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Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree (58 semester hours)

40 semester hours in Biology, 10 semester hours in Chemistry, and 8 additional semester hours chosen from a set of structured electives, including courses outside of Biology

Core Courses (30 semester hours)

Required of all majors

  • BIOL120 Introduction to Biological Inquiry (4)

  • BIOL231 Biological Concepts I (4)

  • BIOL235 Experimental Methods in Biology (2)

  • BIOL241 Biological Concepts II (4)

  • BIOL245W Biological Inquiry (4)

  • BIOL298 Introductory Biology Colloquium (2)

  • CHEM115 General Chemistry I (4)

  • CHEM115Y General Chemistry I Lab (1)

  • CHEM116 General Chemistry II (4)

  • CHEM116Y General Chemistry II Lab (1)

Elective Courses (20 semester hours)

Twelve semester hours in Biology at the 300-level (12)

  • Any 300-level BIOL courses

Eight additional elective semester hours (8)

These must be chosen from the same discipline:

  • Any courses with the prefixes BIOL, CHEM, CS, DATA, ENVS, EXHS, MATH, PHEAL, PHYS, or PSYC

Capstone (8 semester hours)

One research course from the following (6)

  • BIOL383W Research in Geomicrobiology (4)

  • BIOL450W Research in Molecular Genetics (6)

  • BIOL453W Research in Behavioral Ecology (6)

  • BIOL454W Research in Bacteriology (6)

  • BIOL456W Research in Genomics (6)

  • BIOL458W Research in Cell and Developmental Biology (6)

  • BIOL459W Research in Molecular Ecology (6)

Biology Colloquium (2)

  • BIOL498 Biology Colloquium (2) (must complete BIOL 298 prior to taking BIOL 498)

Note

Those students planning to apply for admission to graduate or professional schools in science are strongly urged to complete the following courses:

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