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					| 2021-2022 undergraduate catalog [archived catalog] 
 
 biology major, b.a., b.s.  |  
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													| b.a. or b.s. degree program
 total hours required: minimum 56
specific courses required:
note:
 * a minimum grade of “c” in each of the core courses is required.five courses selected from:
 by 2133 - companion animal sciences (3) f offered in alternate years by 2213 - introductory human anatomy and physiology (3) sp, su orby 3514 - human anatomy and physiology i (4) f andby 3524 - human anatomy and physiology ii (4) sp by 2424 - introductory microbiology (4) f, sp, su orby 3123 - animal nutrition (3) f offered in alternate yearsby 3214 - microbiology (4) f by 2623 - field botany (3) sp offered in alternate yearsby 3223 - virology (3) spby 3323 - immunology (3) fby 3333 - molecular basis of human disease (3) fby 3413 - limnology (3) f offered in alternate yearsby 3903 - internship in biology (3) f, sp, suby 4014 - molecular biology (4) spby 4023 - cancer biology (3) by 4213 - developmental genetics (3) sp offered in alternate yearsby 4323 - histology (3) spby 4413 - vertebrate zoology (3) sp offered in alternate years by 450v - independent research (1, 2) f, sp, su orby 460v - special topics in biology** (1-4) f, sp, su 
note:
 ** variable credit courses used to satisfy  the major elective requirement must be at 2 credit hours or above and are subject to approval by the academic chair.chemistry:
 cm 1113 - general chemistry i (3) f, sp, sucm 1123 - general chemistry ii (3) f, sp, sucm 1211 - general chemistry laboratory i (1) f, sp, sucm 1221 - general chemistry laboratory ii (1) f, sp, sucm 2113 - organic chemistry i (3) f, sucm 2123 - organic chemistry ii (3) sp, sucm 2211 - organic chemistry laboratory i (1) f, sucm 2221 - organic chemistry laboratory ii (1) sp, su
mathematics:
 the general education requirement in mathematics for a biology major cannot be satisfied by a course numbered below math ma 1113 .note:
 each biology major must take the major field achievement test in biology prior to graduation. |  
 
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