Biology Concentration

For all classes up to and including the class of 2021: A concentration in biology consists of 12.5 credits.

All concentrators must take:

Course Number	Title	Credits
BIO-100
BIO-102
BIO-115
BIO-550	Senior Thesis I	1
BIO-551	Senior Thesis II	0.5

Take Two credits in Chemistry:

Course Number	Title	Credits
CHEM-120	Principles of Chemistry	1
CHEM-125	Principles of Chemistry: Fundamentals to Applications	1
CHEM-190	Organic Chemistry I	1

Take One credit related to Science in Society

Course Number	Title	Credits

Take at least Four additional courses with laboratories

Course Number	Title	Credits

Beginning with the class of 2022: A concentration in biology consists of 12 credits

All concentrators must take at least 1 Bio-100 and the Senior Thesis:

Course Number	Title	Credits
BIO-100B	Explorations of Biology: Frankenstein Fish	1
BIO-100C	Explorations of Biology: Life at the extreme	1
BIO-100D	Explorations in Biology: Neurobiology and Animal Behavior.	1
BIO-100E	Explorations in Biology: Microbes Rule	1
BIO-100F	Explorations in Biology: Genetic Engineering.	1
BIO-100G	Explorations in Biology: Life in Space.	1
BIO-100H	Explorations in Biology: Disease Ecology in a Changing World	1
BIO-100J	Explorations in Biology: Our Blue Planet	1
BIO-100K	Genes, Patterns, and Embryos	1
BIO-550	Senior Thesis I	1

At least four additional courses with laboratories

Take at least one upper level laboratory course from within each of the following curricular categories:

Course Number	Title	Credits

Cell and Molecular Biology:

Course Number	Title	Credits
BIO-212	Introduction to Bioinformatics	1
BIO-221	Microbiology	1
BIO-248	Genes and Genomes	1
BIO-270/BICHM-270/CHEM-270	Biological Chemistry	1
BIO-334	Developmental Genetics	1
BIO-346/BICHM-346	Biochemistry	1
BIO-357/NEURO-357	Cellular Neurobiology	1

Organismal Biology:

Course Number	Title	Credits
BIO-213	Marine Biology	1
BIO-222	Human Anatomy	1
BIO-228	Invertebrate Biology	1
BIO-280	Plant Function and Structure	1
BIO-330/NEURO-330/PSYCH-330	Systems Neuroscience	1
BIO-331	Vertebrate Physiology	1
BIO-334	Developmental Genetics	1
BIO-343	Ecological Physiology	1

Ecology/Evolution

Course Number	Title	Credits
BIO-212	Introduction to Bioinformatics	1
BIO-213	Marine Biology	1
BIO-228	Invertebrate Biology	1
BIO-237	Ecology	1
BIO-238	Community and Ecosystem Ecology	1
BIO-290/GEOSC-290	Paleontology	1
BIO-343	Ecological Physiology	1

Take Two credits in Chemistry

Course Number	Title	Credits
CHEM-120	Principles of Chemistry	1
CHEM-125	Principles of Chemistry: Fundamentals to Applications	1
CHEM-190	Organic Chemistry I	1

Take One credit related to Science in Society

Course Number	Title	Credits