ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Requirements apply to students entering Spring 2003 and later. At least 124 hrs. (45 Junior/Senior hrs.) must be completed for graduation. Double majors must complete at least 15 hrs. unique to each major.
I. General College Requirements (33 hrs.):
English (9 hrs.): ENGL 101 ___; ENGL 102 (or 105) ___; ENGL 203 (or 205, 209, 210, 211) ___
Oral Communication/Logic (3 hrs.): COMS 130/230, PHIL 148/310, OR Exemption/Examination ___
Western Civilization (6 hrs.): HWC 204 (or 114) ___ and
HWC 205 (or 115) ___
Principal Course and/or Foreign Language Requirements (No more than one course from each topical subgroup from the principal course list can be applied toward fulfillment of this requirement. See Undergraduate Catalog and Timetable for list of principal courses and topical subgroups.):
Social Science (3 hrs.) ___; Humanities (3 hrs.) ___; and three additional courses in foreign language, social sciences, or humanities: ________, ________, ________.
II. General Science Requirements (28-29 hrs.):
_____ CHEM 184 Foundations of Chemistry I (5 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 188 Foundations of Chemistry II (5 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 622 Fund. Organic Chem. (3 hrs.) OR
CHEM 624 Organic Chem. I (3 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 625 Organic Chemistry I lab (2 hrs.)
_____ MATH 121 Calculus I (5 hrs.) OR
MATH 115 & MATH 116 Calculus I & II (6 hrs.)
_____ PHSX 114 & PHSX 115 Coll. Physics I & II (8 hrs.) OR
PHSX 211 & PHSX 212General Physics I & II (8 hrs.)
III. General Biology Requirements (18 hrs.):
_____ BIOL 150 (or 151, Honors) Principles of Molecular & Cellular Biology ( 4 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 152 (or 153, Honors) Principles of Organismal
Biology (4 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 350 Introduction to Genetics (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 412 Evolutionary Biology (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 600 Introductory Biochemistry (4 hrs.)
IV. Organismal Biology Requirements (24 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 408 Physiology of Organisms (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 409 Physiology of Organisms Laboratory (2 hrs.)
_____ TWO OF THE FOLLOWING THREE COURSES (6 hrs.)
BIOL 413 History and Diversity of Organisms (3 hrs.)
BIOL 414 Principles of Ecology (3 hrs.)
BIOL 550 Intro. to Systematics (3 hrs.)
_____ ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TWO COURSES (3 hrs.)
BIOL 416 Cell Structure and Function (3 hrs.)
BIOL 417 Biology of Development (3 hrs.) (may not
count here if used as a
Development Group course)
A minimum of at least one course from each of the following three groups:
(9 hrs.)
_____ Development Group:
BIOL 417 Biology of Development; BIOL 545 Evolution of Development; BIOL 608 Developmental Plant Anatomy; BIOL 692 Developmental Genetics; BIOL 710 Insect Development; BIOL 717 Insect Ecology and Behavior.
_____ Function Group:
BIOL 435 Introduction to Neurobiology; BIOL 503 Immunology; BIOL 506 Pathogenic Microbiology; BIOL 555 General Plant Physiology; BIOL 606 Ecological Plant Physiology; BIOL 644 Comparative Animal Physiology; BIOL 646 Mammalian Physiology; BIOL 673 Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology; BIOL 703 External Insect Morphology; BIOL 716 Insect Physiology; BIOL 774 Physiology of Reproduction; BIOL 776 Mammalian Neuroanatomy.
_____ Diversity Group:
ANTH 440 History of Primates; BIOL 400 Fundamentals of Microbiology; BIOL 493 Introduction to Ornithology; BIOL 494 Introduction to Mammalogy; BIOL 500 Biology of Insects; BIOL 505 Social Insects; BIOL 510 Comparative Anatomy; BIOL 512 General Virology; BIOL 533 Biology of Fungi; BIOL 540 General Invertebrate Zoology; BIOL 583 Herpetology; BIOL 592 Ichthyology; BIOL 603 Systematic Botany; BIOL 610 Plant Kingdom; BIOL 613 Biology of Honeybees; BIOL 622 Invertebrate Paleontology; BIOL 640 Biology & Evolution of Fossil Plants; BIOL 664 Vertebrate Biology; BIOL 709 Immature Insects; BIOL 711 Insect Systematics; BIOL 783 Herpetology; BIOL 792 Ichthyology; BIOL 793 Ornithology.
_____ BIOL 599 Senior Seminar in Organismal Biology (1 hr.)
(must be taken in senior year)
V. Elective and Laboratory Requirements (10 hrs.):
BIOL courses numbered 400 or higher, including at least 2 hrs. of lab credit and 1 hr. of a seminar/topics course (BIOL 419, 420, 701). Courses listed above which have not been used to fulfill the above requirements may be used as electives. No more than 3 hrs. of BIOL 423 Non-Lab Independent Study and/or BIOL 424 Independent Study (combined) can be applied towards the elective requirement with no more than 2 hours of BIOL 424 being applied towards the laboratory requirement.
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