Updated 2017-18 Undergraduate Catalog

Biology, B.A. major

Required Credits: 40
Required GPA: 2.25

I REQUIRED BIOLOGY CORE COURSES

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• BIOL 1211 Introductory Biology I (4 credits)
• BIOL 1212 Introductory Biology II (4 credits)
• BIOL 2360 Genetics (4 credits)
• BIOL 2610 General Ecology (3 credits)

II REQUIRED BIOLOGY ELECTIVES

SUBORGANISMAL
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• BIOL 3260 Medical Physiology (4 credits)
• BIOL 3300 Introduction to Hematology (4 credits)
• BIOL 3380 Molecular Genetics: Theory and Practice (4 credits)
• BIOL 3580 Immunology (4 credits)
• BIOL 3590 Cell Biology (4 credits)
• BIOL 3720 Plant Form and Function (4 credits)
• BIOL 3755 Medical Microbiology (3 credits)
• BIOL 4270 Histology (4 credits)
• BIOL 4360 Developmental and Tumor Biology (4 credits)

ORGANISMAL
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• BIOL 2110 Human Anatomy and Physiology (5 credits)
• BIOL 3250 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (4 credits)
• BIOL 3310 Entomology (4 credits)
• BIOL 3710 Microbiology (4 credits)
• BIOL 3730 Plant Diversity (4 credits)
• BIOL 3830 Aquatic Plants and Algae (4 credits)
• BIOL 4200 Freshwater Invertebrates (4 credits)
• BIOL 4210 Parasitology (4 credits)
• BIOL 4510 Ornithology (4 credits)
• BIOL 4520 Mammalogy (4 credits)
• BIOL 4534 Ichthyology (4 credits)

III REQUIRED BIOLOGY ELECTIVES

SELECT 15-18 SEMESTER CREDIT ELECTIVES FROM BIOLOGY
COURSES (EXCEPT 1000-LEVEL BIOL CLASSES AND BIOL 2925)
TO ACHIEVE A MINIMUM OF 40 SEMESTER CREDITS IN
BIOL COURSES. THESE ELECTIVES CAN ALSO INCLUDE ONE
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
a. CHEM 4411 Biochemistry I (3 credits)
b. CHEM 4411 Biochemistry I (3 credits)
    and CHEM 4471 Biochemistry Laboratory I (1 credit)
c. ENVR 4400 Environmental Microbiology (3 credits)
d. ENVR 4500 Environmental Toxicology (4 credits)