Course Requirements
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BIO 215 | ECOLOGY | 4 |
| BIO 235 | EVOLUTION | 4 |
| Four approved BIO electives: at least two must be lab courses | 16 | |
Lab courses | ||
| MICROBIOLOGY | ||
| COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE ANATOMY | ||
| ANIMAL BEHAVIOR | ||
| RESEARCH METHODS & APPLIED BIOSTATISTICS | ||
| AQUATIC BIOLOGY 1 | ||
| FIELD STUDIES IN MARINE AND ESTUARINE BIOLOGY 1 | ||
| MOLECULAR METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 1,2 | ||
| PALEOBIOLOGY | ||
| DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 1,2 | ||
| RESEARCH METHODS IN BIOLOGY 1 | ||
Additional elective courses | ||
| TOPICS IN BIOLOGY 4 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH 4 | ||
| TOPICS IN ECOLOGY | ||
| TOPICS IN BEHAVIORAL PARASITOLOGY | ||
| TOPICS IN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY | ||
| POPULATION ECOLOGY | ||
| CONCEPTS IN EVOLUTION | ||
| TOPICS IN PALEOBIOLOGY | ||
| ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY 3 | ||
| RESEARCH IN FIELD BIOLOGY 1 | ||
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN BIOLOGY 4 | ||
| INDEPENDENT STUDY - RESEARCH 4 | ||
| Three additional upper-level BIO electives | 12 | |
- 1
BIO 317, BIO 318, BIO 321, BIO 330, BIO 388 and BIO 389 are CURE courses: course-based undergraduate research experiences. Enrollment in at least one CURE course is encouraged.
- 2
BIO 321 and BIO 330 are CURE courses that integrate ecology and evolution with developmental biology and/or molecular biology and are encouraged.
- 3
Students interested in taking BIO 352 as an approved BIO elective should take BIO 250 as one of the three upper-level BIO electives.
- 4
Department permission is required to substitute this course for approved electives. Permission is dependent on the content covered in the course.
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.