Biology Major (B.S.)

Required Foundation Courses (33 cr)

• CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I Lecture (GE4) 4 cr
• CHEM 111L - General Chemistry I Lab (GE4) 1 cr
• CHEM 112 - General Chemistry II Lecture 4 cr
• CHEM 112L - General Chemistry II Lab 1 cr
• CHEM 230 - Organic Chemistry I Lecture 4 cr
• CHEM 231 - Organic Chemistry I Lab 1 cr
• MATH 132B - Statistical Methods: Biostatistics (GE3) 4 cr

Major Required Courses (28 cr)

• BIOL 111A - Principles of Experimental Biol: Biology (GE4) 4 cr
• BIOL 111B - Principles of Experimental Biol: Zoology (GE4) 3 cr
• BIOL 111C - Principles of Experimental Biol: Botany (GE4) 3 cr
• BIOL 350 - Genetics 4 cr
• BIOL 360 - Cell Biology 4 cr
• BIOL 370 - Developmental Biology 4 cr
• BIOL 380 - Ecology 4 cr
• BIOL 391 - Developing Professionals in Biology 1 cr
• BIOL 491 - Undergraduate Seminar Biology 1 cr

Required Electives

A minimum of 12 credits of the following courses are required:

• BIOL 423 - Electron Microscopy 4 cr
• BIOL 431 - Microbiology 4 cr
• BIOL 437 - Immunology & Hematology 4 cr
• BIOL 442 - Molecular Biology 4 cr
• BIOL 443 - Bioinformatics 3 cr
• BIOL 450 - Advanced Studies in Genetics 2-4 cr
• BIOL 451 - Human Genetics 3 cr
• BIOL 452 - Evolution 3 cr
• BIOL 453 - Genetics of Cancer 3 cr
• BIOL 455 - Evolutionary Genetics 3 cr
• BIOL 456 - Icons and Ideas of Biology 3 cr
• BIOL 460 - Advanced Studies in Physiology 2-5 cr
• BIOL 461 - Endocrinology 3 cr
• BIOL 461L - Endocrinology Laboratory 2 cr
• BIOL 462 - Comparative Physiology 3 cr
• BIOL 463 - Neurobiology 3 cr
• BIOL 464 - Plant Physiology 4 cr
• BIOL 465 - Cardiovascular Physiology & Disease 3 cr
• BIOL 470 - Advanced Studies in Systematics 2-4 cr
• BIOL 471 - Invertebrate Zoology 4 cr
• BIOL 472 - Parasitology 3 cr
• BIOL 475 - Vertebrate Zoology 3 cr
• BIOL 476 - Mammalogy 3 cr
• BIOL 477 - Ornithology 3 cr
• BIOL 478 - Entomology 4 cr
• BIOL 480 - Advanced Studies in Ecology 2-4 cr
• BIOL 483 - Biogeography 3 cr
• BIOL 484 - Ethology 3 cr
• BIOL 484L - Ethology Laboratory 1 cr

• The following courses cannot be used towards the required electives in the major: BIOL 390 , BIOL 391 , BIOL 393 , BIOL 491 , BIOL 494 , BIOL 495 , BIOL 499 .

Recommended Electives

The following courses are strongly recommended for students planning to attend graduate school.

• CHEM 330 - Organic Chemistry II Lecture 4 cr
• CHEM 331 - Organic Chemistry II Lab 1 cr
• MATH 162 - Calculus II 4 cr