Biology - Requirements for the Major
Biology Program | Biology Minor Requirements | Course Descriptions
Supporting Courses, 28-29 credits
- BIOLOGY 202 Principles of Biology: Cellular and Molecular Processes, 4 credits
- BIOLOGY 203 Principles of Biology: Organisms, Ecology and Evolution, 4 credits
- CHEM 211 Principles of Chemistry I, 4 credits
- CHEM 212 Principles of Chemistry II, 4 credits
- CHEM 213 Principles of Chemistry I Laboratory, 1 credit
- CHEM 214 Principles of Chemistry II Laboratory, 1 credit
- MATH 260 Introductory Statistics, 4 credits
Mathematics, choose one of these:
- COMP SCI 256 Software Design I, 4 credits
- MATH 104 Elementary Functions: Algebra and Trigonometry, 4 credits
- MATH 201 Calculus for the Management and Social Sciences, 3 credits
- MATH 202 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I, 4 credits
Writing, choose one of these:
- INFO SCI 390 Technical Writing, 3 credits
- ENG COMP 105 Expository Writing, 3 credits
Upper-Level Courses, 27 credits
Core courses, 17-18 credits
- BIOLOGY 303 Genetics, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 309 Evolutionary Biology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 302 Principles of Ecology, 4 credits
One of these:
- BIOLOGY 302 Principles of Microbiology, 4 credits
- BIOLOGY 307 Cell Biology, 4 credits
One of these:
- BIOLOGY 311 Plant Physiology, 4 credits
- BIOLOGY 346 Comparative Physiology, 3 credits
Areas of Emphasis
Biology majors must complete 9 or 10 credits in one of the following areas of emphasis to bring their total credits in upper-level Biology courses to a minimum of 27.
Plant Biology
Choose 9-10 credits from:
- BIOLOGY 304 Genetics Laboratory, 1 credit
- BIOLOGY 310 Plant Taxonomy, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 311 Plant Physiology, 4 credits
- BIOLOGY 312 Mycology, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 317 Structure of Seed Plants, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 320 Field Botany, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 363 Plant and Forest Pathology, 3 credits
Animal Biology
Choose 9-10 credits from:
- BIOLOGY 304 Genetics Laboratory, 1 credit
- BIOLOGY 340 Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates, 4 credits
- BIOLOGY 342 Ornithology, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 343 Mammalogy, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 345 Animal Behavior, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 346 Comparative Physiology, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 353 Invertebrate Biology, 4 credits
- BIOLOGY 355 Entomology, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 410 Developmental Biology, 4 credits
- HUM BIOL 318 Reproductive Biology, 3 credits
- HUM BIOL 402 Human Physiology, 3 credits
- HUM BIOL 403 Human Physiology Laboratory, 1 credit
- HUM BIOL 413 Neurobiology, 3 credits
- HUM BIOL 444 Endocrinology, 3 credits
Field Biology and Ecology
Choose 9-10 credits from:
- BIOLOGY 310 Plant Taxonomy, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 320 Field Botany, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 342 Ornithology, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 343 Mammalogy, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 353 Invertebrate Biology, 4 credits
- BIOLOGY 355 Entomology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 363 Plant and Forest Pathology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 405 Aquatic Ecology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 467 Ecological and Environmental Methods and Analysis, 4 credits
- ENV SCI 469 Conservation Biology, 4 credits
Cell/Molecular Biology
Choose 9-10 credits from:
- BIOLOGY 302 Principles of Microbiology, 4 credits
- BIOLOGY 304 Genetics Laboratory, 1 credit
- BIOLOGY 307 Cell Biology, 4 credits
- BIOLOGY 312 Mycology, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 402 Advanced Microbiology, 4 credits
- BIOLOGY 407 Molecular Biology, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 408 Molecular Biology Laboratory, 1 credit
- CHEM 330 Biochemistry, 3 credits
- CHEM 331 Biochemistry Laboratory, 1 credit
- HUM BIOL 422 Immunology, 3 credits
- HUM BIOL 423 Immunology Laboratory, 1 credit
- HUM BIOL 444 Endocrinology, 3 credits