Biology Major (BA, BS) and Minor

Students may also specialize within the major by choosing a track.

PRE-VET track:

Required:

• BI 204 Microbiology or BI200 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy as the organismal requirement from above

• CH 315 Biochemistry I AND BI 319 Animal Nutrition

Plus one additional Biology (BI) course at the 300-level or higher, or one of the following:

• CH 417 Biochemistry II

• AN 348 Human Osteology and Anthropology

• MS 302 Biology of Fishes

• MS 310 Marine Conservation Ecology

• MS 311 Marine Mammalogy

• MS 322 Coral Reefs

• MS 315 Elasmobranch Biology and Management

• MS 319 Bioacoustics

 
ECOLOGY/CONSERVATION track:

Required: BI 301 Principles of Ecology

Plus two of the following:

• BI 304 Evolution

• BI 319 Animal Nutrition

• BI 342 Field Botany

• BI 351 Plant Ecology

• BI 352 Behavioral Ecology

• BI 362 Herpetology

• BI 371 Conservation Biology

• BI 372 Parasitology

• BI 373 Restoration Ecology

• BI 374 Avian Ecology and Conservation

• BI 405 Computational and Molecular Ecology

• MS 302 Biology of Fishes

• MS 310 Marine Conservation Ecology

• MS 311 Marine Mammalogy

• MS 313: Mangrove Biology and Ecology

• MS 315 Elasmobranch Biology and

• Management

• MS 319 Bioacoustics

• MS 322 Coral Reefs

 
CELLULAR/MOLECULAR BIOLOGY track

Required: CH 315 Biochemistry I

Plus two of the following:

• AN 348 Human Osteology and Anthropology

• BI 313 Endocrinology

• BI 344 Cases in Neuropathology

• BI 397 Neuroscience

• BI 405 Computational and Molecular

• Ecology

• BI 422 Advanced Molecular Techniques

• BI 424 Developmental Biology

• CH 417 Biochemistry