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The Biology Program

The program of the Department of Biology is organized to provide majors with a sound introduction to the principles of biology and to develop an appreciation for the diversity and complexity of living things. The department attempts to provide majors both breadth and depth of training as well as a variety of approaches to the study of life, while allowing maximum flexibility in the development of programs consistent with the interests and needs of individual students. The major requirements below have been designed with these objectives in mind.

Given the increasing intersection of modern biology with other sciences, majors may wish to enhance their training through a minor in other programs. In addition to those programs offering undergraduate majors, minors are also available in Biochemistry, Environmental Science and Policy, Marine Science, Public Health, and, through the Applied Science program, in Computational Biology.

Graduate Program

The department offers the degrees of Master of Science and Master of Arts. For degree requirements and a description of graduate courses, see the Biology section of the Graduate Arts & Sciences catalog.

Programs and Course Descriptions

Programs

• Biology Minor
• Biology, BS

Courses

• BIOL 100 - Critical Questions in Biology
• BIOL 106 - Disease, Biomedicine, and Biomedical Research
• BIOL 112 - Medicine and the Mind
• BIOL 115 - Memory and Learning: A Practical Guide for Students
• BIOL 150 - First-Year Seminar
• BIOL 201 - Freshman Research
• BIOL 220 - Introduction to Organisms, Ecology, Evolution
• BIOL 221 - Introduction to Organisms, Ecology, Evolution Laboratory
• BIOL 225 - Introduction to Molecules, Cells, Development
• BIOL 226 - Introduction to Molecules, Cells, Development Laboratory
• BIOL 230 - Introduction to Marine Science
• BIOL 298 - Freshman Honors Biology Laboratory I
• BIOL 299 - Freshman Honors Biology Laboratory II
• BIOL 302 - Integrative Biology: Animals
• BIOL 303 - Introduction to Biological Research
• BIOL 304 - Integrative Biology: Plants
• BIOL 306 - Microbiology
• BIOL 310 - Molecular Cell Biology
• BIOL 312 - Evolution of Organisms
• BIOL 317 - Paleontology
• BIOL 318 - Conservation Biology
• BIOL 325 - Introduction to Quantitative Biology
• BIOL 327 - Introduction to Biostatistics
• BIOL 345 - Neurobiology
• BIOL 351 - Cellular Biophysics and Modeling
• BIOL 356 - Random Walks in Biology
• BIOL 401 - Evolutionary Genetics
• BIOL 403 - Research in Biology
• BIOL 404 - Special Topics in Biology
• BIOL 407 - Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory
• BIOL 409 - Virology
• BIOL 410 - Animal Behavior
• BIOL 412 - Vascular Plant Systematics
• BIOL 414 - Biochemistry
• BIOL 415 - General Endocrinology
• BIOL 416 - Ornithology
• BIOL 417 - Population and Community Ecology
• BIOL 418 - Functional Ecology
• BIOL 419 - Plant Development and Physiology
• BIOL 420 - Genetic Analysis
• BIOL 421 - Genetic Analysis Laboratory
• BIOL 426 - Aquatic Ecology
• BIOL 427 - Wetland Ecosystems
• BIOL 428 - General Entomology
• BIOL 430 - Mechanisms of Bacterial Symbiosis
• BIOL 432 - Principles of Animal Physiology
• BIOL 433 - Developmental Biology
• BIOL 437 - Immunology
• BIOL 438 - Immunology Laboratory
• BIOL 442 - Molecular Genetics
• BIOL 443 - Molecular Genetics Laboratory
• BIOL 444 - Biology Laboratory Teaching
• BIOL 445 - GIS for Biologists
• BIOL 447 - Neurophysiology
• BIOL 452 - Self-Organization in Life and Chemical Sciences
• BIOL 453 - Protein Structure and Function
• BIOL 453L - Protein Structure and Function Laboratory
• BIOL 454 - Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution
• BIOL 455 - How Students Learn
• BIOL 456 - Vertebrate Biology
• BIOL 457 - Invertebrate Biology
• BIOL 458 - Conservation Biology Laboratory
• BIOL 459 - Critiquing Biomedical Assumptions
• BIOL 460 - Advanced Seminar in Biology
• BIOL 480 - Directed Readings in Biology
• BIOL 495 - Honors
• BIOL 496 - Honors

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