General Education and Common Core Courses

BIOL 0102 - Environmental Biology for a Changing World , BIOL 0104 - Human Biology , and BIOL 0106 - Practical Biology for the World Today  each satisfy General Education and Common Core requirements, however they DO NOT satisfy requirements for the Biology Major and should not be taken by students within the major. MATH 0105 - Calculus I  and MATH 0108 - Elementary Statistics  each satisfy General Education and Common Core requirements. BIOL 0237 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I  and BIOL 0278 - Biostatistics  each satisfy Common Core requirements, but do not satisfy General Education requirements. Courses should be selected with guidance from faculty advisor.

Requirements for the Biology Major - 64 Credits

To earn a major in Biology, students must successfully complete all Introductory Courses, Biology Seminars, Required Chemistry Courses, Upper Division Courses, and Elective Courses as described below.

Introductory Biology/Math Courses

• BIOL 0128 - General Biology II Credits: 4
• BIOL 0129 - General Biology I Credits: 4

• These courses DO NOT need to be taken in sequence, but should be taken in the first year.

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  Two of the following Math courses:

• MATH 0105 - Calculus I Credits: 4
• MATH 0108 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 3
• BIOL 0278 - Biostatistics Credits: 3

Biology Seminars

Three 1-credit seminars as follows:

• BIOL 0180 - Introductory Seminar in Biology Credits: 1
• BIOL 0280-0289 - Biology Seminar Credits: 1

• (Biology education students must take BIOL 0289 for this requirement.)

• BIOL 0380 - Senior Seminar Credits: 1

Required Chemistry Courses

• CHEM 0109 - General Chemistry I Credits: 4
• CHEM 0111 - General Chemistry II Credits: 4
• CHEM 0201 - Organic Chemistry I Credits: 4

Upper Division Biology Courses

Students must choose ONE course from each of the following areas:

Additional Courses

A minimum of 19 additional credits in Biology above the 100-level (excluding internships), selected with guidance from the faculty advisor.  These 19 credits must include the following:

• 6 credits of
  BIOL 0377 - Research Experience
     (3 of these credits may be satisfied by
  BIOL 0399 - Independent Research
    )
• 3 additional credits at the 300-level (
  BIOL 0377 - Research Experience
    or other 300-level biology)
• 6 additional credits of 200 or 300-level biology electives
• 4 additional credits of CHEM 0203 - Organic Chemistry II   or CHEM 0315 - Biochemistry   or 4 credits of an upper level biology course

Recommended Courses

If students are interested in graduate or professional school, a year of calculus and a year of physics is strongly recommended. Students should discuss their academic and career goals with their faculty advisor to identify appropriate coursework.

Additional Graduation Requirements

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements  and complete a general education or common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in General Education: WISE  or Common Core .