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Degree Requirements

Biology (BS)

104 Credits Minimum, Including 35 Upper Division (UD)

General Core Requirements*

BIO 1859 Biology Cornerstone Seminar

-

1

BIO 2101 General Biology (5)
BIO 2102 General Biology (5)
BIO 2103 General Biology (5)

WKFS
-
WKAS

15

BIO 3325 Genetics

UD

5

BIO 3899 Scientific Literature

UD

1

BIO 4352 Cell Biology

UD

5

BIO 4330 Evolutionary Mechanisms

UD, W

5

BIO 4410 Human Physiology (5)
BIO 4413 Animal Physiology (5)
BIO 4415 Plant Physiology (5)
BIO 4256 Environmental Physiology (5)
BIO 4418 Neurobiology (5)
BIO 4419 Medical Virology (5)

UD
UD
UD, W
UD, W
UD
UD

5

BIO 4978 Biological Research Proposal

UD, W

1

BIO 4979 Biological Research

UD

2

BIO 4899 Natural Sciences Seminar

UD

2

BIO 3302 Coral Reef Ecology (5)
BIO 3303 Evolutionary Ecology Galapagos (5)
BIO 3305 Marine Restoration Ecology (5)
BIO 3310 Ecology (5)
BIO 4810 Marine Ecology (5)
BIO 4815 Aquatic Ecology (5)
BIO 4825 Forest Ecology (5)
BIO 4835 Conservation Biology (5)
BIO 4840 Chemical Ecology (5)

CUE, UD
UD
CUE, UD
UD, W
UD, W
UD
UD
UD
UD, W

5

BIO 3000 Intro Biological Anthropology (5)
BIO 3432 Biodiversity:Vertebrate Biolgy (5)
BIO 3453 Biodiversity:Plant Ident & Tax (5)
BIO 4320 Principles of Development (5)
BIO 4435 Biodiversity:Parasites & Pests (5)
BIO 4744 Marine Botany (5)

CUE, WE, UD, W
UD
UD
UD, W
UD
UD

5

Section Credits Required

52

Required Supporting Courses

CHM 1211 General Chemistry I (5)
CHM 1212 General Chemistry II (5)

WKFS
-

10

CHM 3225 Quantitativ Analysis&Equilibrm

UD

5

- OR -

CHM 1213 General Chemistry III (3)
CHM 2213 Inorganic Qualitative Analysis (2)

-
-

5

- OR -

BIO 4360 Biostatistics

UD

5

CHM 3371 Organic Chemistry I (5)
CHM 3372 Organic Chemistry II (5)
CHM 3373 Organic Chemistry III (5)

UD
UD
UD

15

MAT 1221 Survey of Calculus (5)
MAT 1234 Calculus I (5)

WKQR
WKQR

5

MAT 2360 Intro to Stats for Sciences

WKQR

5

Section Credits Required

40

Botany Requirement**

BIO 3453 Biodiversity:Plant Ident & Tax (5)
BIO 4415 Plant Physiology (5)
BIO 4744 Marine Botany (5)

UD
UD, W
UD

0

Section Credits Required

0

Field Bio Requirement***

BIO 3302 Coral Reef Ecology (5)
BIO 3303 Evolutionary Ecology Galapagos (5)
BIO 3304 Oceanography of the Galapagos (5)
BIO 3305 Marine Restoration Ecology (5)
BIO 4256 Environmental Physiology (5)
BIO 4744 Marine Botany (5)
BIO 4810 Marine Ecology (5)
BIO 4815 Aquatic Ecology (5)
BIO 4825 Forest Ecology (5)
BIO 4835 Conservation Biology (5)
BIO 4880 Blakely Field Studies (1)

CUE, UD
UD
CUE, WE, UD
CUE, UD
UD, W
UD
UD, W
UD
UD
UD
UD

0

Section Credits Required

0

Recommended Courses

CHM 1213 General Chemistry III

-

3

CHM 2213 Inorganic Qualitative Analysis

-

2

MAT 1235 Calculus II

-

5

PHY 1101 General Physics (5)
PHY 1102 General Physics (5)
PHY 1103 General Physics (5)

WKFS
-
-

15

- OR -

PHY 1121 Physics for Sci & Engineering (5)
PHY 1122 Physics for Sci & Engineering (5)
PHY 1123 Physics for Sci & Engineering (5)

WKFS
-
-

15

Section Credits Required

0

Electives (Any UD course not already taken for major)

12

Minimum Total Credits Required

104

Additional Requirements and Information

Max 6 credits from BIO 4900-4999 may be applied to major.
Must include 5 credits with substantial lab/field component
*BIO 4899 must be repeated twice to meet credit req.
**Use of one of these courses in another area satisfies req.
***Use of these courses in any other area satisfies req.

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