Biology
 

Biology

Biology
BS
Hours60 Credit Hours
MAPMajor Academic Plan

Program Requirements

requirement 1 Complete 5 courses
requirement 2 Complete 1 course
requirement 3 Complete 2 options
requirement 4 Complete 19.0 hours from the following course(s)
Note: BIO 220 and BIO 230, if taken for requirement 2, do not double count here. Note: Students may count either BIO 370 (Bioethics) or PHIL 212R (Intro to Medical Ethics) toward their overall electives but not both. The biology major will only accept a maximum of 2 credit hours between BIO 399R and/or BIO 494R towards its requirements.
BIO 120 - Field Biology 3.0
BIO 194 - Introduction to Mentored Research 0.5
BIO 220 - Biological Diversity: Animals 4.0
BIO 230 - Biological Diversity: Plants 4.0
BIO 280 - Comparative Animal Physiology and Anatomy 4.0
BIO 316 - Advanced Scientific Writing and Communication 3.0
BIO 370 - Bioethics 2.0
BIO 399R - Academic Internship 6.0v
You may take up to 2 credit hours.
BIO 430 - Plant Classification and Identification 4.0
BIO 441 - Entomology 3.0
BIO 443 - Ichthyology 3.0
BIO 445 - Herpetology 4.0
BIO 447 - Mammalogy 3.0
BIO 450 - Capstone in Biodiversity and Conservation 3.0
BIO 452 - Marine Biology 4.0
BIO 455 - Plant Ecology 3.0
BIO 463 - Genetics of Human Disease 3.0
BIO 465 - Capstone in Bioinformatics 3.0
BIO 468 - (Bio-MMBio-PWS) Genomics 3.0
BIO 470 - History and Philosophy of Biology 3.0
BIO 475 - Plant Developmental Biology 3.0
BIO 494R - Mentored Research 6.0v
You may take up to 2 credit hours.
BIO 510 - Biological Systematics and Curation 3.0
BIO 511 - Lichenology 3.0
BIO 512 - Angiosperm Phylogeny 3.0
BIO 520 - Symbiosis 3.0
BIO 525 - Animal Disease, Biosecurity, and Zoonoses 3.0
BIO 530 - Advanced Genetic Analysis 3.0
BIO 541 - Aquatic Entomology 4.0
BIO 556 - Limnology 3.0
BIO 557 - Stream and Wetland Ecology 4.0
BIO 560 - Population Genetics 4.0
CELL 220 - Human Anatomy (with lab) 4.0
CELL 305 - Human Physiology 4.0
CELL 360 - Cell Biology 3.0
CELL 362 - Advanced Physiology 3.0
CELL 363 - Advanced Physiology Laboratory 1.0
CHEM 285 - Introductory Bio-organic Chemistry 4.0
CHEM 351 - Organic Chemistry 1 3.0
CHEM 352 - Organic Chemistry 2 3.0
CHEM 353 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory--Nonmajors 2.0v
CHEM 481 - Biochemistry 3.0
MMBIO 350 - Genetic Counseling 3.0
MMBIO 461 - Advanced Bacterial Physiology 3.0
MMBIO 465 - Virology 3.0
MMBIO 468 - (MMBio-Bio-PWS) Genomics 3.0
PHIL 212R - Introduction to Medical Ethics 3.0
PHIL 212R - Introduction to Applied Ethics 3.0
PWS 440 - Plant Physiological Ecology 3.0
PWS 446 - Ornithology 3.0
PWS 468 - (PWS-Bio-MMBio) Genomics 3.0
See catalog for recommended courses for career options in Botany, Preveterinary Medicine, and/or Premedical and Predental.
Program Outcomes: 

Broad Understanding of Biology

Students will use basic biological concepts, grounded in the foundational theories, to interpret relationships among living things and to analyze and solve biological problems, from the molecular to ecosystem level.

Skills and Tools for Discovery

Students will be able to conduct basic biology research.

Meet standards of professionalism

Students will demonstrate professionalism (e.g., scientific integrity, intellectual honesty) and competency (effective verbal and written communication, accurate knowledge base) required by employers or graduate school.