Date Program
03/2016 Biology major
08/2013 All majors
04/2012 Biology major and minor
11/2011 Biology major, all programs.
10/2011 Biology major
03/2011 BS Biology, all tracks
02/2011 BS Biology, all tracks
Approved request
Allow BIOL 333x ( Marine Ecology ) to count toward Area A.
Permit BIOL 551 ( Conservation Biology ), BIOL 552A
( Conservation Biology Practicum A ), and BIOL 552B ( Conservation
Biology Practicum B ) to partially fulfill Area A
Allow Biology of Aging (SCIE 301 and GRNT301, cross listed) to count for Area C
Allow BIOL 540 (ST) Sustainable Agriculture scheduled for Spring
2012, to fill the 3-hour Area A requirement
Allow BIOL 309X or BIOL 309, Economic Botany , to be counted in
Area A
Allow BIOL 540 when titled Evolution of Mammals to count as 3 hours of Area A
Allow all BIOL majors to include BIOL 540 in Area A, Evolution,
Ecology and field Biology instead of an elective when taught as
Evolution and Developments . For all catalogs
Allow BIOL majors four credit hours for GEOL 401 in order to satisfy non-biological science requirement of 11 hours
Notes
All previous catalogs
All catalogs
All catalogs
2011-12 catalog and previous catalogs
2011-12 catalog and previous catalogs
GEOL 401 is now 4 credit hours
01/2009 BIOL majors who have taken GEOL 401 as 3 hour course
11/2007 Biology majors in prior catalogs to 2007-2008
08/2007 Biology majors in prior catalogs to 2007-2008
03/2005 Biology majors in prior
03/2005 Biology majors in prior
03/2005 Biology majors in prior
12/2004 Biology majors
11/2001 Biology majors in
11/2001 Biology majors with
10/2001 Biology majors using catalogs prior to and including the 2001-2002 catalog
11/1999 Biology majors in prior catalogs to 1999-2000
4/1999 Biology majors in catalogs prior to 1994-
1995
1/1999 Biology majors
4/1997 catalogs to 2004-2005 catalog catalogs to 2004-2005 catalogs to 2004-2005 earlier catalogs certification
Biology majors prior to
1996-1997 catalogs
4/1997 Biology majors in catalogs prior to 1996-
1998
11/1996 Biology major/Psyc
4/1996 minors
Biology majors
Allow BIOL 404, Plant Animal Interactions in Area A
Allowed to waive BIOL 202 even if using the 2007-2008 catalog
Count 8 hours toward the 42 hours required for the major if they took BIOL 305/306;
These courses were dropped and replaced with BIOL 307/308
Count 4 hours towards the Physiology/Integrative area if they took
BIOL 307 or 308; 8 hours if they took both 307 and 308.
Count 3 hours towards the Physiology Integrative area or towards elective hours if they took BIOL 519
Count BIOL 560X, Bioinformatics in the Cell and molecular area of the program
Count BIOL 304X, Insect Field Studies, in E area biology elective. Course was set up as a regular course
Allowed to substitute BIOL 305, Fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology, and BIOL 306 Fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology for the required BIOL 324 Human Anatomy and
Physiology.
Additional 4 hours to count as electives
2001-02 catalog and previous catalogs
Allowed to use BIOL 555X, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, as a course in the Cell/Molecular area or in the additional courses to total 42 hours in the major.
Allowed to use BIOL 527, Population Biology, in the
Ecology/Evolution area of the program
Allowed to use any math, except math 291 and 292, to meet the math requirement in the Biology program
Allowed to use BIOL 511 Ornithology to satisfy the Organisimal
Biology of the major
Allowed to take BIOL 517, Human Genetics, in the Cell/Molecular area for the program
Allowed to receive four hours credit toward the major when they complete BIOL 305 and 306
Allowed to waive PSYC 303, Experimental, or PSYC 304, Statistics from the major requirements
Four hours credit towards major and four hours towards electives
Required to replace those courses with any
PSYC elective above
Allowed to count CHEM 315, Environmental Chemistry towards the
299; total requirement for the minor will be 19

9/1996 Biology majors in catalogs prior to 1995-
1996
4/1996 Biology majors
9/1995 Biology majors in catalogs prior to 1994-
1995
11/1994 Biology majors
7/1994 Biology majors
9/1992 Biology majors with
Chemistry minor in all catalogs
1/1986 Biology majors in all catalogs
2/1982 Biology majors in catalogs prior to 1980-
1981 major as a science and math elective
Allowed to use any GEOL course (except 120) to count as one of the science/mathematics electives required for the major
Allowed to use CHEM 515 towards the major
Allowed to waive BIOL 204 if they have taken BIOL 208
Allowed all GEOL courses, except 120, count towards the eleven hours of science elective for the major
Allowed to count BIOL 300, Scientific Process in biology, as a
Writing Intensive course
Allowed to include CHEM 105, 106, 107, 108 in the chemistry minor
Allowed to count MATH 101-102 or MATH 201-202 to fulfill the 6 hour requirement for the major
Allowed to count MATH 105 to the elective requirement for the degree