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Undergraduate Biology

Degrees and Major Requirements

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE 

GENETICS

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-genetics 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.) 

*Students planning to enter graduate school (particularly those interested in applying molecular techniques) or medical school are advised to also enroll in CHEM 626/627. 

III. General Biology Requirements (24 hrs.): 

___ BIOL 150 (or 151, Honors) Principles of Molecular & Cellular Biology ( 4 hrs.) 

___ BIOL 152 (or 153, Honors) Principles of Organismal Biology (4 hrs.) 

ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THREE COURSES (3 hrs.) 

___ BIOL 400 Fundamentals of Microbiology 
___ BIOL 408 Physiology of Organisms 
___ BIOL 417 Biology of Development 


___ BIOL 412 Evolutionary Biology (3 hrs.) 

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

___ BIOL 570 Introduction to Biostatistics (3 hrs.) 

___ BIOL 600 Introductory Biochemistry (4 hrs.) 

IV. Genetics Requirements (14 hrs.): 

___ BIOL 404 Introduction to Genetics (3 hrs.) 

___ BIOL 405 Laboratory in Genetics (2 hrs.) 

ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THREE COURSES (3 hrs.) 

___BIOL 518 Microbial Genetics 

___BIOL 688 The Molecular Biology of Cancer 

___BIOL 672 Gene Expression I 


TWO COURSES FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST (6 HRS.) 

___BIOL 432 Human Behavioral Genetics

___BIOL 512 General Virology 

___BIOL 595 Human Genetics 

___BIOL 611 Molecular Evolution and Systematics 

___BIOL 636 Cytology and Cytogenetics 

___BIOL 690 Control Mechanisms in Development 

___BIOL 692 Developmental Genetics 

___BIOL 742 Plant Population Biology 

___BIOL 743 Population Genetics 

___BIOL 747 Quantitative Genetics 

___BIOL 768 Plant Molecular Biology 

___ANTH 340 Human Variation and Evolution 

___ANTH 442 Anthropological Genetics 

___ANTH 652 Population Dynamics 

V. General Biology Electives and Laboratory
Requirements(8 hrs.): 


BIOL courses numbered 400 or higher, including at least 3 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. 

BIOL ___ (__ hrs.) _________ (seminar/topic credit:___ hrs. . . ; lab credit: ___ hrs.) 

BIOL ___ (__ hrs.) _________ (seminar/topic credit:___ hrs. . . ; lab credit: ___ hrs.) 

BIOL ___ (__ hrs.) _________ (seminar/topic credit:___ hrs. . . ; lab credit: ___ hrs.) 

BIOL ___ (__ hrs.) _________ (seminar/topic credit:___ hrs. . . ; lab credit: ___ hrs.) 

TOTAL: ___ hrs. (8 required)

Subtotals (hrs) ___ (2 reqd) . . . . . . . . . . ___ (3 reqd)