Courses listed in ITALIC type cannot be applied to Biology elective reqmts. This schedule is subject to frequent changes. See the on-line class schedule for the most accurate information.
BIOL |
TITLE |
CR |
NOTES |
LAB |
PRE-REQUISITES and COMMENTS (C- or better needed unless otherwise indicated) |
SEM |
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1010 |
Biology in the 21st Century |
3 |
DV, SF |
|
Not counted toward BIOL Degree. |
F/S |
1030 |
Human Biology |
3 |
SF |
|
Not counted toward BIOL Degree. |
F |
1610 |
Fundamental Principles of Biology I |
4 |
SF |
|
(Recommend MATH 1010 or higher) |
ALL |
1615 |
Fundamental Principles of Biology Lab I |
1 |
|
[L1] |
Co-req BIOL 1610 (or Pre-req BIOL 1210 -or- AP4+ or IB5) |
ALL |
1620 |
Fundamental Principles of Biology II |
4 |
|
|
(Recommend MATH 1010 or higher) |
F/S |
1625 |
Fundamental Principles of Biology Lab II |
1 |
|
[L1] |
Co-req BIOL 1620 (or Pre-req BIOL 2010) |
F/S |
2020 |
Principles of Cell Biology |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 1210 -or- 1610 -or- AP4+ or IB5 -or- BME 1020 -and- CHEM 1210 -or- 1211 -or- AP4+ |
F/S |
2021 |
Principles of Cell Science |
4 |
Honors |
|
BIOL 1210 -or- 1610 -or- AP4+ or IB5 -or- BME 1020 -and- CHEM 1210 -or- 1211 -or- AP4+ -and- Honors College -or- Instructor Consent |
F23? |
2030 |
Principles of Genetics |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 1210 -or- 1610 -or- AP4+ or IB5 |
F/S |
2325 |
Human Anatomy |
4 |
|
[L1] |
|
ALL |
2355 |
Field Botany |
2 |
Half Sem |
[L1] |
|
Su |
2420 |
Human Physiology |
4 |
AS |
|
BIOL 1210 -or- 1610 -or- AP4+ -or IB5 -and- CHEM 1110 -or- 1130 -or- 1210 - or- 1211 -or- AP4+ |
ALL |
2425 |
Human Physiology Lab |
1 |
|
[L1] |
*Co-Req: BIOL 2420 |
F/S |
2870 |
Faculty Research Seminar |
1 |
|
|
|
F |
3125 |
Mol Tools for Evol & Pop Biology |
3 |
Half Sem |
[L2] |
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 -and- 2030 |
S (even) |
3150 |
Genomics and Bioinformatics |
3 |
|
[L1] |
BIOL 1610-or-1210 Co-req: BIOL 2030 |
S |
3205 |
General Microbiology Lab |
1 |
|
[L1] |
*Co-Req: BIOL 3210 -or- 3370 -or- PATH 3100 |
F/S |
3210 |
General & Pathogenic Microbiology |
3 |
F opt. CEL |
|
BIOL 2020 -or- 2021 -and- CHEM 1110 -or-1130 -or-1210 -or- 1211 -or- AP4+ |
F/S |
3230 |
Developmental Biology |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 2030 |
|
3240 |
Intro to Cellular Neurobiology |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 2020 -or- 2021 |
F |
3270 |
Microbial Ecosystems |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 |
|
3310 |
Comp Vertebrate Morphology |
3 |
F&F |
|
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 |
S |
3315 |
Comp Vertebrate Morphology Lab |
1 |
|
[L1] |
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 |
S |
3320 |
Comparative Physiology |
3 |
F&F |
|
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 |
F |
3325 |
Comparative Physiology Lab |
3 |
|
[L2] |
BIOL 1210 -or- 1610 -or- AP4+ -or IB5 |
S23 |
3330 |
Behavioral Neurobiology |
3 |
F&F |
|
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 -or- 2420 |
S |
3340 |
Intro to Plant Biology |
3 |
F&F |
|
BIOL 1210 -or- 1610 -or- AP4+ -or- IB5 |
S |
3350 |
Physiology of Plants |
3 |
F&F |
|
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 -and- BIOL 2020 -or- 2021 |
