A. Language Requirements

B. Library Instruction

C. Liberal Arts and Sciences Requirements (Choose courses to meet international perspectives & US diversity

Math 104 or 181 or Stat 104 or Stat 101 or more advanced Chem 163, 163L or 177, 177L (Requires H.S. chem or Chem 50) BBMB 221 (or Chem 231, 231L followed by BBMB 301)

Social Sciences Include courses from 2 areas. See page 6.

Part 2. Course Requirements for Major in BPMI (also see Part 3)

A. Biological Sciences Core

Principles of Biology I (3-3; F,S)  

Principles of Biology II (3-3; F,S)

Fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology I

Fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology II

Comparative Chordate Anat (3-4; F)

Plant Systematics (2-4; S)

Plants and People (3-0; S)

Dendrology (2-6; F)

Plant Anatomy (2-3; F)

B. Art Core

Foundation Drawing (1-6; F, S, SS)

Drawing II (0-6; F, S)

Watercolor Painting (0-6; F, S)

Computer Aided Art & Design

Drawing III: Life Drawing (0-6; F, S)3Art 230

Scientific Illustration Principles and Techniques (0-6; F)

Illustration and Illustration Software

Illustration as Communication (0-6; F)

Applications of Scientific Illustration Techniques (0-6: S)

Computer Workshop. Only computer workshops that sum to two or more credits will substitute for this requirement.

Illustration Internship

Total credits

C.  Advanced Art Areas (Select one of the following areas)

Drawing III: Life Drawing (0-6; F, S)

Drawing IV (0-6; F, S)

Selected Studies in Graphic Dsn1

Computer-Aided Art & Dsn (0-6; F, S)

Three-D Studio (0-6; F, S) 

Biological Illustration Principles and Techniques (0-6; F)

Adv Biological Illustustration Techniques (0-6; S)

2. General Art Area: Select 12 credits from:

Art and Design in Europe

Introduction to Digital Photography

Photography I 

Drawing III: Life Drawing (0-6; F, S)  

Painting II (0-6; F, S)

Drawing IV (0-6; F, S)   

Painting III (0-6; F, S)  

Three-D Studio (0-6; F, S)

Design Through Photography II  

Computer-Aided Art & Dsn (0-6; F, S)  

Biological Illustration Principles and Techniques (0-6; F)

Applications of Biological Illustration Techniques (0-6; S)

Independent Study/Illus. (arr.)

Electronic Media Production (2-3; F, S)  

Multi-Image Production (3-0; S)

D. Advanced Science Areas (Select one of the following areas)

1. Pre-Med Illustration Science Area (9 credits, all required by most schools)

Vertebrate Histology (3-3; S)  

  Intermediate Physiology 

Anatomy & Physiology of Domestic Animals (3-3; F, S)

2. General Science Area* Select 9 credits from:

Vertebrate Biology (2-2; F)

Fish Biology (2-3; S)

Interpretation of Nat Res (2-3; S)

Natural History of Fishes [F]

Natural History of Reptiles and Amphibians [S]

Natural History of Birds [S]

Natural History of Mammals [S]

Principles of Genetics

Ecology (2-3; F, SS)

Biological Evolution (3-0; F, S)

North American Field Trips in Biol.

International Field Trips in Biology

Plants and People (3-0; S)

Plant Systematics (2-4; S)

Dendrology (2-6; F)

Plant Anatomy (2-3; F)

Principles of Mycology (F)

Plant Ecology (3-0; S)

Insect Biology (2-3; F)

Insects and Our Health (3-0; S, F)

Forest Ecology (3-3; F)

Intro Microbiology Laboratory (1-3; F, S)

Basics of Medical Terminology (1-0, F)

Animal Behavior (3-3, 3-0; F)

Intro Parasitology (3-3; F)

Vertebrate Histology (2-4; S)

Embryology and Lab (2-3; S)

Principles of Physiology (3-3; F, S)

Invertebrate Zool (3-0 or 3-3; F)

*Other biology courses not shown in this area may be acceptable. See the BPMI adviser. Field courses taught at Lakeside Lab, Gulf Coast Research Lab, or other summer field stations may be used in the advanced science area.

See the Biology homepage at www.biology.iastate.edu for additional advanced courses.

Part 3. Other Specific Requirements

1. Students admitted with deficiencies in high school preparation will take remedial courses that often do not carry college credit or that count only as electives. Such courses should be taken during the first year.

