Electives may include any of the 300 or 400 level courses offered by the Department of Biological Sciences. A minimum of 6 credits must be at the 400 level.
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 BS degree.
Selection of electives should be done in consultation with a department faculty advisor.
Bachelor of Science Degree
Program
Concentration in Cellular and
Molecular Biology
Summary
| Required credit hours in biological sciences |
44 |
| Required credit hours in chemistry, physics and
mathematics |
38 |
| Total credit hours required for Bachelor of Science
degree |
82 |
Required lecture courses in biological sciences
BIO 200 Evolutionary Biology
BIO 201 Cell Biology
BIO 205 Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry
BIO 309 Ecology
BIO 319 Genetics
BIO 328 General Physiology
BIO 367 Developmental Biology
Required laboratory courses in Biological Sciences: Choose FOUR.
BIO 215 Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry Lab,
BIO 310 Ecological Methods,
BIO 329 Genetics Lab,
BIO 338 General Physiology Lab,
BIO 370 Developmental Biology Lab,
BIO 435 Plant Physiology Lab
BIO 467 Techniques in Immunology
Elective courses: make choices from the following courses in Cell and Molecular Biology to reach the 44 credit minimum requirement for the Bachelor of Science degree:
BIO 302 Molecular Biology
BIO 401 Advanced Biological Chemistry
BIO 402 Advanced Cell Biology
BIO 404 Advanced Molecular Genetics
BIO 405 Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology
BIO 406 Signal Transduction
BIO 417 Neurobiology
BIO 440 Experimental Endocrinology
BIO 449 Evo-Devo Biology
Electives may include BIO 497 Undergraduate Supervised Teaching, BIO 498 Honors Research, or BIO 499 Independent Study, but no more than three credits of any combination of these three courses may be counted towards a BS degree.
Required courses in chemistry, physics and mathematics
| CHE 101 General Chemistry |
MTH 121 or 141 Calculus I |
| CHE 102 General Chemistry |
MTH 122 or 142 Calculus II |
| CHE 201 Organic Chemistry |
PHY 101/151 or PHY107 General Physics I |
| CHE 202 Organic Chemistry |
PHY 102/152 or PHY108/158 General Physics II |
Bachelor of Science Degree
Program
Concentration in Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology
Summary
| Required credit hours in biological sciences |
44 |
| Required credit hours in chemistry, physics and
mathematics |
38 |
| Total credit hours required for Bachelor of Science
degree |
82 |
Required courses in Biological Sciences
BIO 200 Evolutionary Biology
BIO 201 Cell Biology
BIO 205 Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry
BIO 309 Ecology
BIO 319 Genetics
BIO 328 General Physiology
BIO 367 Developmental Biology
Required laboratory courses in Biological Sciences: Choose FOUR
BIO 215 Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry Lab,
BIO 310 Ecological Methods,
BIO 329 Genetics Lab
BIO 338 General Physiology Lab
BIO 370 Developmental Biology Lab
BIO 458 Molecular Ecology
BIO 400 Bioinformatics
BIO 412 Field Course in Tropical Marine Ecology
Required courses in Ecology
GEO 435 Conservation Biogeography or GEO 445 Restoration Ecology.
If taken before Fall '06, GEO 356 Forest Ecology meets this requirement.
Elective courses: make choices from the following courses in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology to reach the 44 credit minimum requirement for the Bachelor of Science degree.
BIO 318 Morphology of Plants and Fungi
BIO 400 Bioinformatics
BIO 406 Signal Transduction
BIO 411 Tropical Marine Ecology
BIO 412 Field Course in Tropical Marine Ecology*
GEO 356 Forest Ecology
GEO 445 Restoration Ecology
BIO 458 Molecular Ecology*
BIO 553 Intro Evolutionary Theory
GLY Comp Paleobiology
GEO 435 Conservation Biogeography
Electives may include BIO 497 Undergraduate Supervised Teaching, BIO 498 Honors Research, or BIO 499 Independent Study, but no more than three credits of any combination of these three courses may be counted towards a BS degree.
