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
Science degree |
71 |
Required lecture courses in Biological Sciences
BIO200 Evolutionary Biology
BIO201 Cell Biology
BIO203 General Physiology
BIO205 Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry
BIO319 Genetics
Required laboratory courses in biological sciences:
Choose THREE
BIO213 General Physiology Laboratory
BIO215 Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry Laboratory
BIO310 Ecology Methods
BIO329 Genetics Laboratory
BIO332 Advanced Molecular Biology Lab
BIO370 Developmental Biology Laboratory
BIO400 Bioinformatics
BIO412 Field Tropical Marine Ecology
Either 2 credits of BIO 497 Honors Research OR 2 credits of BIO 498 Undergrad Researchmay 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 lab courses or any of the 300 or 400 level courses offered by the Department of Biological Sciences.
BIO 302 Intro to Molecular Biology
BIO 309 Ecology
BIO317 Medical Entomology/Parisitology
BIO 318 Plant Biology
BIO330 Developmental and Evolution
BIO 367 Developmental Biology
BIO 369 Biology of the Microbes
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 417 Neurobiology
BIO418 Integrative Neuroscience
BIO 440 Experimental Endocrinology
BIO 448 Endocrinology
BIO 449 Evo-Devo Biology
BIO456 Evolutionary Genetics
BIO 458 Molecular Ecology
BIO 461 Basic Radiation Science
Electives may include BIO 495 UndergraduateSupervised Teaching, BIO 497 Honors Research, BIO 498 Undergrad 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 of 497/498 are used as a lab course (above), then only 1 additional 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
GEO 356 Forest ecology
GEO 435 Conservation biogeography
GEO 445 Restoration ecology
GLY 400 Comparative Paleobiology
GLY 458 Intro to Evolutionary Theory
MCH 311 Chemistry of Drug Action
MIC 301 Fundamentals of Microbiology
MIC 412 Fundamentals of Immunology
STA 427 Statistics for Bio/Med Sciences
PGY 300 OR PGY 451/452 Human Physiology
PGY 427 Neurophysiology
PSY 351 Biopsychology
PSY 419 Biological bases of memory
PSY 451 Drug addiction
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 203 (Spring) |
Elective(s) Lab(s) (Fall) |
Elective(s) Lab(s) (Spring) |
| CHE 101 - 102 |
Elective(labs) |
Elective(s) Lab(s) (Spring) |
PHY 101/151 - 102/152 |
| MTH 121 - 122 |
CHE 201 - 202 |
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