Requirements for the Major
A total of 39 credit hours in biology are required. All first-year students must complete BI 111 - Contemporary Issues in Biology , the three fundamentals courses, which consist of BI 210 - Genetics - Fundamentals , BI 220 - Cellular and Molecular Biology: Fundamentals , BI 230 - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Fundamentals , and BI 250 - Biostatistics - Fundamentals . BI 230 is a prerequisite for all BI courses numbered 300 and higher. BI 250 should be taken in the fall or spring of the sophomore year. All students must also complete BI 299 - Biology Seminar in the spring semester of their second year in the major. To acquire the remaining credit hours for the major, students must take biology electives at the 300 level or above; at least four of these electives must be lab courses. One of the electives must be an organism-based course chosen from the following: BI 301 , BI 302 , BI 311 , or BI 438 (indicated with an asterisk below). All senior biology majors must complete BI 480 - Biology Capstone . In addition, all biology majors must take general chemistry (CH 105 -CH 106 or CH 107 ). Note: BI 325 - Principles of Pathogenic Microbiology , cannot be counted toward the 39-hour minimum required for the biology major. Students are allowed to use a maximum of 3 hours of independent study credit, internship credit, research, or honors thesis credit toward the 39-hour minimum required for the biology major.
Students must earn a grade of C- or better in all prerequisite courses as well as in all required courses for the major.
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