F |
3360 |
Vertebrate Embryology |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 2325 |
F (even) |
3370 |
Microbial Biology |
3 |
F&F |
|
BIOL 2020 -or- 2021 |
S |
3380 |
Evol & Physiol Basis of Health |
3 |
F&F |
|
BIOL 2020 -or- 2021 -or- 2420 |
F |
3410 |
Ecology & Evolution |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 -and- MATH 1170 -or- 1310 -or- 1210 - or- 1250 - or- AP Calc AB4+ -or- BC3+ -or- IB5+ |
F/S |
3430 |
Animal Behavior |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 |
S (odd) |
3460 |
Global Environmental Issues |
3 |
SF, IR, CEL |
|
|
F |
3461 |
Diversity/Justice Global Env Challenges |
1 |
|
|
Co-req BIOL 3460 |
F |
3470 |
Conservation Biology |
3 |
AS, CEL |
|
|
S |
3485 |
Conservation Biology Field Lab |
1 |
|
[L1] |
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 -and- *Co-Req: BIOL 3470 (Recommend: BIOL 3410 |
S |
3510 |
Biological Chemistry I |
3 |
CEL |
|
CHEM 2310 -or- 2311 |
ALL (Su in Chem) |
3515 |
Biological Chemistry Lab |
3 |
|
[L1] |
*Co-Req: BIOL 3510 -or- CHEM 3510 |
S |
3520 |
Biological Chemistry II |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 3510 -or- CHEM 3510 |
S |
3525 |
Molecular Biology of DNA Lab |
3 |
|
[L2] |
Recommend BIOL 3510 |
F |
3550 |
Physical Principles in Biology |
3 |
QI |
|
BIOL 2020 -or- 2021 -and- CHEM 1220 -or- 1221 -and- MATH 1180 -or- 1220 |
F |
3551 |
Physical Principles in Biology |
3 |
Honors, QI |
|
BIOL 2020 -or- 2021 -and- CHEM 1220 -or- 1221 -and- MATH 1180 -or- 1220 -and- Member of Honors College |
F |
3665 |
Form, Function & Adaptation In Animals |
3 |
F&F |
[L2] |
Instructor Permission and MATH 1180 -or-1220 -or- 1260 (Recommend PHYS 2020 -or- 2220 -or- 3220) |
S |
3960 |
Special Topics in Biology |
1-5 |
|
|
Instructor Permission. Topics vary |
check schedule |
4312 |
Human Dissection |
1 |
|
|
BIOL 4313 -or- 5313 -or- 5315 |
F/S |
4313 |
Teaching Anatomy |
1-2 |
|
|
BIOL 4313 -or- 5313 -or- 5315 |
F/S |
4314 |
Anatomy Colloquium |
1 |
|
|
Instructor Consent. |
F/S |
4316 |
Anatomy & Physiology Colloquium |
1 |
|
|
BIOL 4313 -or- 5313 |
|
4950 |
Directed Reading |
1-3 |
|
|
Instructor Consent |
ALL |
4955 |
Individual Research |
1-3 |
|
[L1-L2] |
Instructor Consent |
ALL |
4965 |
Independent Professional Internship |
1-3 |
|
|
Instructor Consent |
ALL |
4995 |
Biology Honors Research |
1-4 |
Honors |
[L1-L2] |
Instructor Consent -and- Member of Honors College |
ALL |
4999 |
Honors Thesis/Project |
3 |
Honors |
|
Instructor Consent -and- Member of Honors College |
ALL |
5011 |
Mathematical Biology I (MATH 5110) |
3 |
|
|
MATH 2250 -or- 2280 |
F |
|
Mathematical Biology II (MATH 5120) |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 5011 -or- MATH 5110 |
S |
5120 |
Gene Expression |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 2020 -or- 2021 |
S |
5210 |
Cell Structure & Function |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 2020 -or- 2021 |
S |
5221 |
Human Evolutionary Genetics |
4 |
QI |
[L1] |
MATH 1170 -or- 1210 -or- 1215 -or- 1250 -or- 1310 -or- 1311 |
S |
5255 |
Prokaryotic Genetics |
4 |
|
[L2] |
Recommend BIOL 2020 -or- 2021 -and- BIOL 2030 |
S |
5270 |
Microbial Ecosystems |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 |
|
5275 |
Microbial Diversity, Genomics & Evolution |
