A.B. biology curriculum requirements (12 courses required):
- BIOL 111:
- BIOL 112;
- BIOL 113;
- BIOL 490;
- CHEM 107 or CHEM 103;
- CHEM 108;
- MATH 125 (or MATH 141 or MATH 161 or MATH 165)
- FIVE additional Biology courses, which must be numbered 205 or higher and must include at least one 300-level course.
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No more than one research course (BIOL 401-404, 495, 496) can be used towards the major.
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Introduction to Computational Science (CM 151), Survey of Biochemistry (CHEM 351), and Paleobiology (GEOL 320) may each be substituted for a Biology elective.
This page reflects the requirements for completing this major. General graduation requirements for all students can be found here.
B.S. biology curriculum requirements (17 courses required):
- BIOL 111;
- BIOL 112;
- BIOL 113;
- BIOL 490;
- CHEM 107 or CHEM 103;
- CHEM 108;
- CHEM 221
- MATH 161 or MATH 165
- SEVEN Biology courses, which must be numbered 205 or higher and must include at least two 300-level courses.
- No more than one research course (BIOL 401-404, 495, 496) can be used towards the major.
- Introduction to Computational Science (CM 151), Survey of Biochemistry (CHEM 351), and Paleobiology (GEOL 320) may each be substituted for a Biology elective.
This page reflects the requirements for completing this major. General graduation requirements for all students can be found here.
Minor in Biology (6 courses):
- BIOL 111;
- BIOL 112;
- BIOL 113;
- TWO courses above BIOL 205;
- ONE course at the 300 level.
| Two additional science/engineering electives from the list below: | | |
| CE 321 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science | |
| CHE 211 | Material and Energy Balances | |
| CHEM 222 | Organic Chemistry II | |
| CHEM 231 | Quantitative Chemical Methods | |
| CHEM 341 | Survey of Physical Chemistry | |
| CHEM 351 | Survey of Biochemistry | |
| CHEM 352 | Foundational Biochemistry | |
| CM 151 | Introduction to Computational Science | |
| CS 104 | Introduction to Game Programming | |
| CS 105 | Digital Media Computing | |
| ECE 211 | Digital Circuits I | |
| ECE 221 | Basic Electric Circuit Analysis | |
| ES 101 | Introduction to Engineering | |
| ES 105 | Introduction to Engineering Design for Non-Engineers | |
| ES 232 | Biomaterials Science | |
| GEOL 320 | Paleobiology | |
| MATH 162 | Calculus II | |
| MATH 263 | Calculus III | |
| MATH 282 | Techniques of Mathematical Modeling | |
| PHYS 111 | General Physics-Mechanics and Thermodynamics | |
| PHYS 112 | General Physics-Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics | |
| PHYS 133 | Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves | |
| PHYS 151 | Accelerated Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics | |
| PHYS 152 | Accelerated Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics | |
Courses offered in the Department:
The following are the courses offered in the department. Also included in the list are three courses offered by other departments that have been approved to serve as biology electives; these three courses count as 200-level biology courses.
- BIOL 212 Developmental Biology
- BIOL 213 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
- BIOL 214 Neuroanatomy
- BIOL 215 Phytopathology
- BIOL 224 Plant Form, Function and Adaptation
- BIOL 225 Microbiology
- BIOL 231 Ecology
- BIOL 233 Environmental Problem Solving in Biology
- BIOL 234 Environmental Biology
- BIOL 235 Evolutionary Biology
- BIOL 245 Immunology
- BIOL 251 Human Physiology
- BIOL 255 Molecular Genetics
- BIOL 256 Neurobiology
- BIOL 257 Public Health Biology
- BIOL 265 Biostatistics
- BIOL 270 Special Topics
- BIOL 272 Conservation Biology
- BIOL 274 Bioinformatics
- BIOL 277 Cell Biology
- BIOL 310 Aging and Age-Related Diseases
- BIOL 314 Anatomy of Vision
- BIOL 317 Physiology of Extreme Animals
- BIOL 328 Cancer Biology
- BIOL 332 Advanced Aquatic Ecology
- BIOL 336 Evolutionary Genetics
- BIOL 342 Restoration Ecology
- BIOL 345 Infectious Disease and Immunity
- BIOL 347 Precision Medicine
- BIOL 350 Genomics
- BIOL 351-380 Special Topics
- BIOL 356 Biomedical Informatics
- BIOL 401/404 Independent Research
- BIOL 495/496 Thesis
- CM 151 Introduction to Computational Science
- CHEM 351 Biochemistry Survey (counts as a 200-level course)
- GEOL 320 Paleobiology (counts as a 200-level course)
Please note: A biology major’s major GPA is calculated using only the grades from BIOL courses.