of major distribution credits in a focus area and 6-7 credits of open electives.

General Education Requirements: 31 credits

21 credits plus 10 credits of major requirements that also fulfill general education requirements:

WRT1011 Composition and Rhetoric 3 credits
WRT1012 Research and Analysis 3 credits
EDU1011 Perspectives in Learning 3 credits
COM1011 Introduction to Communication 3 credits
Social Science (ANT, ECN, POL, PSY, SOC) 3 credits
Humanities ((HUM, HST, LIT, PHI, REL, BIO2041 and COM 2064)
Interpersonal Communication / Creative Expression (ART, BUS, COM, CER, CRW, DRW, JRN, MUS, PHO, PNT, THE, VID) 3 credits

Major Requirements: 32-33 credits

8 credits of Biology:

BIO1521 Principles of Biology I (also fulfills general education Natural Science requirement) 4 credits
BIO1522 Principles of Biology II 4 credits

8 credits of Chemistry:

CHE1521 Principles of Chemistry I (4 credits)
CHE1522 Principles of Chemistry II (4 credits)

6 credits of Mathematics:

MAT1641 College Algebra (Also fulfills Gen Ed math requirement) 3 credits
MAT2621 Applied Statistics or MAT 2731 Introduction to Calculus or CSC 1631 Introduction to Programming (Also fulfills the gen ed Quantitative Reasoning requirement) 3 credits

3 credit Career/Major Exploration

EDU 2061 Spec Top: Education & Identity (3 credit)

7-8 credits - Focus Area Choice:

Student choose to focus in Environmental Biology or Life Science and take two additional courses in one of these areas.

Environmental Biology	Life Science
ENV 2511 Environmental Science (4 credits)	BIO 2031 Nutrition and Health (3 credits)
ECO 2511 Aquatic Ecology and Pollution (4 credits)	BIO 2521 Anatomy & Physiology I * (4 credits)
BIO 2711 Field Studies in Wildlife Conservation (4 credits)	BIO 2522 Anatomy and Physiology II * (4 credits)
ECO 2521 Field Ecology (4 credits)	Microbology (4 credits)
Plant Biology (4 credits)	Developmental Biology (4 credits)
Zoology (4 credits)

*Changing to Comparitive Vertbrate Anatomy and Vertebrate Physiology

Open Electives: 6-7 credits

6-7 credits any level