2013-2014 Catalog

Biology B.S.

Course Requirements

Courses

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
BIOL 111Introductory Biology I

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
BIOL 112Introductory Biology II

4

Offered spring and summer.
BIOL 221Genetics

4

Offered fall.
BIOL 241Biology Research Colloquium

05

Offered fall and spring.
BIOL 318Ecology

4

Offered fall.
BIOL 320Cell and Molecular Biology

4

Offered spring.
BIOL 460Biology Senior Seminar

3

Offered fall and spring.

BIOL 241: (take twice for .5 credits each)

ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
BIOL 300Developmental Biology of Animals

4

Offered spring.
BIOL 321Invertebrate Zoology

4

Offered as needed.
BIOL 324Vertebrate Zoology

4

Offered as needed.
BIOL 329Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

4

Offered as needed.
BIOL 353The Plant Kingdom

4

Offered as needed.
BIOL 354Plant Growth and Development

4

Offered as needed.

TWO ADDITIONAL COURSES in biology at the 300-level or above

one of the two courses may be:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
BIOL 491-494Problems in Biology

1-4

Offered fall, spring, summer

Cognates

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
CHEM 103General Chemistry I

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
CHEM 104General Chemistry II

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
CHEM 205Organic Chemistry I

4

Offered fall and summer.
CHEM 206Organic Chemistry II

4

Offered spring and summer.
MATH 240Statistical Methods I

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
 

MATH 209Precalculus Mathematics

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
Or

MATH 212Calculus I

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
 

PHYS 101General Physics I

4

Offered fall and summer.
And

PHYS 102General Physics II

4

Offered spring and summer.
Or

PHYS 200Mechanics

4

Offered fall.
And

PHYS 201Electricity and Magnetism

4

Offered spring.

Note: Students considering a double major in biology and chemistry should select PHYS 200 and PHYS 201.

Total Credit Hours: 64-68