Biology Major Requirements

Biology Major Requirements

Requirements for the undergraduate biology major, in addition to the University degree requirements outlined within this Bulletin, are:

Courses in biology (34 credits), including:

Course Number Course Name
BIOL 101, 101L General Biology I Lectures and Lab
BIOL 102, 102L General Biology II Lectures and Lab
BIOL 221, 221L Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lecture and Lab
BIOL 222, 222L Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lecture and Lab
BIOL 313, 313L Molecular Plant Physiology Lecture and Lab
BIOL 350, 350L Genetic Principles Lecture and Lab
BIOL 360, 360L Molecular Cell Biology Lecture and Lab
BIOL 497 Senior Seminar I
BIOL 498 Senior Seminar II

Four to eight additional elective credits in biology are required.
These courses should be chosen in consultation with a departmental advisor from the advanced undergraduate courses listed below.

Course Number Course Name
BIOL 313, 313L Molecular Plant Physiology Lecture and Lab
BIOL 242, 242L Environmental Biology Lecture and Lab
BIOL 420, 420L Introduction to Neurobiological Systems Lecture and Lab
BIOL 256-256L Essential Developmental Biology Lecture and Lab
BIOL 270-270L Microbiology Lecture and Lab
BIOL 390 Special Problems (Research)
BIOL390H Special Problems (Honors)
BIOL 410, 410L Experimental Molecular Biology and Recombinant DNA, Lecture and Lab
NSCI 290, 290H Undergraduate Research
NSCI 361, 361H Biochemistry I Lecture and Lab
CHEM 582D Pharmacology: Chemistry and Mechanism of Drug Addiction

Required cognates (28 credits)

Course Number Course Name
CHEM 113,103L General Chemistry I Lecture and Lab
CHEM 114 & 104L General Chemistry II Lecture and Lab
CHEM 233 & 203L Organic Chemistry I Lecture and Lab
CHEM 234 & 204L Organic Chemistry II Lecture and Lab
PHYS 130 & 130L General Physics I Lecture and Lab
PHYS 140 & 140L General Physics II Lecture and Lab
PSY 180 or PSY 141 General Psychology/Psychology of Adjustment

Mathematics requirement (4 credits)
In lieu of the core mathematics course (CORE 130), biology majors take MATH 120 (or higher level), and prerequisites as indicated by placement test results. It should be noted that most graduate and professional schools require a minimum of two semesters of college level mathematics and/or statistics.