(56 credits, plus an approved minor - typically 18-22 credits - or second major)

Core Requirements (23 Credits)
BIO201
BIO211
General Biology I
and Gen Bio 1 Lab 1
4
BIO202
BIO212
General Biology II
and Gen Bio 2 Lab 1
4
BIO320
BIO321
Genetics
and Genetics Lab 2
4
BIO322Evolution 23
CHE201
CHE211
General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry I Lab 3
4
CHE202
CHE212
General Chemistry II
and General Chemistry II Lab 3
4
Participation in Lecture Series (6 hours)0
Biology Electives (25 Credits)
Upper-division (300-level or above) Biology or selected Biochemistry courses and/or BIO296 Departmental Elective, with at least 3 credits in each of the following categories:25
Environmental Biology:
Field Biology Fall
Ecology
Plant Ecophysiology
Freshwater Biology
Ornithology
Evolution & Diversity of Life:
Plant Morphology
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
Virology
Animal Physiology
Evolutionary Theory
Animal Behavior
Entomology
Cellular Evolution
Architecture of Life:
Developmental Plant Anatomy
General Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Biological Chemistry
Developmental Biology
Nucleic Acid Technologies
Host-Microbe Coevolution
Capstone Microbiology
Protein Structure and Function
Biochemistry 1
Capstone:
BIO4xx
Any 400-level Biology course
Cognate Requirements (8 Credits)
Select 8 credits of the following:8
Organic Chemistry I
and Organic Chemistry I Lab
Organic Chemistry II
and Organic Chemistry II Lab
Visual Programming
Computer Science I: Foundations
Computer Science II: Data Structures
Physical Geology
and Physical Geology Laboratory
Historical Geology
Introduction to Statistics
Calculus I
Calculus II
General Physics 1
and Physics 1 Laboratory
General Physics 2
and General Physics 2 Lab
Fundamental Physics 1
and Physics 1 Laboratory
Fundamental Physics II
and Fundamental Physics 2 Lab
Total Credits56
1

BIO201 General Biology I /BIO211 Gen Bio 1 Lab and BIO202 General Biology II /BIO212 Gen Bio 2 Lab must be taken in sequence. A minimum grade of C- is required in BIO201 General Biology I and BIO202 General Biology II .

2

A minimum grade of C- in BIO320 Genetics is a prerequisite for several 300-level biology courses. In addition, most 400-level biology courses require a minimum grade of C- in both BIO320 Genetics and BIO322 Evolution.

3

A minimum grade of C- is required to advance from CHE201 General Chemistry I to CHE202 General Chemistry II and from CHE202 General Chemistry II to CHE318 Organic Chemistry I .

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