BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
The Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.) is a minimum 124-semester hour degree designed
for students who wish to pursue a career in mathematics or one of the sciences. A minimum of 42 semester hours must be in upper-division credit (courses numbered 3000 and above). Major and minor fields of study included in the degree also have upper-division requirements. As these may vary depending on the discipline selected, specific requirements are included in the discipline sections of the catalog. Because of the nature of the degree, it includes additional study in mathematics and science. These additional requirements are included in the general education core. Components of the B.S. degree include:
| General Education Core Course Requirements | Hours |
| @ENGL 1301, @1302, 2303 and three hours from 2301 or 2302 | 12 |
| ART 1301 or studio course; or MUSI 1303, MUSI 3304, or MUSI 3305; or THEA 1303 |
3 |
| HIST 1303 and 1304, or 2301** and 2302** | 6 |
| MATH 1304 or higher | 6 |
| #EXSS 1112 and two activity courses (one fitness, one recreation) | 3 |
| ***RLGN 1301, 1302 | 6 |
| SCIENCE - including one biological science and one physical science course | 16 |
| POLS 2301 | 3 |
| ECON 2307; GEOG 1301, GEOG 1302; PHIL 1301; PSYC 1301, EDUC 2307**; or SOCI 1301 |
3 |
| SPCH 1301, 1303, 2302**, or 2303 | 3 |
| ****Foreign Language 1401 | 4 |
| *COSC 2311 | 3 |
| ORIE 0001 or UNIV 1100 | 0-1 |
| GRAD 0001 or GRAD 4101 | 0-1 |
| TOTAL | 68-70 |
*Student may opt to test out of COSC 2311, see course description. EDIT is required for
teacher certification programs.
**Required for teacher certification.
***Wayland Baptist University will not accept RLGN 1301, Old Testament History, or RLGN
1302, New Testament History, or their equivalents, from any institution except other Baptist
universities. In no case will either of these two courses be accepted if they were taken by correspondence. The Division of Religion & Philosophy must approve any exception to this policy.
****Basic competence in a language other than English is also required. This competency can
be met by either one year of high school language study, by the satisfactory completion of a university course in a language other than English, or by demonstrated competency.
#A maximum of three hours credit in activity may count toward the 124 hours required for a
degree. Students who have served two or more years in the Armed Forces are exempt.
@Must be taken within first year of enrollment.
Academic Major and Minor
Major fields of study approved for the B.S. degree include biology, chemistry, history, mathematics, molecular biology, physical education, physical science, political science, psychology, and sociology. Major requirements for the degree vary from 30 to 32 semester hours. Specific semester hour as well as course requirements are included in that section of the catalog dedicated to the discipline selected.
Students pursuing the B.S. degree may elect a minor from any discipline identified by the
University as an approved minor field. The typical minor consists of 18 semester hours. In composite science, major and minor requirements are combined into a 48-semester hour major. Specific semester hour as well as course requirements for the minor are included in that section of the catalog dedicated to the discipline selected.
Electives
The student may complete the minimum of 124 semester hours required for the
degree with courses which complement or extend career preparation, or to pursue subject fields which hold special appeal. However, before using elective semester hours, students should check with their advisors to ensure that the hours are indeed elective and that upper-division semester hour requirements for graduation are being met.