Biological Sciences

Suggested Degree Pathway for Biology - Bioinformatics Option

For students who entered fall 2014 to spring 2015.

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

Course#	Course Name	Cr.
BIOL.1110	Principles of Biology I	3
BIOL.1170L	Experimental Biology I	1
BIOL.1160	Freshmen Seminar	1
CHEM.1210	Chemistry I	3
CHEM.1230L	Chemistry I Lab	1
ENGL.1010	College Writing I	3
xxxx.xxxx	Gen.Ed. Social Science²	3
Total		15

Spring Semester

Course#	Course Name	Cr.
BIOL.1120	Principles of Biology II	3
BIOL.1180L	Experimental Biology II	1
CHEM.1220	Chemistry II	3
CHEM.1240L	Chemistry II Lab	1
MATH.1380	Calc. for Life Sciences I	4
ENGL.1020	College Writing II	3
Total		15

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

Course#	Course Name	Cr.
CHEM.2210	Organic Chemistry I	3
CHEM.2290L	Organic Chem. I Lab	1
BIOL.2350	Genetics¹	3
BIOL.2370	Problems in Genetics¹	1
xxxx.xxxx	Gen.Ed. Social Science²	3
MATH.3210 / MATH.1390	Discrete Structures (recommended) / Calculus for Life Sciences II	4
Total		15

Spring Semester

Course#	Course Name	Cr.
BIOL.2200	Principles of Cell Biology¹	3
BIOL.2330	Exp. Methods in Biology¹	2
CHEM.2230	Organic Chemistry IIB	3
CHEM.2300L	Organic Chem. II Lab	1
MATH.2830	Statistics Elective	3
xxxx.xxxx	Gen.Ed. Arts/Human.²	3
Total		15

Junior Year

Fall Semester

Course#	Course Name	Cr.
BIOL.2400	Ecol., Evol., & Conservat.¹	3
BIOL.4320	Genomics	3
BIOL.4340L	Genomics Lab	1
COMP.1010	Computing I	3
COMP.1030L	Computing I Lab	1
xxxx.xxxx	Gen. Ed. Arts/Human.² (recommended: PHIL.2030, PHIL.3350, or PHIL.3410, AHE³)	3
Total		14

Spring Semester

Course#	Course Name	Cr.
BIOL.3/4xxx	Biology Elective I¹	3
BIOL.4190	Biochemistry	3
BIOL.4210L	Techniques of Biochem.	2
COMP.1020	Computing II	3
COMP.1040L	Computing II Lab	1
xxxx.xxxx	Gen.Ed. Social Science²	3
Total		15

Senior Year

Fall Semester

Course#	Course Name	Cr.
BIOL.4510	Senior Seminar¹	2
BIOL.3/4xxx	Biology Elective II⁴	3-4
COMP.2010	Computing III	4
PHYS.1030	General Physics I	3
PHYS.1030L	General Physics I Lab	1
xxxx.xxxx	Gen.Ed. Arts/Human.²	3
Total		16/17

Spring Semester

Course#	Course Name	Cr.
BIOL.3/4xxx	Biology Elective III⁴	3-4
COMP.xxxx	Computing Elective	3
PHYS.1040	General Physics II	3
PHYS.1040L	General Physics II Lab	1
xxxx.xxxx	Free Elective	3
Total		13/14

Total Minimum Credits = 120

¹Courses may be taken either in fall or spring term of the academic year.

²The General Education (Gen. Ed.) Breadth of Knowledge Electives for SS and AH may be taken in any order. Consult the General Education web site for the list of approved courses. One Diversity course (D) need to be included among the total of five AH and SS courses.

³These courses count as a Gen.Ed. AH course and fulfill the Gen.Ed. Ethics requirement.

⁴One of Biology Electives II or III must include the corresponding lab course (minimum of 1 credit).

Restriction on off-campus study:

Be advised that any course taken at another institution must be formally approved prior to enrollment. See the catalog policy for details.

Last updated: 10/17/2017