Biology (B.S.)
Administered by Biological and Allied Health Sciences
Effective Fall, 2017
As per PRP3604: All students earning a first baccalaureate degree will take at least 30 of their last 45 credits at Bloomsburg University, no more credits are required than the 30 credits. All first baccalaureate students will take at least 50% of credits required for the Major from a PASSHE university. Bloomsburg University may require up to a maximum of 50% of the Major credits. Program exceptions to the policy are to be approved by the Office of the Chancellor.
Concepts in Biology 1 (BIOLOGY.114) and Concepts in Biology 2 (BIOLOGY.115) should be taken during the freshman year; Microbiology (BIOLOGY. 242) and Cell Biology (BIOLOGY.271) should be taken during the sophomore year. In addition to the specified courses listed on this page, the student selects 12 credit hours of approved elective courses in biology or marine science courses.
Chemistry and mathematics courses should be scheduled as early as possible in the program of study. Basic Statistics (PSYCH.160) may be substituted for Introduction to Statistics (MATH.141).
Required courses
BIOLOGY.114 Concepts in Biology I
BIOLOGY.115 Concepts in Biology II
BIOLOGY.242 Microbiology
BIOLOGY.271 Cell Biology
BIOLOGY.332 Genetics
BIOLOGY.351 Ecology
CHEM.115 Chemistry for the Sciences I
CHEM.116 Chemistry for the Sciences II
CHEM.341 Biochemistry
Choose one of the following two combinations:
CHEM.230 Fund of Organic Chemistry
*CHEM.231 Organic Chemistry I and CHEM.232 Organic Chemistry II
*CHEM.231 and CHEM.232 are recommended for students intending to go to graduate or professional school.
Required lab course:
BIOLOGY.479 Integrated Physiology Laboratory
With one of the following lecture courses:
BIOLOGY.472 Animal Cell Physiology
BIOLOGY.474 Human Physiology
BIOLOGY.477 Plant Physiology
BIOLOGY.478 Microbial Physiology
BIOLOGY.480 Comparative Animal Physiology
Choose one of the following two combinations:
PHYSICS.201 Introductory Physics I and PHYSICS.202 Introductory Physics II
PHYSICS.211 General Physics I and PHYSICS.212 General Physics II
Choose one from the following three sets of options:
MATH.123 Essentials of Calculus and MATH.141 Introduction to Statistics
MATH.125 Calculus I and MATH.141 Introduction to Statistics
MATH.125 Calculus I and MATH.126 Calculus II
Biology and Marine Science Electives
BIOLOGY.200 Dendrology
BIOLOGY.211 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOLOGY.212 Vertebrate Zoology
BIOLOGY.222 Comparative Biology of Plants
BIOLOGY.233 Human Genetics
BIOLOGY.252 Field Zoology
BIOLOGY.263 Field Botany
BIOLOGY.333 Molecular Biology
BIOLOGY.342 Medical Microbiology
BIOLOGY.343 Immunology
BIOLOGY.350 Plant Pathology
BIOLOGY.361 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
BIOLOGY.364 Vertebrate Histology
BIOLOGY.390 Undergraduate Research in Biology I
BIOLOGY.391 Undergraduate Research in Biology II
BIOLOGY.411 Radiation Biology
BIOLOGY.430 Evolution
BIOLOGY.431 Developmental Biology
BIOLOGY.432 Microbial and Molecular Genetics
BIOLOGY.435 Bioinformatics and Genomic Analysis
BIOLOGY.442 Virology of Mammals
BIOLOGY.444 Plant and Animal Tissue Culture
BIOLOGY.445 Pharmacology for Health Sciences
BIOLOGY.451 Conservation Biology
BIOLOGY.452 Limnology
BIOLOGY.455 Environmental Microbiology
BIOLOGY.457 Entomology
BIOLOGY.459 Ornithology
BIOLOGY.460 Population Biology
BIOLOGY.461 Animal Behavior
BIOLOGY.470 Medical Parasitology
BIOLOGY.476 Neurophysiology
BIOLOGY.489 Current Topics in Biology*
BIOLOGY.490 Internship in Biological and Allied Health Sciences
BIOLOGY.493 Honors Independent Study I
BIOLOGY.494 Honors Independent Study II
MARSCI.221 Marine Invertebrates
MARSCI.241 Marine Biology
MARSCI.250 Wetland Ecology
MARSCI.260 Marine Ecology
MARSCI.300 Behavior of Marine Organisms
MARSCI.330 Tropical Invertebrates
MARSCI.334 Marine Embryology
MARSCI.342 Marine Botany
MARSCI.343 Marine Ichthyology
MARSCI.344 Anatomy of Marine Chordates
MARSCI.345 Marine Ornithology
MARSCI.394 Comp Phys Marine Org
MARSCI.431 Ecol Marin Plankton
MARSCI.432 Marine Evolutionary Ecology
MARSCI.441 Biology of Molluscs
MARSCI.464 Biological Oceanography
MARSCI.470 Research Diver Methods
MARSCI.490 Marine Aquaculture
MARSCI.491 Coral Reef Ecology
MARSCI.492 Marine Mammals
MARSCI.493 Behavioral Ecology
Restrictions on Courses
A maximum of 3 credit hours of BIOLOGY.490 may be applied as biology elective credit towards the degree.
A maximum of 6 credit hours from among BIOLOGY.390, 391, 490, 493 and 494 may be applied as biology elective credit.
*Current Topics in Biology may be repeated only once if the topic is different, giving a maximum of 6 credits.