DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
NAME: _______________________________________ ID #: _________________ DATE(s): _____________
Requirements for B.S. Biology Tracks
I) Degree -prerequisite courses Completion of below courses with an average of 'C' or better*
_______BIOL 104 (4) _______BIOL 106 (4) ____ ____CHEM 163/165 (3,1) ____ ____CHEM 164/166 (3,1)
*or equivalent course credit (i.e., AP or IB), and must be completed before taking any upper-division biology course.
II) Required B.S. related courses
_______ MATH 142 (4)
______Statistics course (MATH 130 or BIOL 479) (3-4)
Select 4 of the following (16 credit hours):
_______CHEM 342/344 (4)
______PHYS 131/133 (4)
______EAS 101/102 (4)
_______CHEM 343/345 (4)
______PHYS 132/134 (4)
______EAS 103/104 (4)
NOTE: Students interested in post-graduate studies (i.e. Medical, Graduate school etc…) are advised to take CHEM & PHYS
III) Required Upper Division Biology courses (35 credit hours)
A. Biology Core Courses (9 credit hours)
______BIOL 301: Evolution (3)
______BIOL 302: MCB I (3)
______BIOL 303: Genetics (3)
B. Plant Course:_________ (3-4 credit hours) Choose from (BIOL326 Plants & Fungi; 328 Ethnobot; 349 Plant Phys; 345
Economic Bot, 404 Pollination Biol; 409 Plant Ecol, 421 Biol of Orchids; 433 Spring Flora; 476 Plant Biochem).
C. Structured Laboratory Experiences. 3 required.
*CMDB lab course:_______
**EEOB lab course:_______
***CMDB or EEOB lab course: ________
Note: A total of 4 hrs of Independent Study (BIOL 398) or Advanced Independent Study (498) can be counted toward the 35
upper division credits required for the BS degree, but these courses do NOT count as structured lab courses.
D. Track specific course requirements:
Track 1- Biological Science
______BIOL 304 MCBII (3)
______*CMDB course (4+)
______**EEOB course (4+)
______Elective (….)
______Elective (….)
______Elective (….)
______Elective (….)
Track 2 - Plant Sciences
____BIOL 304 MCBII (3)
____BIOL 326 (4)
____BIOL 349 (3)
____BIOL 409 (3)
____BIOL 482 Internship Plant Sci (1)
____Elective (….)
____Elective (….)
Track 3 – EEOB________
_____BIOL 475 Ecology (4)
_____1Ecology elective (3/4)
_____2Evolution elective (3-5)
_____3Organismal elective (3/4)
_____4Tools course (3)
_____*CMDB course (4+)
_____Elective (….)
*Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology (CMDB): Structured Lab courses in italics
306 Cell Biology laboratory; 342 Comparative Anatomy; 344 Embryology; 347 General Physiology Lab; 349 Plant Physiology; 402
Vertebrate Reproductive Physiology; 405 Molecular Techniques Lab; 415 Nerve Cell Mechanisms; 441 Comparative Animal
Physiology, 444 Vertebrate Histology; 446 Exercise Physiology; 450 Endocrinology; 451 Behavioral Endocrinology; 454 Human
Cellular Physiology I; 460 Developmental Biology; 461 Developmental Biology Lab; 463 Immunobiology; 464 General Microbiology;
465 General Microbiology Lab; 470 Molecular Biology; 481 Integrative Bioinformatics Internship
**Ecology, Evolutionary and Organismal Biology (EE0B) Structured Lab courses in italics
1Ecology Electives: 345 Economic Botany, 409 Plant Ecology; 420 Aquatic Ecology; 436 Animal Behavior; 440 Applied Ecology; 454
Ecological Risk Assessment; 448 Conservation Biology; 467 Population Biology; 468 Landscape Ecology.
2Evolution Electives: 342 Comp Anat Vertebrates, 401 Sex, Evolution, Behavior; 404 Pollination Biol, 434 Systematic Biology; 441
Comparative Animal Physiology; 4XX Applied Population Genetics; 477 Coevolution.
3Organismal Elective: 322 Biol of Invertebrates; 326 Biol of Plants and Fungi; 328 Enthobotany, 410 Natural History of the
Vertebrates; 421 Biology and Classification of Orchids; 426 Biol of Amphibians and Reptiles; 428 Biol of Fishes; 431 Biol of
Birds; 433 Spring Flora of the Ozarks; 435 Biol of Parasitic Organisms; 438 Biol of Mammals; 464 General Microbiology.
4Tools courses: 405 Molecular Techniques; 478 Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis; 417 Intro to GIS, 418 Intermediate GIS, 419 GIS
in Biology
Note: One course cannot satisfy two requirements within a track.
*** Biol 479 Biometry can count as a third structured lab with a CMDB and an EEOB lab
IV)
Senior Inquiry (0-4 credit hours from one of the four options)
______BIOL 484 Library Project (1-3), _______BIOL 485 Grad-level course in Biology (1-4), ______BIOL 488 Research
Project (1-3) OR _____BIOL 489: Comprehensive Examination (0).
Note: These Senior Inquiry credit hours count toward the 35 upper division hours
NOTE: In accordance with the College of Arts and Sciences graduation requirements, a student must obtain at least a 2.00/4 overall
GPA in all chemistry, mathematics, statistics, physics, and other appropriate sciences, and upper-division biology courses that are
required for the B.S. major degree program.
Revised: October 28, 2010