The Biology Major provides students the opportunity of studying a broad range of biological fields in contemporary cell biology, genetics, microbiology, biochemistry, physiology, botany, zoology and ecology. Courses of study in a major fully meet the requirements for professional schools as well as those for graduate schools.
Courses required for graduation with a Biology Major are listed below. Please see the Academic Information section of the Academic Calendar for further details on University core requirements.
Specific Requirements
Principles of Biology (BIOL 113, 114 or BIOL 103, 104 and 105 General Biology)
Vascular Plants/Non-vascular Plants or other Botany course (BIOL 212/312 or 214/314, 315)
Cell Biology (BIOL 223)
Zoology (BIOL 308, 345, or 360)
Microbiology (BIOL 333 or 334)
Genetics (BIOL 371, 372)
Ecology (BIOL 381)
Biochemistry (BIOL 384, 386)
General Graduation Requirements
| Sem.hrs | |
| Biology (24 sem. hrs must be 300 or 400 level) | 42 |
| Chemistry (CHEM 103, 104; or 103, 112; or 111, 112; 221, 222) | 12 |
| ENGL 103,104 | 6 |
| Fine Arts | 3 |
| History | 3 |
| Human Kinetics (incl. HKIN 190) | 4 |
| IDIS 102 | 1 |
| NATS 487, 490 | 3 |
| Mathematics (MATH 123, 124; or MATH 123 plus Computing Sciences or statistics course)* | 6 |
| Religious Studies (incl. RELS 101, 102; Bible content; Christianity & Inter-Cultural Studies | 12 |
| Philosophy | 3 |
| PHYS 111, 112 | 6 |
| Society and Culture | 3 |
| UNIV 101 | 1 |
| Electives (a Chemistry minor is particularly recommended; Geology, Computing Science and/or Statistics are also recommended) | 17 |
| Total | 122 |
*Students intending certain education programs may substitute a general mathematics course plus electives