Area Requirements for the Biology Major for the classes of 2004 and beyond

Biologists study living systems at different levels of organization. To ensure students are exposed
to all levels of biological organization, effective with the class of 2004, students in the Biology Major
must take at least one course in each of the three following areas.

Area Requirement Designations: Cells & Molecules, Organisms, Systems.

Cells & Molecules
211 Genetics
221 Microbiology and Immunology
254 Developmental Biology
305 Biochemistry
307 Cell Evolution
316 Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
324 Neurobiology
344 Cellular Physiology
347 Endocrinology

Organisms
205 Nutrition
226 Comparative Animal Behavior
244 Introductory Physiology
252 Parasitology and Symbiosis
255 Chordate Anatomy and Evolution
262 Plant Biology
331 Advanced Marine Biology
348 Advanced Physiology

Systems
201 Environmental Science.
215 Ecology
218 Tropical Ecology
231 Marine Biology
303 Evolution
363 Plant Ecology

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Last update: 04/2001