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Environmental Biology Option (Fall 2008)

Administered by Biological and Allied Health Sciences

Effective Fall 2008

The option provides a biology major the opportunity to specialize in environmental biology while obtaining a general background in biology.

A maximum of 3 cr hr of 50.490 may be applied as biology elective credit toward the degree. A maximum of 6 cr hr from among 50.390, 50.391, 50.490, 50.493 and 50.494 may be applied as biology elective credit toward the degree.

50.114 Concepts in Biology I

50.115 Concepts in Biology II

50.242 Microbiology

50.271 Cell Biology

50.332 Genetics

50.351 Ecology

50.481 Senior Biology Seminar

51.100 Environmental Geology

51.101 Physical Geology

51.111 Physical Geology Lab

52.115 Chemistry for the Sciences I

52.116 Chemistry for the Sciences II

Choose one of the following:

52.230 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
52.321 Analytical Chemistry

53.141 Introduction to Statistics

Choose one of the following:

53.240 Statistical Methods
53.342 Design and Analysis of Experiments
53.343 Applied Regression Analysis
53-446 Biostatistics

54.111 Introductory Physics 1

Electives (21 semester hours, 12 credits must be in Biology or Marine Science). Choose from:

41.258 Environmental Conservation
41.301 Water Resources Management
41.302 Land Resources Management
41.303 Soil Resources Management
41.304 Environmental Valuation
41.305 Environmental Risks and Hazards
41.342 Geographic Information Systems
50.200 Dendrology
50.211 Invertebrate Zoology
50.212 Vertebrate Zoology
50.252 Field Zoology
50.253 Freshwater Biology
50.263 Field Botany
50.350 Plant Pathology
50.390 Undergraduate Research in Biology 1
50.391 Undergraduate Research in Biology 2
50.450 Mycology
50.451 Conservation Biology
50.452 Limnology
50.455 Environmental Microbiology
50.457 Entomology
50.459 Ornithology
50.460 Population Biology
50.480 Comparative Animal Physiology
50.490 Internship in Biology
50.493 Honors Independent Study 1
50.494 Honors Independent Study 2
51.155 Meteorology
51.259 Oceanography
51.260 Earth Materials
51.320 Remote Sensing of the Earth
51.370 Surface Hydrology
51.460 Aqueous Geochemistry
52.230 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
52.321 Analytical Chemistry
54.112 Introductory Physics 2
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
55.320 Marine Microbiology
55.330 Tropical Invertebrates
55.342 Marine Botany
55.343 Marine Ichthyology
55.394 Comparative Physiology of Marine Organisms
55.431 Ecology of Marine Plankton
55.432 Marine Evolutionary Ecology
55.441 Biology of Molluscs
55.464 Biological Oceanography
55.491 Coral Reef Ecology
55.492 Marine Mammals
55.493 Behavioral Ecology