Biology Major (Teacher Certification)
Curriculum for the Biology Major (Teacher Certification Program) - 36 credits including:
BIO 103 Introductory Biology or BIO 105 General Biology 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 1 credit
MIC 230 Fundamentals of Microbiology 4 credits
Remaining electives from the following courses*:
BIO 302 Introductory Plant Identification 2 credits
BIO 303 Vertebrate Form and Function 4 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 3 credits
BIO 341 Limnology 3 credits
BIO 404 Plant Taxonomy 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 (non-lab) 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 (non-lab) 2 credits
BIO 490 Current Topics in Biology Education 1-3 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
Up to two credits of BIO 499 may count toward the major. A maximum of two non-lab courses may be applied toward the biology major elective requirement, excluding BIO 490 and 499.
In addition to this sequence, GEO 200 (Conservation of Global Environments) is a statutory requirement; C-I 381 (Environmental Education Methods), an administrative code requirement; and three semesters of chemistry, including organic CHM 300 (or 303, 304 and 305), and MTH 145 (Elementary Statistics) or MTH 250 (Statistics) are required.
BIO 429 (Evolution) is strongly recommended!
Note: Each student must have a minimum of three 400-level BIO credits (excluding BIO 450, 479, 489, 491, 492, and 499) to fulfill requirements of the major. BIO 492 may be taken in lieu of BIO 491 by Biology Honors Program students.
*A maximum of eight credits from BIO 303 (Vertebrate Form and Function), BIO 312 (Human Anatomy & Physiology I) and BIO 313 (Human Anatomy & Physiology II ) can be applied to the biology major.
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