2. Transfer students with 3 years of high school foreign language must provide documentation since H.S. transcripts are presently not required for admission.

3. The English proficiency requirement for BPMI majors is a C or better in English 104 and 105 and a grade of C or better in an upper level writing course taught by the English Dept.

4. A grade of C minus (C-) or better is required in all biological science and art courses in the major. You must earn a C average (2.0) or better in the major.

5. A minimum of 45 credits in courses numbered 300 or above is required for graduation. Transfer students sometimes have a problem because credits must be from a 4-year college.

6. Courses taken on a Pass-Not Pass basis cannot be used to meet group, major or minor requirements -- only as electives, but they can count toward the 300 level requirement.

7. Students must submit a portfolio to the BPMI Advisory committee and must be accepted into the program in order to graduate with a degree in BPMI. (See details below)

Part 4. Portfolios

A. Submission

Students who have been enrolled at ISU for at least one year, and have taken BPMI 336 may apply for admission as full members of the BPMI Program. Students must have at least 30 credits remaining in their BPMI degree plan to be admitted to the program. Details for full admission to the BPMI Program follow.

Applications are reviewed once each semester, usually in November and March. To apply for admission to the BPMI major, you must have completed 30 college credits to include introductory courses in art, biology, and general chemistry with a GPA equal to or greater than 2.00. It is also a good idea to show a portfolio of your work to either Dean Biechler or Arthur Croyle for a preliminary review. Applicants should have credit or enrollment in BPMI 336.

1. Talk with a BPMI adviser and with either Dean Biechler or Arthur Croyle about applying for entrance into the program. Obtain a current degree audit and make out a semester by semester schedule of classes that you plan to take in order to graduate. Courses required in the BPMI major can be viewed here.

2.  Write a one page essay about why you want to be a BPMI major. Include a description of your career goals.

3.  Choose five to eight pieces of your art work that best illustrate your abilities. At least one of the pieces must be from work that you have done on your own and not for a class. For each piece, attach a short written description describing why it was created and what you were trying to communicate.

See the BPMI homepage at: http://www.biology.iastate.edu for more details.

B. Development

Part 5. BPMI 490/497

A. BPMI 490 Guidelines

BPMI 490 is an independent study course that may be taken for variable credit from 1 to 3. You may include up to a total of 3 credits to meet the credits required for a BPMI degree.

Independent study does not mean that you simply work alone and then get credit for what you produce. It is intended to provide an opportunity to work with a faculty member or an artist not on the faculty to learn a special technique or develop a skill beyond the level taught in one of the BPMI or Art and Design courses. We expect that artwork of high quality will be produced. This course really should be called directed study.

Students interested in earning 490 credit should:

1. Have a goal of what they expect to get out of the experience;

2. Talk with a faculty member who would be willing to supervise the experience;

3. See Jennifer Owens in 102 Catt Hall and obtain a contract to be filled out;

4. Meet with the supervising independent study faculty member at least every two weeks through the entire semester for critique and guidance;

5. Submit finished assignments by the Monday of Finals Week for grading;

BPMI 490 credit will be graded with letter grades from A to F. For consistency, grading will be performed by the BPMI Committee which will meet during finals week. Grading will start with an assessment of a student's skill level at the beginning of the semester versus what it is at the end of the semester. Grades are to reflect improvement, not simply be given as a reward for good artists. It is expected that students will have spent at least 3 hours per week for each credit taken. Therefore, work submitted for 1 credit of 490 should have taken at least 45 hours to complete. Students who fail to consult with the supervising faculty member during the semester will be judged as having not attended class and may fail.

B. BPMI 497 Internship

BPMI students must do an internship in order to graduate. An internship is defined as an illustration project that is being done for a client. It may be volunteer work or it may be work for which the student is paid. During the semester that the work is done, students must register for at least one credit of BPMI 497. To register for BPMI 497 you must fill out an application available from Jennifer Owens in 102 Catt Hall. Only when the application is approved, will it be possible for you to register for the class.

BPMI 497 is graded satisfactory/fail (S/F). In order to earn S you must complete the work that was described in the application, obtain a signature from the client indicating the work is satisfactory, and give a 10 minute presentation to the BPMI 336 or 337 class about the project. The presentation must involve display of the actual work or of copies/photos of the work. Failure to give a presentation will result in an F grade being awarded.

Students may not graduate without at least one credit in BPMI 497.

