| Undergraduate
Bachelor of Arts Degree Program
Summary
| Required credit hours in biological sciences |
33 |
| Required credit hours in chemistry, physics
and mathematics |
38 |
| Total credit hours required for Bachelor of
Arts degree |
71 |
Required lecture courses in Biological Sciences
BIO200 Evolutionary Biology
BIO201 Cell Biology
BIO205 Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry
BIO319 Genetics
Required laboratory courses in biological sciences:
Choose THREE
BIO215 Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry Laboratory
BIO310 Ecology Methods
BIO329 Genetics Laboratory
BIO338 General Physiology Laboratory
BIO370 Developmental Biology Laboratory
BIO 467 Techniques in Immunology
Either 2 credits of BIO 498 Honors Research OR 2 credits of BIO 499 Independent Study may be used as a lab course
Elective Courses: make choices to reach the 33 credit minimum requirement for the Bachelor of Arts degree. Electives may include any of the 300 or 400 level courses offered by the Department of Biological Sciences.
BIO 302 Intro to Molecular Biology
BIO 309 Ecology
BIO 318 Morphology of Plants and Fungi
BIO 328 General Physiology
BIO 367 Developmental Biology
BIO 369 Fungi/Medical Importance
BIO 400 Bioinformatics
BIO 401 Advanced Biological Chemistry
BIO 402 Advanced Cell and Developmental Biology I
BIO 404 Advanced Molecular Genetics
BIO 405 Advanced Cell and Developmental Biology II
BIO 406 Signal Transduction
BIO 407 Advanced Ecology
BIO 410 Biophysics Macromolecules
BIO 411 Tropical Marine Ecology
BIO 412 Field Marine Ecology
BIO 415 Virology
BIO 417 Neurobiology
BIO 440 Experimental Endocrinology
BIO 448 Endocrinology
BIO 449 Evo-Devo Biology
BIO 458 Molecular Ecology
BIO 461 Basic Radiation Science
BIO 468 Molecular Immunology
Electives may include BIO 497 Undergraduate Supervised Teaching, BIO 498 Honors Research, or BIO 499 Independent Study, but no more than 3 credits of any combination of these three courses may be counted towards a BA degree. If 2 credits are used as a lab course (above), then only 1 credit of BIO 497, 498, or 499 may be used as an elective to be counted towards a BA degree.
Elective courses may include any of the following cognate courses
APY 345 Comparative Primate Anatomy
APY 346 Comparative Primate Anatomy Lab
APY 348 Anthropological Osteology
CHE 349 Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences
CHE 350 Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences Lab
GLY 400 Comparative Paleobiology
GLY 458 Intro to Evolutionary Theory
MCH 311 Chemistry of Drug Action
MIC 301 Fundementals of Microbiology
STA 427 Statistics for Bio/Med Sciences
PGY 451/452 Human Physiology
Selection of electives should be done in consultation with a departmental faculty advisor
Required courses in chemistry, physics and mathematics
| CHE 101 General Chemistry |
MTH 121 or MTH 141 Calculus I |
| CHE 102 General Chemistry |
MTH 122 or MTH 142 Calculus II |
| CHE 201 Organic Chemistry |
PHY 101/151 or PHY 107 General Physics I |
| CHE 202 Organic Chemistry |
PHY 102/152 or PHY 108/158 General Physics II |
Possible timetable for completion of BA degree in Biological Sciences |
Freshman Year |
Sophomore Year |
Junior Year |
Senior Year |
| BIO 200 (Fall) |
Elective(s) (Fall) |
BIO 319 (Fall) |
Elective(s) Lab(s) (Fall) |
| BIO 201 (Spring) |
BIO 205 (Spring) |
Elective(s) Lab(s) (Fall) |
Elective(s) Lab(s) (Spring) |
| CHE 101 - 102 |
Elective(s) (Spring) |
Elective(s) Lab(s) (Spring) |
PHY 101/151 - 102/152 |
| MTH 121 - 122 |
CHE 201 - 202 |
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