LIST OF BIOLOGY MAJOR COURSE REQUIREMENTS

 

Course title and number	Credits
Biology (101, 102)	8
Genetics (200)	4
*Core Electives (2 courses)	7/8
*Advanced Biology Electives	15/14
Senior Seminar (493 or 494)	1
Total Major Requirements	35

General Chemistry (004-003/005)	5
General Chemistry (004-004/006)	5
Organic Chemistry (004-141/142)	6
Organic Chemistry (004-145)	3
Physics (021-001/002)	10
Total Other Requirements	29

†English (3 courses)	9
Mathematics (through precalculus)	4 or 6
Division A (4 courses)	12
Division B (2 courses)	6
Division C (2 courses)	6
**African American Cluster Course
***Languages (4 courses)	14
Philosophy	3
Speech	3
Physical Education (4: 1-credit courses, including Health and Swimming)	4
Total CAS Requirements	63
TOTAL REQUIRED CREDITS	127

 ^†The technical writing requirement in English may be satisfied by enrolling in the writing intensive (WAC) sections of departmental or divisional courses (Look for -700 level sections in the Schedule of Classes).

* If only 7 credits are taken as core electives (e.g. taking 3 credit and 4 credit core electives), then 15 credits are required in Advanced Electives to complete the 35-credit requirement for the major.

^**We recommend that the African American Cluster Courses be taken concurrently as Divisional A/B/C courses.

^***Biology Majors may use the following foreign languages to satisfy the College of Arts and Sciences requirement: Chinese, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian (other languages may be considered upon request and review by the faculty).