Part 6. Minors

Minors in subjects supporting your career goals are encouraged. Minors in English, Journalism and Mass Communication, or general business, are examples of what you might consider. To earn a minor, 15 credits must be taken in a subject areas including at least 9 credits that are not used to meet any other department, college, or university requirements. If you wish to have a minor designated on your transcript, you must take courses listed by the department offering the minor and you must file a request-for-minor form which you can get from Jennifer Owens in 102 Catt Hall.

Entrepreneurial Studies Minor:
Mgmt 310 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Mgmt 313 Feasibility Analysis and Business Planning
+ additional credits from approved list

For more information look on the web at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jdhunger/EntStMinor.html

Part 7. Supporting courses for those interested in WWW careers

For those interested in WWW-based careers, the following courses are available:

Engl 302 Business Communication
Engl 303 Freelance Writing for Popular Magazines
Engl 309 Report and Proposal Writing
Engl 313 Writing for the WWW
Engl 314 Technical Communication
Engl 415 Business and Technical Editing
Engl 416 Graphic Communication in Business and Technical Writing
Engl 505 Technology in Business, Technical, and Professional Communication
JlMC 315  Multimedia Production
JlMC 342  Visual Principles on Mass Communication
JlMC 342L  Lab in Basic Visual Principles
JlMC 343L  Lab in Intermediate Visual Principles
JlMC 347  Science Communication

Courses Applicable to LAS Groups I and IV - 1999-2001

All courses taken to fulfill the General Education Requirements (GER) must be completed on a graded basis: they may not be courses offered on a Satisfactory-Fail (S-F) basis, nor may they be courses taken Pass Not Pass (P-NP)

Experimental courses (listed with an X following the course number) are eligible for use in the general education groups once the course proposals have been approved. Others will be added to the list on a continuing basis.

For interdisciplinary (cross-listed ) courses , see department of primary listing for acceptability. Cross- listed courses may be used to satisfy requirements in any group for which they have been approved, but a student may not apply the same course to more than one group. If a course acceptable for satisfying the GER requirements is cross-listed, then a student may take it under either course designator. If such a course, under either cross-listing, is used to satisfy a requirement in the department of the first major, it may not be used in the general education groups.

The University requirements in U.S. diversity & international perspectives may be met through certain courses marked (* US Diversity), (**International Perspectives), or (*** Diversity OR International Perspectives) on the list below or other courses on the list available at: http://www.iastate.edu/~registrar/courses/div-home.html.

Group I. Arts and Humanities

Minimum credits: 12

The student should develop an understanding of human cultural heritage and history, and an appreciation of reasoning and the aesthetic value of human creativity.

African American Studies (AF AM) 201*
Air Force Aerospace Studies (AFAS) 241, 242
American Indian Studies ( ) 210*, 310*
Anthropology (ANTHR) 257, 315*, 321, 337**, 414
Architecture (ARCH) 182, 221**, 222**, 420*, 422**, 423**, 424, 425, 427**
Art and Design (ART) 292
Art History (ART H) 181, 280**, 281**, 380***, 382**, 383, 385, 394*, 481**, 484, 487, 488, 495, 496, 498
Classical Studies (CL ST) All courses except 394, 395 and restrictions noted
Chinese (CHIN) 370**, 375**
Dance (DANCE) 270, 360
Design Studies (DSN S) 181, 183,
Economics (ECON) 312
English (ENG) 201, 230**,231, 237, 240*, 260, 301, 330, 335, 339, 340*, 342X*, 344*, 345*, 346*, 347*, 348*, 349*, 350, 353**, 354**, 356, 357, 358, 360, 362, 364, 366, 370**, 373, 374**, 375**, 376**, 378, 384, 389**, 393, 394, 395A, 420, 422*
Environmental Studies (ENV S) 303,334, 472
Foreign Language ( F LNG) 498
French (FRNCH) 275X**, 314, 333**, 334***, 370**, 375**, 378, 440**, 471**, 472**
German (GER) 320, 330**, 370**, 371**, 375, 378**, 440, 471**, 472
Greek (GREEK) 332, 441, 442
Latin (LATIN) 332, 441, 442
Portuguese (PORT) 340**, 341**, 370, 440**, 441
Russian (RUS) 314, 321, 322, 370**, 375, 376, 440
Spanish (SPAN) 314**, 320, 321**, 322**, 326**, 330**, 331**, 332**, 370**, 440, 441**, 442**, 443**, 444**, 445**, 462, 463**, 480
History (HIST) All courses (including 339X, 428X, 442X, and 486X) except for restrictions noted
Human Development and Family Studies (HD FS) 240*
Interior Design (ARTID) 355, 356
Journalism and Mass Communication (JLMC) 461, 464, 477*
Landscape Architecture (LA) 273**, 371, 478 D
Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) 129, 150*, 211***, 325*, 381, 385. 395B
Music (MUSIC) 101, 102**, 120, 221, 222, 231, 232, 302, 304, 383**, 384**, 471**, 472*, 473, 475, 476
Philosophy (PHIL) All courses (including 366X) except 207 and the restrictions noted
Political Science (POL S) 430
Religious Studies (RELIG) all courses except 340, 377, 499. and restrictions noted
Speech Communication (SP CM) 305, 412, 416
Textiles and Clothing (T C) 257, 342*, 354**, and 355**
Theatre (THTRE) 106, 110, 252*, 465, 466
Women's Studies (W S) 201*, 301**, 350*
Zoology (ZOOL) 383*

