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Major Requirements

Major Requirements

Course Requirements

Biology Core Requirements

Course Title Quarter Hours
BIO 191GENERAL BIOLOGY I FOR SCIENCE MAJORS4
BIO 192GENERAL BIOLOGY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS4
BIO 193GENERAL BIOLOGY III FOR SCIENCE MAJORS4
BIO 206BIOSTATISTICS4
BIO 215ECOLOGY4
or BIO 235 EVOLUTION
BIO 250CELL BIOLOGY4
BIO 260GENETICS4
BIO 307ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY4
or BIO 308 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
or BIO 309 PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Chemistry

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select one of the following:4-6
CHE 120
& CHE 131
GENERAL CHEMISTRY IP
and GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LABORATORY
CHE 130
& CHE 131
GENERAL CHEMISTRY I
and GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LABORATORY
The following courses are required
CHE 132
& CHE 133		GENERAL CHEMISTRY II
and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II		4
CHE 134
& CHE 135		GENERAL CHEMISTRY III
and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY III		4

Biology Majors-level Electives

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select three additional majors-level biology courses, two of which must be 300 level 112
1

Biology courses that fulfill the Scientific Inquiry Domain requirements, other than the General Biology sequence, do not generate credit toward the major.

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

Students are advised to talk with their advisor before double majoring, because some major combinations are prohibited.  No more than 50% of the credits that apply to one major may be drawn from another major. 

Honors in Research for BA students in Biology

The Honors in Research recognizes students who, with a faculty advisor in the Biology department, have developed a high-quality and novel research project that contains publishable data. The student will write a senior thesis and complete an oral presentation to the department. If the thesis is approved by the faculty mentor advisor, faculty reader, and the Honors in Research Program Director, the successful student will be awarded Honors in Research in Biology.

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