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Name
Student ID:
Year Expected Graduation:
Updates to file:
REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE BS DEGREE IN BIOLOGY
Need at least 136 total credits. Up to 9 GRADUATE credits can be used for both the BS
and MS (list under ”double count” courses) and under BS degree program
BIOLOGY COURSES
Need at least 5 labs [either UG or Grad level; best with > one at Grad level], and one in each of three distribution areas.
Can count up to 9 cr. for both BS and MS degrees. Note: do not include any Grad research courses (9301-6).
 double count?
Comments
COURSE NAME
# credits
4
Usually AP credit
General Biology I
2105
4
Usually AP credit
General Biology II
2106
4
Genetics
3351
1
Research Prospectus
8920
  double count
LAB COURSES (BIO 3000+)
Evol. Ecol. Pop. Biology area 
Organismal Biology area 
Cellular Mol. Biology area 
Lab 1:
Lab 2:
Lab 3:
Lab 4:
Lab 5:
Addl. courses
(if taken):
Total (must be at least 36 cr) 
BIO Lab Rotations –
1st Year 6401*
6402*
nd
BIO Lab Rotations –
2 Year 6403
6404
Total Undergraduate Rotations 
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Faculty lab:
Faculty lab:
Faculty lab:
Faculty lab:
* Transfers after first year typically don’t take
# credits
COGNATE SCIENCE COURSES
CHM 1151/1103
5
Chemistry
CHM 1152/1104
5
CHM 2211/2201
4
CHM 2212/2202
4
MAT 1310
3
Mathematics
MAT 1315
3
PHY 1100/1101
4
Physics
PHY 1102/1103
4
Total Cognate Sciences 
Free Electives
# credits
Total Free Elective credits 
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CORE CURRICULUM 1
WRITING
Humanities
ACS- Ancients
ACS- Moderns
College Ethics
Fine Arts 2
For. Lang. (Intermed. or special) 3
For. Lang. (Intermed. or special) 3
History (see list) 2
Literature/Soph. Writing Sem.
Philosophy 1000
Theology/Relig. St 1000
Theology/Relig. St (adv.;> 2000)
Social Sciences
Course #
ACS 1000
ACS 1001
ETH 2050
HISPHI 1000
THL 1000
THL-
4
3
3
Course 1
Course 2
Mathematics
Natural Science
# credits
3
3
3
3
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3
3
3
3
3
see below
see below
2 BIOs in addition to Core
ACS 1000
ACS 1001
PHI 1000
THL 1000
ETH 2050
Soph. Writing Seminar
BIO Research
BIO Capstone
DIVERSITY
1 in ea. of 2 areas
Area 1
Area 2
Area 3
(see Catalog for desc. of areas)
As of Fall 2011, AP credit cannot be used to fulfill a Core requirement.
Look for courses designated in the attribute field as fulfilling the appropriate area in the Core
3 Foreign Language Requirement - need at least two language courses through intermediate level (or 1 year of Introductory Arabic,
Chinese, ancient Greek, Japanese, or Russian). Introductory courses may count for “Free Electives”.
4 Social Science Requirement – any two courses designated as Core in the attribute field in Criminal Justice, Economics, Education,
Gender and Women’s Studies, Geography and the Environment (some), Institute of Global Interdisciplinary Studies, Political
Science, Psychology, and Sociology
1
2
Total Core course credits 
TOTAL FOR BS BIOLOGY DEGREE
NEED 136 TOTAL CREDITS
Total Biology 
Total Undergraduate Rotations 
Total Cognate Sciences 
Total Free Elective credits 
Total Core course credits 
TOTAL (at least 136 for BS)
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REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATE BIOLOGY MAJOR – MS DEGREE
Need at least 20 Course Credits and 10 Research credits.
Take at least 20 Graduate course credits and 10 Grad Research credits must be completed to receive
the MS degree.
DOUBLE COUNTED COURSES - Up to 9 GRADUATE credits can be used for BOTH the BS and MS
degrees. Please list these courses in the appropriate spaces below. [typically 9301-9306 courses are not
included in this category] Students will usually use BIO 8920:Research Prospectus to fulfill the seminar
course needed for the BS degree. The remaining 8 credits can be accounted for several ways, but
primarily by one of two options:
OPTION 1 –TWO 4 CR GRAD LAB COURSES IN ADDITION TO 8920:RESEARCH PROSPECTUS
OPTION 2 –ONE 3 CR GRAD COURSE AND ONE 4 CREDIT GRAD LAB COURSE PLUS BIO 8910:BSMS
RESEARCH PROSPECTUS COURSE IN ADDITION TO 8920:RESEARCH PROSPECTUS
# credits
COURSE # AND NAME
Comments
DOUBLE-COUNT COURSES - max 9 credits
BIO 8920
Research Prospectus
1
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List all research courses in next section
OTHER GRADUATE COURSES (except BIO 93xx)
Total (must be at least 20 cr) 
BIOLOGY-GRAD RESEARCH
Research Fall 4th year
Research Spr 4th year
Research Fall 5th year
Research Spr 5th year
BIO 9303
BIO 9304
BIO 9305
BIO 9306
2
2
3
3
IP grade until thesis completed
IP grade until thesis completed
IP grade until thesis completed
IP grade until thesis completed
Total (must be at no more than 10 cr) 
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