Nov 23, 2024  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog (DRAFT) 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog (DRAFT) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biology, B.S.


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Major Requirements


Credit Hours: 61+

In addition to completing the requirements for this major, students must also complete the degree requirements specified in the Academic Regulations  section of this catalog.

Courses within this major may also satisfy general education requirements. Please consult the Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Requirements  for more information.

Elective Requirement


Complete 23 additional credit hours of 300-level or above BIOL courses (excluding BIOL 381 ) including a total of four courses with labs (Independent study, tutorial, Bachelor’s Essay, or BIOL 450  and BIOL 451  with labs do not fulfill the lab requirement).

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  • Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 115  in lieu of MATH 120 .
  • Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 217  in lieu of MATH 250 .

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  • Students are not permitted to double major in Biology and Marine Biology.
  • Credit cannot be applied for both BIOL 211  and BIOL 213  towards the program requirements.
  • No more than 3 credit hours from BIOL 399  may be applied towards the program requirements.
  • No more than 12 credit hours from BIOL 450  and BIOL 451  may be applied towards the program requirements.

Coursework Meeting Major Requirements Excluded from the Major GPA Calculation


All coursework with a BIOL acronym counts toward the major GPA calculation except BIOL 101 , BIOL 101L , BIOL 102 , BIOL 102L , and BIOL 381 .

The following courses are excluded: CHEM 111 , CHEM 111L , CHEM 112 , CHEM 112L , CHEM 220 , CHEM 220L CHEM 231 , CHEM 231L , CHEM 232 , CHEM 232L , CHEM 350 , DATA 101 , GEOL 103 , GEOL 103L , GEOL 107 , HONS 115 HONS 155 , HONS 155L HONS 157 , HONS 157L , HONS 158 , HONS 158L HONS 190 , HONS 190L , HONS 192 , HONS 192L HONS 217 , HONS 293 , HONS 293L , MATH 120 , MATH 250 , MATH 350 PHYS 101 , PHYS 101L , PHYS 102 , PHYS 102L , PHYS 105 PHYS 111 , PHYS 111L , PHYS 112 , PHYS 112L  

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