Biology (B.A.) (2003)
Department of Biological and Allied Health Sciences, College of Science and Technology
Effective Fall, 2003
Biology majors may substitute 50.290 Writing in Biology for the second English writing course (20.201). In addition to general education requirements, additional free elective hours are required to meet the university requirement of 120 hours for a baccalaureate degree.
Students may choose an option in marine biology
Required courses
50.114 Concepts in Biology I
50.115 Concepts in Biology II
50.242 Biology of Microorganisms
50.271 Cell Biology
50.332 Genetics
50.351 General Ecology
50.479 Integrated Physiology Laboratory
Choose one of the following physiology lecture courses:
- 50.472 Animal Cell Physiology
- 50.474 Vertebrate Systems Physiology
- 50.477 Plant Physiology
- 50.478 Microbial Physiology
- And 17 additional biology (minimum of 9 credits in biology) and other science electives to total 43 total credits for the major.
Biology and Other Science Electives - choose from the following:
- 52.230 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
- 52.341 Biochemistry I
- 52.342 Biochemistry II
- 50.481 Senior Biology Seminar
- 54.111 Introduction to Physics I
- 54.112 Introduction to Physics II
- 53.123 Essentials of Calculus
- 53.141 Introduction to Statistics
- 50.200 Dendrology
- 50.211 Invertebrate Zoology
- 50.212 Vertebrate Zoology
- 50.222 Comparative Biology of Plants
- 50.233 Human Genetics
- 50.252 Field Zoology
- 50.263 Field Botany
- 50.331 Embryology
- 50.333 Molecular Biology
- 50.342 Medical Bacteriology
- 50.343 Immunology
- 50.350 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
- 50.364 Vertebrate Histology
- 50.390 Undergraduate Research in Biology I
- 50.391 Undergraduate Research in Biology II
- 50.411 Radiation Biology
- 50.430 Evolution
- 50.431 Developmental Biology
- 50.432 Microbial and Molecular Genetics
- 50.441 Cytogenetics
- 50.442 Virology of Mammals
- 50.444 Plant and Animal Tissue Culture
- 50.450 Mycology
- 50.451 Conservation Biology
- 50.452 Limnology
- 50.457 Entomology
- 50.459 Ornithology
- 50.460 Population Biology
- 50.461 Animal Behavior
- 50.464 Functional Neuroanatomy
- 50.472 Animal Cell Physiology
- 50.474 Vertebrate Systems Phyisiology
- 50.476 Neurophysiology
- 50.477 Plant Physiology
- 50.478 Microbial Physiology
- 50.481 Senior Seminar in Biology
- 50.484 Methods in Biotechnology
- 50.490 Internship in Biological and Allied Health Sciences
- 50.493 Honors Independent Study I
- 50.494 Honors Independent Study II
- 55.221 Marine Invertebrates
- 55.241 Marine Biology
- 55.250 Wetland Ecology
- 55.260 Marine Ecology
- 55.298 Physiology of Marine Invertebrates
- 55.300 Behavior of Marine Organisms
- 55.330 Tropical Invertebrates
- 55.342 Marine Botany
- 55.343 Marine Icthyology
- 55.345 Comparative Physiology of Marine Organisms
- 55.341 Ecology of Marine Plankton
- 55.432 Marine Evolutionary Ecology
- 55.441 Biology of Molluscs
- 55.464 Biological Oceanography
- 55.470 Research Diver Methods
- 55.490 Marine Aquaculture
- 55.491 Coral Reef Ecology
- 55.492 Marine Mammals
- 55.493 Behavioral Ecology
Mathematics
53.141 Introduction to Statistics or 53.123 Essentials of Calculus
Chemistry
52.115 Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry
52.116 Chemical Principles and Measurements