Required courses in chemistry, physics and mathematics
| CHE 101 General Chemistry |
MTH 121 or 141 Calculus I |
| CHE 102 General Chemistry |
MTH 122 or 142 Calculus II |
| CHE 201 Organic Chemistry |
PHY 101/151 or 107 General Physics I |
| CHE 202 Organic Chemistry |
PHY 102/152 or 108/158 General Physics II |
Bachelor of Science Degree
Program
Concentration in Pre-Health
Studies
Summary
| Required credit hours in biological sciences |
44 |
| Required credit hours in chemistry, physics and
mathematics |
38 |
| Total credit hours required for Bachelor of Science
degree |
82 |
Required courses in biological sciences
BIO 200 Evolutionary Biology
BIO 201 Cell Biology
BIO 205 Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry
BIO 309 Ecology
BIO 319 Genetics
BIO 328 General Physiology
BIO 367 Developmental Biology
Required laboratory courses in Biological Sciences: Choose FOUR
BIO 215 Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry Lab
BIO 310 Ecological Methods
BIO 329 Genetics Lab
BIO 338 General Physiology Lab
BIO 370 Developmental Biology Lab
BIO 400 Bioinformatics (lab component)
BIO 467 Techniques in Immunology
APY 346 Comparative Primate Anatomy Lab
Elective courses: choose no more than TWO of the following cognate courses
APY 345 Comparative Primate Anatomy
APY 348 Anthropological Osteology
MIC 301 Fundamentals of Microbiology
MCH 311 Chemistry of Drug Action
PGY 451 Human Physiology
Make additional selections from the following list to reach total of 44 credit hours required for a BS degree
BIO 302 Molecular Biology
BIO 369 Fungi and Medical Importance
BIO 400 Bioinformatics (lecture)
BIO 401 Advanced Biological Chemistry
BIO 402 Advanced Cell and Developmental Biology
BIO 404 Advanced Molecular Genetics
BIO 405 Advanced Cell and Developmental Biology
BIO 406 Signal Transduction
BIO 417 Neurobiology
BIO 440 Experimental Endocrinology
BIO 448 Experimental Endocrinology
BIO 449 Evo-Devo Biology
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 three credits of any combination of these three courses may be counted towards a BS degree.
Required courses in chemistry, physics and mathematics
| CHE 101 General Chemistry |
MTH 121 or 141 Calculus I |
| CHE 102 General Chemistry |
MTH 122 or 142 Calculus II |
| CHE 201 Organic Chemistry |
PHY 101/151 or 107 General Physics I |
| CHE 202 Organic Chemistry |
PHY 102/152 or 108/158 General Physics II |
Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology - B.S.
Summary
| Required credit hours in biological sciences |
35 |
| Required credit hours in chemistry, physics and
mathematics and computer science |
65 |
| Seminars and senior project |
4 |
| Total credit hours required for Bachelor of Science
degree |
104 |
Required courses in biological sciences
BIO 200 Evolutionary Biology
BIO 201 Cell Biology
BIO 205 Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry
BIO 215 Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry Lab
BIO 309 Ecology
BIO 319 Genetics
BIO 329 Genetics Lab
BIO 328 General Physiology
BIO 367 Developmental Biology
BIO 370 Developmental Biology Lab
BIO 400 Bioinformatics
Required courses in chemistry, physics, mathematics and
computer science
CHE 101 - 102 General Chemistry
CHE 201- 202 Organic Chemistry
MTH 141 - 142 Calculus or CSE 191 or MTH 191
MTH 142 Calculus II
MTH 309 Introduction to Linear Algebra
MTH 411 Probability
PHY 107 - 108/158 General Physics
CSE 115 -116 Introduction to Computer Science
CSE 250 Algorithms and Data Structures
CSE 337 or MTH 337 Introduction to Scientific Computing,
or CSE 462
Database Concepts, or CSE 437 or MTH 437 Introduction to
Numerical Analysis
Additional requirements
Senior Seminar and Senior Project
| Possible
timetable for completion of a BS degree in Bioinformatics
and Computational Biology |
| Freshman year |
Sophomore year |
Junior year |
Senior year |
| CHE 101-102 |
CHE 201-202 |
MTH 309 |
PHY 107-108/158 |
| MTH 141-142 |
CSE 115-116 |
CSE 250 |
CSE/MTH 337 or CSE 462 |
| BIO 200 (Fall) |
CSE/MTH 191 |
BIO 319 |
MTH 411 |
| BIO 201 (Spring) |
BIO 309 |
BIO 329 (lab) |
BIO 328 |
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BIO 205 |
BIO 367 |
BIO 400 |
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BIO 215 (lab) |
BIO 370 (lab) |
Senior Seminar |
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Senior Project |
