Biology Major
Curriculum for the Biology Major (All colleges, excluding Teacher Certification programs) - 39 credits.
Core Course Requirements:
BIO 103 Introductory Biology or BIO 105 General Biology (preferred) 4 credits
BIO 204 Plant Biology 3 credits
BIO 210 Animal Biology 3 credits
BIO 306 Genetics 4 credits
BIO 307 Ecology 3 credits
BIO 315 Cell Biology 4 credits
BIO 491 Capstone Seminar in Biology 1 credit
The remaining credits can be selected from the following electives in biology and microbiology:
BIO 302 Introductory Plant Identification 2 credits
BIO 312 Human Anatomy & Physiology I 4 credits
BIO 313 Human Anatomy & Physiology II 4 credits
BIO 321 Ornithology 3 credits
BIO 337 Plant Physiology (non-lab) 3 credits
BIO 341 Limnology 3 credits
BIO 404 Plant Taxonomy 3 credits
BIO 406 Parasitology 4 credits
BIO 408 Developmental Biology 4 credits
BIO 412 Mycology 4 credits
BIO 413 Medical Mycology 3 credits
BIO 414 Freshwater Invertebrate Zoology 3 credits
BIO 419 Quantitative Methods in Ecology 3 credits
BIO 422 Ichthyology 3 credits
BIO 424 Endocrinology (non-lab) 3 credits
BIO 428 Animal Metabolism, Nutrition and Disease (non-lab) 3 credits
BIO 429 Evolution (non-lab) 3 credits
BIO 432 Biology of Cancer (non-lab) 2 credits
BIO 433 Radiation Biology 3 credits
BIO 435 Molecular Biology (non-lab) 3 credits
BIO 436 Molecular Biology Laboratory 1 credit
BIO 437 Plant Growth and Development (non-lab) 3 credits
BIO 439 Plant Anatomy 3 credits
BIO 440 Bioinformatics (non-lab) 2 credits
BIO 442 Plant Microbe Interactions 3 credits
BIO 443 Molecular Mechanism of Disease and Drug Action (non-lab) 3 credits
BIO 447 Standard Methods and Quality Assurance of Water Analyses 3 credits
BIO 448 Aquatic Toxicology 4 credits
BIO 449 Microtechnique and Electron Microscopy 3 credits
BIO 463 Aquatic Animal Health 3 credits
BIO 464 Stream and Watershed Ecology (non-lab) 3 credits
BIO 465 Neurophysiology (non-lab) 3 credits
BIO 466 Human Genetics (non-lab) 3 credits
BIO 467 Neurobiology Laboratory Techniques 2 credits
BIO 492 Honors Capstone Seminar in Biology (non-lab) 1 credit
MIC 230 Fundamentals of Microbiology 4 credits
MIC 350 Bacterial Diversity 3 credits
MIC 406 Immunology 4 credits
MIC 420 Introductory Virology (non-lab) 3 credits
MIC 421 Virology Laboratory 2 credits
MIC 426 Food Microbiology 4 credits
MIC 427 Industrial and Fermentation Microbiology (non-lab) 3 credits
MIC 428 Fermentation Microbiology Laboratory 2 credits
MIC 434 Aquatic Microbial Ecology 3 credits
Note: A maximum of two non-lab courses may be applied toward the major elective requirements, excluding BIO 499. Up to two credits of BIO 499 may be used may be used as electives.
Other Requirements:
Three semesters of chemistry, including: CHM 103 General Chemistry I, CHM 104 General Chemistry II and CHM 300 Survey of Organic Chemistry (or CHM 303 Organic Chemistry Theory I, CHM 304 Organic Chemistry Theory II and CHM 305 Organic Chemistry Theory III in place of the survey course).
In addition, all Biology Major must take MTH 145 Elementary Statistics or MTH 250 Statistics.
Sample Course Schedule
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Freshman Year - Fall Semester |
Freshman Year - Spring Semester | ||||
| BIO 105 | General Biology | 4 cr. | CHM 104 | General Chemistry II | 4 cr. |
| CHM 103 | General Chemistry I | 4 cr. | BIO 210 | Animal Biology | 3 cr. |
| ENG 110 | College Writing I | 3 cr. | General Education & Electives | 8 cr. | |
| General Education & Electives | 4 cr. | ||||
| Sophomore Year - Fall Semester | Sophomore Year - Spring Semester | ||||
| BIO 204 | Plant Biology | 3 cr. | BIO 306 | Genetics | 4 cr. |
| CHM 300 | Survey of Organic Chemistry | 5 cr. | MTH 250 | Statistics | 3 cr. |
| General Education & Electives | 7 cr. | General Education & Electives | 8 cr. | ||
| Junior Year - Fall Semester | Junior Year - Spring Semester | ||||
| BIO 306 | Ecology | 3 cr. | BIO 315 | Cell Biology | 4 cr. |
| General Education & Electives | 12 cr. | General Education & Electives | 11 cr. | ||
| Senior Year - Fall Semester | Senior Year - Spring Semester | ||||
| BIO 499 | Undergraduate Research | 2 cr. | BIO 461 | Capstone Seminar in Biology | 1 cr. |
| General Education & Electives | 13 cr. | General Education & Electives | 14 cr. | ||
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