The BIOL B.A. has 9 to 10 credits of elective courses in BIOL beyond the five-course core, consisting of Elective 1, Elective 2 and Lab Elective.

Elective 1

Students must take one course from the following list:BIOL 251 and 252 (Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II--both must be taken to satisfy this elective), BIOL 275 (Microbiology), BIOL 304 (Plant Biology), BIOL 305 (Animal Physiology), BIOL 395 (Introduction to Bioinformatics), BIOL 430 (Biological Chemistry), BIOL 442 (Developmental Biology), or any BIOL 4XX (see note below for courses excluded from this elective). In addition, this elective can be satisfied by taking one of the following courses from the Geography and Environmental Systems program: GES 406 (Aquatic Ecology), GES 408 (Field Ecology) or GES 413 (Seminar in Biogeography).

Note that BIOL 251 and 252 can only be used as an elective in the BIOL B.A. and will not be accepted as an elective in the B.S. major.

Elective 2

As a second elective, students can take any BIOL 4XX course except BIOL 430 (Biological Chemistry) or BIOL 442 (Developmental Biology) or those courses listed in the note below. A given BIOL 4XX course can used to satisfy Elective 1 or 2, but not both.

Lab Elective

Students must take one laboratory course from the following list: BIOL 275L (Microbiology Laboratory), BIOL 305L (Animal Physiology) or any of the new laboratories to be implemented by Fall 2011 including Cell & Developmental Biology, Molecular Genetics, Quantitative Biology or others to be determined.

Note:

The following BIOL 4XX courses cannot be used to satisfy electives for this major: BIOL 422L (Microscopy in the Biological Sciences), BIOL 495 (Seminar in Bioinformatics), BIOL 497H (Honors Capstone), BIOL 499 or 499H (Undergraduate Laboratory Field Research).