Biology Concentration

A Biology concentration consists of 12 credits

All concentrators must take one BIO-100 and BIO-550, the Senior Thesis:

Course Number	Title	Credits
BIO-100B	Explorations in Biology: Frankenstein Fish	1
BIO-100D	Explorations in Biology: A Diagnostic Odyssey	1
BIO-100E	Explorations in Biology: Microbes Rule	1
BIO-100F	Explorations in Biology: Genetic Engineering	1
BIO-100H	Explorations in Biology: Disease Ecology in a Changing World	1
BIO-100J	Explorations in Biology: Our Blue Planet	1
BIO-100K	Explorations in Biology: Coming to Life – Embryogenesis and Development	1
BIO-550	Senior Thesis I	1

All concentrators must take at least four additional courses with laboratories, at least one from within each of the following curricular categories:

Course Number	Title	Credits

Cell and Molecular Biology:

Course Number	Title	Credits
BIO-211/NEURO-211	Genes, Molecules, and Cells	1
BIO-212	Introduction to Bioinformatics	1
BIO-221	Microbiology	1
BIO-249	Genetics for the Health Professions	1
BIO-260/GEOSC-260	Geomicrobiology
BIO-270/BICHM-270/CHEM-270	Biological Chemistry	1
BIO-334/NEURO-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 Ecology	1
BIO-222	Human Anatomy	1
BIO-228	Invertebrate Biology	1
BIO-330/PSYCH-330/NEURO-330	Systems Neuroscience	1
BIO-334/NEURO-334	Developmental Genetics	1
BIO-335	Neurophysiology	1
BIO-340/NEURO-340	Neuroendocrinology	1

Ecology and Evolution:

Course Number	Title	Credits
BIO-212	Introduction to Bioinformatics	1
BIO-213	Marine Ecology	1
BIO-228	Invertebrate Biology	1
BIO-237	Ecology	1
BIO-250	Biodiversity: Crisis and Solutions	1
BIO-290/GEOSC-290	Paleontology	1

Take two credits in Chemistry

Course Number	Title	Credits
CHEM-120	Principles of Chemistry	1
CHEM-190	Organic Chemistry I	1

Students must take three biology courses that carry an SSIH designation.

Course Number	Title	Credits