2024-2025 Catalog

Biology, B.S. Major

The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) curriculum is broader in basic sciences and allows the student ample opportunity to explore advanced areas in biology.

Requirements

The program consists of a minimum of 11 courses and 6 collateral courses:

BIOL 111Unity & Diversity of Biology
BIOL 112Biomolecular Foundations of Biology
BIOL 113Quantitative Biology
BIOL 490Capstone in Biology
BIOL
Seven Biology electives
 
CHEM 103General Chemistry 1 with Recitation
Or
CHEM 107General Chemistry I
 
CHEM 108General Chemistry II
CHEM 221Organic Chemistry I
 
MATH 161Calculus I
Or
MATH 165Calculus I+
 
Two additional science/engineering electives from the list below:
CE 321Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science
CHE 211Material and Energy Balances
CHEM 222Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 231Quantitative Chemical Methods
CHEM 341Survey of Physical Chemistry
CHEM 352Foundational Biochemistry
CS 104Introduction to Game Programming
CS 105Digital Media Computing
ECE 211Digital Circuits I
ECE 221Basic Electric Circuit Analysis
ES 101Introduction to Engineering Design
GEOL 320Paleobiology
GEOL 320Paleobiology
MATH 162Calculus II
MATH 263Calculus III
MATH 282Techniques of Mathematical Modeling
PHYS 111General Physics-Mechanics and Thermodynamics
PHYS 112General Physics-Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics
PHYS 133Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves
PHYS 151Accelerated Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics
PHYS 152Accelerated Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics

The seven Biology electives must be numbered 205 or higher and must include at least two 300-level course.

No more than one research course (BIOL 401-404, 495, 496) can be used towards the major.

Computational Methods 151 may be substituted for a Biology elective.

 

This page reflects the requirements for completing this major. General graduation requirements for all students can be found here.