Biology - Physiology and Behavior, BS

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Required Credits for the Major: 62

Program Code: BS-BIO-PHB

Biology Majors must earn a C- or better in all core courses prior to taking upper-level (3000-4000) Biology courses.

Biology Majors must earn a C- or better in all core courses in order to graduate.

Biology Majors are only allowed to repeat a core course once.

Will. Power. 101

Required Course: 1

WPS 1010 Will. Power. 101 Credits:

University Core Curriculum (Biology and Biotechnology)

Required Credits: 40

Two (2) University Core Curriculum courses are specified for this major:

UCC Area 3D, Ways of Knowing; Scientific Perspectives: CHEM 1600
UCC Area 3E, Ways of Knowingl Quantitative Thinking: MATH 1600

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World Languages Requirement

Required Credits: 0-6

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Biology Major Core Courses

Required Credits: 20

These 20 credits are completed as part of the BS Biology General concentration (or Ecology or Physiology & Behavior concentration), prior to joining the Pre-Medical Professions concentration.

BIO 1630 General Biology I Credits: 4.0
BIO 1640 General Biology II Credits: 4.0
BIO 2050 Cell Biology Credits: Credits: 4.0
BIO 2060 General Genetics Credits: 4.0
BIO 2490 Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Credits: 4.0
BIO 1120 and BIO 1130 may be taken instead of BIO 1640 by permission of the department chairperson, in which case BOTH courses must be taken.

Physiology & Behavior Track Required Courses

Required Credits: 8

BIO 3080 Animal Physiology Credits: 4.0
BIO 3500 Animal Behavior Credits: 3.0

Biology Major Elective Requirement

Required Credits: 14-16

Select two (2) courses; at least two must be a four (4) credit laboratory course.

BIO 3120 may not be used to fulfill this requirement.

BIO 3020 - BIO 4850 Click here to search courses.

In addition, the following course also counts as a Biology Major Elective:

CHEM 2580 Organic Chemistry II Credits: 4.0
CHEM 4270 Biochemistry Credits: 4.0
You may choose one Physics course to fulfill a biology elective.
PHYS 2560 College Physics II Credits: 4.0
PHYS 2610 General Physics II Credits: 4.0

Biology Major Capstone

Required Credits: 3

BIO 4800 Biology Seminar Credits: 3.0
BIO 4990 Independent Study Credits: 2.0 - 6.0

Additional Required Courses Supporting Biology and Biotechnology

Required Credits: 24

All of the following three (3) Chemistry courses:
CHEM 1620 General Chemistry II Credits: 4.0
CHEM 2570 Organic Chemistry I Credits: 4.0
One (1) of the following three (3) Mathematics courses
MATH 1610 Calculus II Credits: 4.0
MATH 2300 Statistics I Credits: 4.0
MATH 3720 Mathematical Models for Biological Sciences Credits: 4.0
One (1) of the following two (2) courses:
PHYS 2550 College Physics I Credits: 4.0
Or
PHYS 2600 General Physics I Credits: 4.0

Technology Intensive Requirement (Biology and Biotechnology)

Required Courses: 2

Two (2) Technology Intensive courses are completed within the major requirements:

No additional Technology Intensive courses are required for graduation.

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Writing Intensive Requirement (Biology and Biotechnology)

Required Courses: 4

One Writing Intensive course is completed as part of the University Course curriculum, Area 2B: ENG 1100

One Writing Intensive course is completed as part of the Biology Major requirements:

BIO 4800 or BIO 4990

Two additional Writing Intensive courses are required for graduation.

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