A.B., B.S., and Minor in Biology Curriculum Requirements

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.

• 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.

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.

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.