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 110 | Modern Biology | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 113 | Experimental Zoology | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 114 | Botany | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 330 | Genetics | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 494 | Evolution | 1 Course Credit |
| One Field Biology Course | 1 Course Credit |
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 207 | Pathophysiology:Altered Health | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 220 | Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 222 | Microbiology | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 306 | Histology and Histotechnique | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 310 | Ecology (SENS) | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 323 | Principles of Physiology | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 324 | Parasitology | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 325 | Neurobiology | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 327 | Herpetology | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 331 | Developmental Biology | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 332 | Mammalogy | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 342 | Field Botany | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 344 | Dendrology & Forest Ecology | 1 Course Credit |
| BIO 441 | Cell and Molecular Biology | 1 Course Credit |
| ANR 310 | Nutritional Studies | 1 Course Credit |
| CFS 221 | Fundamentals of Nutrition | 1 Course Credit |
| CHM 340 | Biochemistry I | 1 Course Credit |
| or | |
| CHM 345 | Introduction to Biochemistry | 1 Course Credit |
| CHM 440 | Biochemistry II | 1 Course Credit |
| ECO 250 | Applied Statistics | 1 Course Credit |
| PHY 340 | Biophysics | 1 Course Credit |
| PSY 212 | Behavioral Neuroscience w/ Lab | 1 Course Credit |
| SENS 226 | Coral 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 115 | College Algebra with Modeling | 1 Course Credit |
| CHM 131 | Accelerated General Chemistry | 1 Course Credit |
| or | |
| CHM 134 | Accelerated Environmental Chem | 1 Course Credit |
| CHM 221 | Organic Chemistry I | 1 Course Credit |
| CHM 222 | Organic 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.