Biology B.A.

Degree Requirements

A major in Biology is achieved by completion of the following requirements, in addition to the General Education and electives required for a degree:

Required Core Courses

The Biology core requires six credits.

BIO 110Modern Biology

1 Course Credit

BIO 113Experimental Zoology

1 Course Credit

BIO 114Botany

1 Course Credit

BIO 330Genetics

1 Course Credit

BIO 494Evolution

1 Course Credit

One Field Biology Course

1 Course Credit

Field Courses: (One Course from list):  BIO 310 Ecology, BIO 324 Parasitology, BIO 327 Herpetology, BIO 332 Mammalogy, BIO 342 Field Botany, BIO 344 Dendrology and Forest Ecology, SENS 226 Coral Reef Ecosystems or approved BIO 286/386/486 courses

Required "Plus Four" Courses

A minimum of four (4) course credits from the Biology Department courses listed below, any current Biology Department-approved cross-disciplinary course, or any Biology Department-approved transfer course (domestic or international):

BIO 207Pathophysiology:Altered Health

1 Course Credit

BIO 220Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

1 Course Credit

BIO 222Microbiology

1 Course Credit

BIO 306Histology and Histotechnique

1 Course Credit

BIO 310Ecology (SENS)

1 Course Credit

BIO 323Principles of Physiology

1 Course Credit

BIO 324Parasitology

1 Course Credit

BIO 325Neurobiology

1 Course Credit

BIO 327Herpetology

1 Course Credit

BIO 331Developmental Biology

1 Course Credit

BIO 332Mammalogy

1 Course Credit

BIO 342Field Botany

1 Course Credit

BIO 344Dendrology & Forest Ecology

1 Course Credit

BIO 441Cell and Molecular Biology

1 Course Credit

ANR 310Nutritional Studies

1 Course Credit

CFS 221Fundamentals of Nutrition

1 Course Credit

CHM 340Biochemistry I

1 Course Credit

or

CHM 345Introduction to Biochemistry

1 Course Credit

CHM 440Biochemistry II

1 Course Credit

ECO 250Applied Statistics

1 Course Credit

PHY 340Biophysics

1 Course Credit

PSY 212Behavioral Neuroscience w/ Lab

1 Course Credit

SENS 226Coral Reef Ecosystems

1 to 1.5 Course Credits

Students may select no more than two (2) non-Biology Department courses or courses transferred in from other institutions (domestic or international) to meet their Plus Four course requirements.

Note: No significant redundancies exist between any Plus Four Biology Department courses or with any approved cross-disciplinary courses. As such, there is no restriction as to the combination of courses students can take to meet Plus Four requirements.

Required Collateral courses

MAT 115College Algebra with Modeling

1 Course Credit

CHM 131Accelerated General Chemistry

1 Course Credit

or

CHM 134Accelerated Environmental Chem

1 Course Credit

CHM 221Organic Chemistry I

1 Course Credit

CHM 222Organic Chemistry II

1 Course Credit

Biology majors must satisfy the International Perspective of General Education with foreign language -- generally two terms of the same language unless students waive a level or more.  Students who waive one level must take still take one foreign language course at the appropriate next level.  Students who are fluent in a second language may request a waiver of this requirement from the Biology department.  If granted, these students must still complete the college's International Perspective requirement.

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