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Course Requirements

Course Title Quarter Hours
BIO 210MICROBIOLOGY4
BIO 250CELL BIOLOGY4
BIO 360MOLECULAR BIOLOGY4
Select one Advanced Topics Course4
TOPICS IN ECOLOGY
TOPICS IN BEHAVIORAL PARASITOLOGY
CONCEPTS IN EVOLUTION
TOPICS IN NEUROBIOLOGY
TOPICS IN PALEOBIOLOGY
TOPICS IN MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
TOPICS IN MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY
TOPICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
SPECIAL TOPICS (as appropriate)
Select two courses from the following list, one of which must be a lab course: 18
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
TOPICS IN ECOLOGY
MOLECULAR METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
CONCEPTS IN EVOLUTION
CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
TOPICS IN NEUROBIOLOGY
TOPICS IN PALEOBIOLOGY
TOPICS IN MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY
THE BIOLOGY OF INFECTION
GENETIC TOXICOLOGY
TOPICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ADVANCED GENETIC ANALYSIS
PRINCIPLES OF TOXICOLOGY
IMMUNOBIOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY
CANCER BIOLOGY
TOPICS IN CANCER
MAMMALIAN REPRODUCTION
ENDOCRINOLOGY
BIOCHEMISTRY I
and EXPERIMENTAL BIOCHEMISTRY I
SPECIAL TOPICS 2
Select three additional majors-level Biology courses, one must be a lab course 1,312
1

At least two of the five biology electives must have a lab.

2

Students can request permission from the department to have a BIO 390 class count for one of the requirements if appropriate.

3

CHE 234 & 235, 340 & 341, 346, HLTH 301, 302, 320, and NEU 201 also fulfills this requirement

Biology courses other than the General Biology sequence that have any Scientific Inquiry domain designation do not generate credit toward the major or minor. 

Open Electives

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