Academic Catalog
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Organismal Biology
1. Specific Courses Required for this degree
Core Requirements
Completion of the following required courses:
- BIOL 209: General Biology I (5 hours)
- BIOL 210: General Biology II (5 hours)
- BIOL 321: Genetics (3 hours)
- BIOL 323: Cellular Biology (3 hours)
- BIOL 325: Cellular Biology/Genetics Lab (1 hours)
- BIOL 330: Ecology (4 hours)
- BIOL 332: Evolution (3 hours)
- BIOL 493: Thesis I (1 hours)
- BIOL 494: Thesis II (1 hours)
Plus 3 courses including a minimum of one from each of the following sections (Sections A and B):
A.
- BIOL 417: Vascular Plant Systematics (4 hours)
- BIOL 420: Mycology (4 hours)
- BIOL 423: Plant Physiology (4 hours)
- BIOL 430: Plant Ecology (4 hours)
B.
- BIOL 404: Physiological Zoology (3 hours)
- BIOL 440: Invertebrate Zoology (4 hours)
- BIOL 460: Ornithology (3 hours)
- BIOL 461: Entomology (3 hours)
- BIOL 463: Ichthyology (3 hours)
- BIOL 464: Mammalogy (3 hours)
- BIOL 471: Herpetology (3 hours)
Plus a minimum of 4 credits from the following:
- BIOL 407: Comparative Animal Physiology (4 hours)
- BIOL 408: Developmental Biology (4 hours)
- BIOL 411: Comparative Anatomy (4 hours)
- BIOL 448: Microbiology (4 hours)
Completion of required support courses:
- CHEM 131: General Chemistry GT-SC1 (4 hours)
- CHEM 131L: General Chemistry Lab (1 hours)
- CHEM 132: General Chemistry GT-SC1 (4 hours)
- CHEM 132L: General Chemistry Lab (1 hours)
- CHEM 321: Organic Chemistry (4 hours)
- CHEM 321L: Organic Chemistry Lab (1 hours)
- CHEM 322: Organic Chemistry (4 hours)
- CHEM 322L: Organic Chemistry Lab (1 hours)
- MATH 205: Intro to Statistical Methods (3 hours)
- PHYS 225: College Physics I GT-SC1 (5 hours)
- PHYS 226: College Physics II (5 hours)
