Biology - Cellular and Molecular Biology Option

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REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN BIOLOGY - CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OPTION:

Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 39

See Liberal Arts Core .

Specific Departmental Requirements:

BIO 112 - Intro to Organismic & Evol Bio Credits: 4
BIO 113 - Intro to Cell & Molecular Bio Credits: 4
BIO 206 - General Botany Credits: 4
OR
BIO 207 - General Zoology Credits: 4
BIO 260 - Genetics Credits: 4
BIO 270 - Foundations of Molecular Bio Credits: 4
BIO 321 - General Physiology Credits: 4
BIO 331 - Microbiology Credits: 4
BIO 455 - Cellular & Molecular Biology Credits: 4
BIO 456 - Cell Physiology Credits: 4
OR
BIO 457 - Embryology & Developmental Biology Credits: 4
OR
BIO 460 - Immunology Credits: 4
BIO 496 - Senior Seminar Credits: 3
BIO 497 - Senior Thesis Credits: 3

Subtotal Specific Departmental Requirements - Credits: 42

Auxiliary Requirements from Other Departments:

COMP 250 - Academic Inquiry and Writing Credits: 4
CHEM 150 - Fund of Chem I Atoms/Molecules Credits: 4
CHEM 151 - Fund of Chem II Chem Reaction Credits: 4
CHEM 250 - Org Chem I:Organic Compounds Credits: 4
CHEM 251 - Org Chem II:Biological Chem Credits: 4
CHEM 311 - General Biochemistry I Credits: 3
* MATH 121 - Pre-Calculus Credits: 4
MATH 201 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 4

Subtotal Auxiliary Requirements - Credits: 31

Recommended Electives (for students anticipating application to medical or graduate school): Math 221 Calculus I and Phys 201 and 202, Physics-Non Calculus I and II.

Total Major Requirements - Credits: 73

Free Electives (variable)

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120

*Biology-Cellular and Molecular Biology majors may meet the Math 121 auxiliary requirement with a higher-level Math course, such as Math 210, 221 or 222.

Note: Students double majoring in Chemistry-Biochemistry Option and Biology-General or Biology-Cellular and Molecular Biology Option may take the senior seminar sequence in either chemistry (Chem 496 and 497) or biology (Bio 496 and 497); these students do not have to take both senior seminar sequences.

Note to transfer and former students: If you have taken any of your major requirements and received a different number of credits than listed above, you may need to complete additional major credit requirements.

Cellular and Molecular Biology Option Suggested Course Sequence

Freshman Fall Semester		Freshman Winter Semester
BIO 112 CHEM 150 MATH 110 ¹ LIBERAL ARTS	4 4 4 4	BIO 113 CHEM 151 MATH 121 COMP 150	4 4 4 4
Total Credits	16²	Total Credits	16

Sophomore Fall Semester		Sophomore Winter Semester
BIO 206 /BIO 207 BIO 260 CHEM 250 ³ COMP 250	4 4 4 4	BIO 270 ⁴ CHEM 251 ⁴ ES 100 /PE LIBERAL ARTS	4 4 1 4
Total Credits	16	Total Credits	13²

Junior Fall Semester		Junior Winter Semester
BIO 321 CHEM 311 ³ LIBERAL ARTS Upper-division elective	4 3 4 4	BIO 331 MATH 201 EGC Upper-division elective	4 4 4 4
Total Credits	15²	Total Credits	16

Senior Fall Semester		Senior Winter Semester
BIO 496 BIO 455 ³ EGC Upper-division elective	2 4 4 4	BIO 497 BIO 457 ³ /BIO 456 ⁴ / ⁴BIO 460 ⁴ Upper-division elective	2 4 8
Total Credits	14²	Total Credits	14²

Total Upper-Division Credits	48
Total Credits	120

¹ The math course that a student will take is determined by a placement test. There are five levels of math that one may enter. Placement into a course lower than Math 110 will delay this schedule, and placement into a higher course than Math 110 will accelerate it.

² During these semesters students should take additional courses in preparation for biology career, medical school, veterinary, or graduate school. Your biology faculty advisor can help you with the selection of these courses.

³ Courses offered fall term only.

⁴ Courses offered winter term only.