Group IV . Social Sciences

Minimum Credits: 9, including courses in at least two of the following disciplines.

The student should develop an appreciation of the principal methods of studying human behavior and an understanding of the structure and functioning of institutions. Courses must be taken in at least two disciplines represented in Group IV.

Anthropology (ANTHR) All courses (including 250X, 327X) except 202, 257, 307, 315*, 319, 321, 337, 414, 428, 429, 424, 438X, 445X and the restrictions noted
Classical Studies (CL ST) 394**, 395**
Communication Studies (COMST) 101. 301, 310**, 311, 314, 317, 325
Community and Regional Planning (C R P) 253, 270, 291**, 365, 427 429, 435, 455
Curriculum and Instruction (C I) 333
Economics (ECON) 101, 102, 301, 302, 308, 320, 321*, 344, 355**, 370**, 376, 380, 385**, 470
Environmental Studies (ENV S) 345**, 380, 382
Human Development and Family Studies (HD FS) 102, 239*, 269, 270**, 276*, 349*, 367, 377*, 395, 448*
International Studies (IN ST) 235**, 430**
Journalism and Mass Communication (JLMC) 101, 401, 474**, 476**
Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) 250**, 395E
Political Science (POL S) All courses including 442X and 485X, except 301, 413, 417, 430, 475, 480, 482 and the restrictions noted
Psychology (PSYCH) 101, 230, 280, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 360, 380X, 381
Religious Studies (RELIG) 377
Sociology (SOC) 130, 134, 219, 235*, 241, 264, 305, 310, 325, 327*, 328*, 330*, 331*, 332*, 334, 340, 341, 345**, 371, 380, 381, 382, 411**, 415, 420, 425, 431*, 435, 461, 464, 473, 476*, 485
Speech Communication (SP CM) 321
Textiles and Clothing (TC) 165*, 362**, 467
Technology and Social Change (TSC) 341
Women’s Studies (W S) 203*, 320X, 435X

First Year (Pre-BPMI)

Fall

Spring

LAS 101

0.5

Lib 160

0.5

Engl 104

3

Engl 105

3

Chem 163, 163L

5

Biol 212, 212L

4

Biol 211, 211L

4

Art 230

3

Dsn S 131

4

Soc Sci choice

3

BBMB 221 or Stat or Math

3-4

Total credits

16.5

16-17

Second Year

For Lang or Humanities (Art 280)

3-4

For Lang or Social Sci

3-4

BBMB 221 or Stat or Math

3-4

BPMI 337

3

BPMI 336

3

ArtIS 238 or 330

3

ArtIS 330 or 238

3

Humanities

3

Biol 255

3

Biol 256

3

TOTAL

15-17

15-16

Third Year

Fall

Spring

BPMI 326

3

BPMI 327

3

Advanced Biology

3-4

Biol 351

5

BPMI 494

1

Soc Sci

3

Humanities or Social Sci

3

ArtIS 233

3

Advanced Biology or Art or Bot

3

Humanities or Advanced Art

3

BPMI 494

2

TOTAL

15

16-17

Fourth Year

Advanced Biology

3-5

Advanced Biology

3-4

Advanced Art

3-6

Advanced Art

3-6

Humanities/Social Sci/Elective

3

Humanities/Social Sci/Elective

3-6

Internship BPMI 497

1-3

English composition

3

TOTAL

13-20

12-19