Major Program Guide For: B.S. in Biology1
Concentration: Molecular Biology
Suggested Course Sequence
Freshman Year
Fall
Course Prefix or LS
Requirement
BIOL
CHEM
ENGL
HEAL or HSCC2
Course
Number
140
139
101
First Year Seminar
190
Sophomore Year
Fall
Course Prefix or LS
Requirement
BIOL
CHEM
MATH
P1
ENGL
Course
Number
240
241
1463
Junior Year
Fall
Course Prefix or LS
Requirement
BIOL
BIOL
PHYS
P5
102
Course
Number
311
413
130
Course Title
Principles of Biology I
General Chemistry I
Composition I
Wellness
Spring
Course Prefix or LS
Hours Requirement
4 BIOL
4 CHEM
3 P4
3 COMM
Course
Number
141
140
201
3 P1
17
Course Title
Genetics
Organic Chemistry I
Precalculus
Social Science
Composition II
Course Title
Animal Physiology
Principles of General
Microbiology
Physics I
Fine & Performing Arts
Spring
Course Prefix or LS
Hours Requirement
4 BIOL
3 CHEM
4 CHEM
3 P3
3 MATH
17
Spring
Course Prefix or LS
Hours Requirement
3 BIOL
3 BIOL
4
3
PHYS
P6
Course
Number
241
242
272
153
Course
Number
333
131
Course Title
Principles of Biology II
Advanced General Chemistry
Humanities
Introduction to Speech
Communication
Social Sciences
Hours
4
4
3
3
Course Title
Ecology & Evolution
Organic Chemistry II
Organic Chemistry Lab
History
Calculus I
Hours
4
3
2
3
4
16
Course Title
Cell and Molecular Biology
Jr-Sr Elective
Hours
4
4
Physics II
Jr-Sr World Cultures (ULP4)
4
3
13
Senior Year
Fall
Course Prefix or LS
Requirement
BIOL
BIOL
BIOL
General Elective6
Course
Number
4805
Course Title
Research in Biology
Jr-Sr Elective
Jr-Sr Elective
Spring
Course Prefix or LS
Hours Requirement
3 BIOL
4 BIOL
3-4 General Elective
3-4 General Elective
13-15
3
17
15
Course
Number
Course Title
Jr-Sr Elective
Jr-Sr Elective
Hours
3-4
3-4
3-4
3-4
12-16
Notes:
1. Total number of credit hours for the program: 120.
2. There is great flexibility in scheduling Liberal Studies (LS) courses, but most other freshman/sophomore courses must be taken in numerical sequence
to satisfy prerequisites (for example, BIOL 140 is a prerequisite for BIOL 141 which is a prerequisite for BIOL 240, MATH 146 is a prerequisite for
MATH 153, and CHEM 140 is a prerequisite for CHEM 241 which is a prerequisite for CHEM 242 and 272).
3. MATH 146 is not required by the Biology BS degree, but is a prerequisite for Calculus I. This four-credit course is the only prerequisite course in the
Biology BS program that is not also required for the major.
4. All students are required to take one upper-level perspectives (ULP), LS course. Any junior/senior level LS course will satisfy this requirement.
5. The senior research requirement may also be satisfied by the senior thesis sequence: BIOL 495, 498-499.
6. All biology majors are strongly advised to take at least one semester of statistics. We recommend MATH 270, Statistical Methods I and MATH
375, Statistical Methods II or BIOL 467, Biostatistics.