BIOLOGY COURSE
PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
Course Number
Course Title
Prerequisite
BIOL 105
EVOLUTION FOR EVERYONE
--
BIOL 117
INTRODUCTION TO ORGANISMAL
AND POPULATION BIOLOGY
High school biology
AND
chemistry
BIOL 118
INTRODUCTION TO CELL AND
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
High school biology
AND
chemistry
BIOL 224
BASIC MICROBIOLOGY FOR NONMAJORS
BIOL 118
AND
CHEM 102
or equivalent
BIOL 251
HUMAN ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY I
BIOL 118
AND
CHEM 101 and 102 (or CHEM 107 AND 108)
BIOL 283
TOPICS IN BIOLOGY
Varies
BIOL 297
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN
BIOLOGY
BIOL 117 AND BIOL 118 (or equivalent)
AND
consent of instructor
Prerequisite or
Co-requisite
BIOL/BCHM 301
MOLECULAR GENETICS
BIOL 118 or equivalent
CHEM 332
AND
CHEM 107 and 108 (or CHEM 111)
AND
CHEM 231
BIOL/BCHM 302
BIOCHEMISTRY
BIOL 118
AND
CHEM 107 AND 108 (or CHEM 111)
AND
CHEM 231 AND CHEM 332
BIOL 311
PRINCIPLES OF CELL BIOLOGY
BIOL 117 AND 118 or equivalent
AND
CHEM 332 or
consent of instructor
CHEM 107 AND 108 (or 111)
AND
CHEM 231
BIOL 313
CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
BIOL 118
BIOL 314
GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
BIOL 118 or equivalent
AND
CHEM 107 AND 108 (or CHEM 111)
BIOL 318
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
BIOL 117 AND 118
BIOL 324
ANIMAL HISTOLOGY
BIOL 117 AND 118
AND
junior standing
CHEM 231
BIOL 326
GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
LABORATORY
--
BIOL 314
BIOL 331
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
BIOL 117 AND 118
CHEM 231
AND
CHEM 107 AND 108 (or CHEM 111)
BIOL 333/BE 201
SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEMS
BIOL 117 AND 118
MATH 314
AND
CHEM 107 AND 108
BIOL 334/BE 202
BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS
BIOL 333 (OR BE 201)
BIOL 330
GENES AND HEREDITY
BIOL 117 AND 118
AND
MATH 148
BIOL 340
GENETICS LABORATORY
BIOL 117 AND 118
AND
MATH 147, 148, or equivalent;
BIOL 347
HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY ii
CHEM 101 AND 102
OR
CHEM 107 AND 108
AND
BIOL 251
BIOL 351
MECHANISMS IN EVOLUTION
BIOL 117 AND 118.
BIOL 352
MARINE BIOLOGY
BIOL 117
One of the following
BIOL 330,
BIOL/BCHM 301 or
BIOL 351
BIOL 355
ECOLOGY
BIOL 117
BIOL 366/GEOL 366
PALEOBIOLOGY
GEOL 211 AND 213
OR
BIOL 117
BIOL 370
BOTANY
BIOL 371
ZOOLOGY
BIOL 117
BIOL 373
ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES AND
APPLICATIONS
BIOL 117 or equivalent
BIOL 374/ENVI 361
WETLANDS ECOLOGY
BIOL 117
BIOL 375
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
BIOL 117
AND
either BIOL 351 or BIOL 355 (373)
AND
MATH 147, 148, or equivalent
or written consent of instructor
BIOL 376
PHYCOLOGY
BIOL 117
BIOL 377
FLORA
--
BIOL 378
MACROEVOLUTION
BIOL 117
BIOL 379
BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF
BIRDS
BIOL 117
BIOL 402
IMMUNOLOGY
One of the following:
BIOL/BCHM 301, 302, 311, 314
MATH 147, 148, or
equivalent
BIOL 405
VERTEBRATE ENDOCRINOLOGY
BIOL 331 or consent of instructor
BIOL/BCHM 425
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
LABORATORY
--
BIOL (BCHM) 301
BIOL/BCHM 426
BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY
--
BIOL (BCHM) 302
BIOL 427
CELL BIOLOGY LABORATORY
BIOL 117 AND 118
BIOL 311
BIOL 428
GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS
BIOL/BCHM 301
AND
MATH 147, 148, or equivalent
BIOL 435
HUMAN GENETICS
BIOL 301
BIOL 437
BIOSTATISTICS
BIOL 117 AND 118
AND
MATH 147, 148, or equivalent
BIOL 441
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
LABORATORY
MATH 148
AND
any one of the following:
BIOL 351, 355/373, or 375
Recommended: BIOL/BCHM 301
BIOL 450
CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS FOR
ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND ANIMAL
BEHAVIOR
A 300- or 400-level course in ecology,
evolution or behavior.
