Degrees and Major Requirements

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE 

CELL BIOLOGY

Note: Requirements apply to students entering Fall 1997 and later. At least 124 hrs. (40 Junior/Senior hrs.) must be completed for graduation. At least 74 hrs. must be non-cell biology courses. 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)

Western Civilization (6 h.): WC 204 (or 114) ___ and WC 205 (or 115) ___ 

Oral Communication/Logic (3 h): COMS 130/230, PHIL 148/310, OR Exemption/Examination ___ 

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 h) ___; 

Humanities (3 h) ___; and three additional courses in foreign language (numbered 104-120), social sciences, or humanities: ________, ________, ________. 

II. General Science Requirements (26-28 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 115 Calculus I (3 hrs.) OR ___ MATH 121 Calculus I (5 hrs.) 

___ PHSX 114 College Physics I (4 hrs.) OR ___ PHSX 211 General Physics I (4 hrs.) 

___ PHSX 115 College Physics II (4 hrs.) OR ___ PHSX 212 General Physics II (4 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 404 Introduction to Genetics (3 hrs.) 

ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR COURSES (3 hrs.) 

___ BIOL 408 Physiology of Organisms 

___ BIOL 412 Evolutionary Biology 

___ BIOL 413 Diversity of Organisms 

___ BIOL 414 Principles of Ecology 

 

___ BIOL 600 Introductory Biochemistry (4 hrs.) 

IV. Cell Biology Requirements (18 hrs.): 

___ BIOL 416 Cell Structure & Function (3 hrs.) 

___ BIOL 417 Biology of Development (3 hrs.) 

___ BIOL 426 Laboratory in Cell Biology (3 hrs.) 

_____ Cell Biology Electives (9 hrs.from the following): 400 (or 401) Fundamentals of Microbiology (or Honors); 402 (or 403) Fundamentals of Microbiology Lab (or Honors); 435 Introduction to Neurobiology; 450 Cancer Biology; 503 Immunology; 504 Immunology Lab; 512 General Virology; 513 Virology Lab; 560 Histology; 590 Embryology; 636 Cytology and Cytogenetics; 637 Cytology and Cytogenetics Lab; 673 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology; 688 Molecular Biology of Cancer; 690 Control Mechanisms of Development; 752 Cell Biology; 756 Cell and Tissue Culture Laboratory. 

V. General Biology Electives and Laboratory Requirements (10 hrs.): 

BIOL courses numbered 400 or higher, including at least 2 hrs. of lab credit and 2 hrs. 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. A list of courses that include laboratory components but do not have the word "laboratory" in their title is available in 2045 Haworth. 

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TOTAL: ___ hrs. (10 required)

Subtotals (hrs) ___ (2 reqd) . . . . . . . . . . ___ (2 reqd)