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. The five Biology electives 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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Computational Methods 151 may 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
| Two additional science/engineering electives from the list below: |
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| CE 321 |
Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science |
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| CHE 211 |
Material and Energy Balances |
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| CHEM 222 |
Organic Chemistry II |
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| CHEM 231 |
Quantitative Chemical Methods |
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| CHEM 341 |
Survey of Physical Chemistry |
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| CHEM 352 |
Foundational Biochemistry |
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| CS 104 |
Introduction to Game Programming |
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| CS 105 |
Digital Media Computing |
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| ECE 211 |
Digital Circuits I |
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| ECE 221 |
Basic Electric Circuit Analysis |
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| ES 101 |
Introduction to Engineering |
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| GEOL 320 |
Paleobiology |
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| MATH 162 |
Calculus II |
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| MATH 263 |
Calculus III |
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| MATH 282 |
Techniques of Mathematical Modeling |
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| PHYS 111 |
General Physics-Mechanics and Thermodynamics |
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| PHYS 112 |
General Physics-Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics |
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| PHYS 133 |
Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves |
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| PHYS 151 |
Accelerated Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics |
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| PHYS 152 |
Accelerated Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics |
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Plus SEVEN Biology electives, 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.
Computational Methods 151 may 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.