4 |
|
[L2] |
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 -and- 2030 |
F |
5315 |
Advanced Human Anatomy |
3 |
|
[L1] |
BIOL 2325 |
S |
5350 |
Ornithology |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 |
F? |
5355 |
Ornithology Field Lab |
1 |
|
[L1] |
*Co-req BIOL 5350 |
F? |
5370 |
Mammalogy |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 |
F |
5425 |
Mycology |
4 |
|
[L1] |
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 |
F |
5435 |
Plant Systematics |
4 |
|
[L1] |
Recommend BIOL 2020 -or- 2021 -and- 3410 |
F (even) |
5440 |
Urban Ecology |
3 |
|
|
|
F |
5455 |
Desert Ecology Field Course |
3 |
|
[L1] |
Instructor Consent. |
F? |
5460 |
Plant Ecology in a Changing World |
3 |
hybrid |
|
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 -or- Instructor Consent |
F |
5471 |
Quantitative Models in Evolutionary Ecology |
3 |
QI |
|
MATH 1050 -or- IB5+ -and- *Co-Req: BIOL 3410 |
S24? |
5480 |
Entomology |
3 |
CEL |
|
BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 |
F |
5485 |
Entomology Lab |
1 |
|
[L1] |
*Co-req BIOL 5480 |
F? |
5490 |
Ecosystem Ecology |
3 |
|
|
CHEM 1220 -or- 1221 |
S (even) |
5495 |
Biophysical Ecology |
4 |
|
[L1] |
MATH 1180 -or- 1220 -or- 1260 -or- 1320 (Recommend PHYS 2010) |
S (odd) |
5510 |
Genes, Development, and Evolution |
3 |
|
|
BIOL 1210 -or- 1610 -or- AP4+ -or-IB5 |
F |
5570 |
Ecol & Evolution Parasites & Pathogens |
3 |
F&F |
|
BIOL 1210 -or- 1610 -or AP4+ -or- IB5 -and- BIOL 1620 -or- 2010 (Recommend BIOL 3410) |
F |
5575 |
Ecol & Evolution Parasites & Pathogens La |
1 |
|
[L1] |
*Co-req BIOL 5570 |
F |
5665 |
Computational Paleobiology |
3 |
Sem |
[L1] |
Instructor Consent. Misc dates, fieldtrips |
Su |
5720 |
Biology of Biotechnology |
1 |
Half Sem |
|
|
F |
5800 |
Adv Topics in Biochem & Cell Biology |
2 |
Half Sem |
|
BIOL 2020 -or- 2021 -and- BIOL 3510 or CHEM 3510 |
Su |
5910 |
Mathematical Models in Biology |
3 |
|
|
MATH 1180 -or- 1220 -or- 1260 - or- 1320 |
|
5960 |
Advanced Special Topics in Biology |
2 |
|
|
Special Topics: Warfare Among Microbes |
F22 2nd half |
|
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CHEM |
|
|
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5750 |
Advanced Chemical Biology Lab |
2 |
Half Sem |
[L1] |
CHEM 2320 -or-2321 -and- BIOL 3510 -or- CHEM 3510 |
S |
Info about electives:
- 5xxx: The following courses CANNOT be counted as BIOL 5XXX electives: BIOL 5312, 5313, 5314, 5316, 5900
- 2xxx: A maximum of 6 CR of 2000-level BIOL courses may count towards Biology electives
- Labs: BIOL 1615 and 1625 + TWO ADDITIONAL BIOLOGY LABS totaling 3 LAB UNITS are required.
- AT LEAST 21 CR BIOLOGY must be from the BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT (including 2 labs with 3 LAB UNITS).
- Students may transfer in up to two transfer Biology labs.
Info about Science and/or Biology Credits (72 CR SCIENCE and 36 CR BIOLOGY required for BIOLOGY BA/BS):
- Biology: All Biology Courses numbered ≥ BIOL 1210, EXCEPT BIOL 1970, 3080, 3670, 4080, 4313, 4900, 5313, 5401, 5900
- Chemistry: All Chemistry Courses numbered ≥ 1210 EXCEPT 2300 and 2308.
- Math: MATH 1070, all Math Courses numbered ≥ 1170 EXCEPT 1900, 4090, 4095, and 4190.
- Physics: PHYS 1050, 1060, 1095; All Physics Courses numbered ≥ 2010 EXCEPT 3160.