Non-biology majors should obtain consent of
instructor
BIOL 452
CULTURAL EVOLUTIONARY
THEORY
BIOL 105 (ANTH 280F), ANTH 111, BIOL 351
or permission of instructor
BIOL 453
SOCIOBIOLOGY
One of the following:
BIOL 351, 355 (or 373), 375, PSYC 327
BIOL 454
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY OF
PRIMATES
Recommended: familiarity with primate
taxonomy (e.g. ANTH 338)
AND
a course in animal behavior
(BIOL 375, BIOL 453 or PSYC 327)
BIOL 455
PRINCIPLES OF ECOSYSTEM
ECOLOGY
BIOL 355 (or 373).
BIOL 456
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Junior or senior standing
AND
an introductory course in
BIOL, PSYC, ANTH or SOC
BIOL 459/GEOG 422
BIOGEOGRAPHY
BIOL 355 (or 373)
BIOL 461
LIMNOLOGY
CHEM 107 AND 108 or CHEM 111
BIOL 469
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
MATH 148 or equivalent
AND
any one of the following:
BIOL 340, 351, or 355, or equivalent
BIOL 471
TROPICAL MARINE BIOLOGY
BIOL 117 or equivalent
AND
swimming skills
AND
consent of instructor.
Recommended: BIOL 352
BIOL/ENVI 472
TROPICAL ECOLOGY AND
CONSERVATION
Consent of instructor
AND
two field biology courses from the following:
BIOL 355 (or 373) preferred, BIOL 370, BIOL
374/ENVI 361, BIOL 371, 375, 377, 379, 459,
469, 475
BIOL 475
ENTOMOLOGY
BIOL 117 AND 118
BIOL 476
POPULATION ECOLOGY
BIOL 355 (or 373)
BIOL 480 A-Z
SEMINAR TOPICS
Varies
See BuBrain course description
BIOL 483 A-Z
SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGY
Varies
See BuBrain course description
BIOL 484 A-Z
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PLANT
SCIENCES
Varies
See BuBrain course description
BIOL 485A
TOPICS IN STEM CELL BIOLOGY
BIOL 117 AND 118
AND
BIOL 311 or BIOL 318/327
BIOL 485b
TOPICS IN STEM CELL BIOLOGY
BIOL 117 AND BIOL 118
BIOL 490
SEMINAR TOPICS
--
BIOL 491
PRACTICUM IN COLLEGE TEACHING
Consent of instructor
AND
department approval in some cases
(Science III Rm 210)
BIOL 494
INTERNSHIP
Consent of the instructor
AND
departmental approval
(jshepher@binghamton.edu)
BIOL 495
LABORATORY OR FIELD
INTERNSHIP
Consent of the instructor
AND
departmental approval.
(jshepher@binghamton.edu)
BIOL 496
INDEPENDENT STUDY
Junior standing
AND
consent of instructor
AND
departmental approval in some cases
(Science III, Rm 210)
BIOL 497
INDEPENDENT FIELD OR
LABORATORY RESEARCH
Junior standing
AND
consent of instructor
AND
departmental approval in some cases
(Science III, Rm 210)
BIOL 498
CONTINUING INDEPENDENT FIELD
OR LABORATORY RESEARCH
BIOL 497
AND
consent of BIOL 497 instructor