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Biology Courses

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This listing below includes all courses taught by the Department of Biology, as well as courses taught by other departments that may be accepted for credit towards the biology major. A description of each course, including prerequisites, may be found by clicking on the course number.

Looking for course requirements? See the details for the major or minor. You may also find the Advise-O-Matic or typical four year plan helpful in planning your major.

Looking for courses that meet certain requirements? Try the Course Search page.

A complete listing of course descriptions is also available. For a current course schedule, see the Registrar's Class Schedule Search

Important note: The semester listings on this page reflect the normal offerings but are not a guarantee that a course will be taught during a particular semester or year.

Number Title Credits Instructor Offered Satisfies*
Non-majors courses — 100-level courses may not be used for credit towards the Biology major
BIO 141 Charles Darwin: Life & Impact 3 Burk I (AY)
BIO 149 Human Biology 3 Shibata I
BIO 150 Biotechnology and Society 3 van Dijk II
Introductory courses — The General Biology sequence may be taken in either order
BIO 201 General Biology: Organismal and Population 3 Staff II, S
BIO 202 General Biology: Cell and Molecular 3 Staff I, S
BIO 205 General Biology: Organismal and Population Laboratory 1 Staff II, S
BIO 206 General Biology: Cell and Molecular Laboratory 1 Staff I, S
BIO 297 Directed Research 0-2 Staff I, II, PS, S
Note: BIO 201 and 205 together replace the single older course, BIO 212. (BIO 212 counts towards the major as BIO 201 and 205 do.)
BIO 202 and 206 together replace the single older course, BIO 211. (BIO 211 counts towards the major as BIO 202 and 206 do.)
Upper-level courses — General Biology is a prerequisite for most of these courses
BIO 317 Genetics 3 Brockhouse/Cho I, II, S (OD)Cell
BIO 318 Genetics Laboratory 1 Brockhouse IILab
BIO 333 Vertebrate Comparative Anatomy 4 Platz ILab, Org
BIO 335 Zoology 4 Schalles IILab, Org
BIO 341 General Botany 4 Taylor IILab, Org
BIO 351 Microbiology 4 van Dijk ILab, Cell
BIO 362 Cell Structure and Function 3 Austerberry/Shibata I, IICell
BIO 385 The Ecology, Geography and Health of Lakes 4 Schalles PS (AY)CW, Lab, Pop
BIO 390 Environmental Science 3 Schalles/Vinton IIPop
BIO 397 Directed Independent Research (Extramural) 0-3 Taylor I, II, PS, S
BIO 401 Biostatistics 4 Cullum IILab
BIO 419 Molecular Genetics Laboratory 2 Austerberry/Cho IICW, Lab
BIO 425 Development of Biological Thought 3 Brockhouse PS
BIO 432 Immunology 3 Shibata ICell
BIO 435 Coastal and Estuarine Ecology 4 Schalles PS (AY)Lab, Pop
BIO 449 Animal Physiology 3 Cullum/Fassbinder-Orth I, IIOrg
BIO 450 Animal Physiology Laboratory 1 Fassbinder-Orth ILab
BIO 467 Developmental Biology 4 Reedy IILab, Org
BIO 481 Terrestrial Ecology 4 Vinton I, S (OD)CW, Lab, Pop
BIO 483 Vertebrate Natural History 3 Platz IIPop
BIO 484 Vertebrate Natural History Laboratory 1 Platz IILab
BIO 485 Marine and Freshwater Ecology 3 Schalles IPop
BIO 486 Freshwater Ecology Laboratory 1 Schalles ILab
BIO 487 Marine Ecology Laboratory 1 Schalles IICW, Lab
BIO 490 Seminar in Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Instruction 1 Staff ILab†
BIO 492 Seminar in Undergraduate Classroom Instruction 1 Staff I
BIO 493 Directed Independent Readings 1-3 Staff I, II, S
BIO 495 Directed Independent Study 1-3 Staff I, II, S
BIO 497 Directed Independent Research 0-3 Staff I, II, S
BIO 501 Bioinformatics: Genomics Approach 4 Cho II (AY)Lab, Cell
BIO 517 Current Topics in Genetics 3 Brockhouse ICW, Cell
BIO 520 Cytogenetics 4 Brockhouse I (AY)Lab, Cell
BIO 523 Environmental Toxicology 3 Schalles I (AY)Pop
BIO 532 Current Topics in Cellular and Molecular Biology 3 Austerberry/van Dijk IICW, Cell
BIO 539 Ecology of Zoonotic Diseases 3 Fassbinder-Orth IICW, Pop
BIO 541 Advanced Topics in Plant Biology 3 Taylor II (AY)CW, Org
BIO 549 Environmental Physiology 3 Cullum I (AY)CW, Org
BIO 551 Current Topics in Microbiology 3 van Dijk IICW, Cell
BIO 559 Special Topics in Physiology 3 Cullum I (AY)CW, Org
BIO 561 Entomology 4 Burk I (AY)Lab, Org
BIO 562 Neurobiology 3 Shibata ICell or Org
BIO 563 Neurobiology Laboratory 2 Shibata IICW, Lab
BIO 567 Current Topics in Neuroscience 3 Shibata Cell
BIO 571 Animal Behavior 3 Burk I, SOrg
BIO 572 Animal Behavior Laboratory 2 Burk IICW, Lab
BIO 580 Current Topics in Ecology 3 Vinton IICW, Pop
BIO 581 Evolution 4 Platz ILab, Pop
Outside courses — One of the following may be applied towards the Biology major (not minor)
BMS 521 Principles of Biochemistry 4
CHM 371 Biochemistry of Metabolism 3
PHY 353 Introduction to Biological Physics 3

*Key to Satisfies column:

  • CW - satisfies one of the college's Certified Writing requirements
  • Lab - satisfies one of the Biology major's laboratory requirements
  • Cell - counts as a molecular/cellular course for the Biology major's area of study requirement
  • Org - counts as an organismal course
  • Pop - counts as a population/ecology/evolution course

Note - Courses listing two areas of study can count as one or the other, not both.

†BIO 490 counts as one laboratory course if taken twice. See the major requirements for more information.