Contents
Catalog Links

Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology (B.S.)

Requirements

Required Courses

BIO 124Biological Principles

3
BIO 125Biological Principles Lab

1
BIO 200Biology of Plants

4
BIO 202Biology of Animals (Zoology)

3
BIO 203Biology of Animals Lab

1
BIO 207Fundamentals of Ecology/Biodiversity

3
BIO 221Biological Statistics & Experimental Design

3
BIO 325General Microbiology

3
BIO 326General Microbiology Lab

1
BIO 401Genetics

4
BIO 404General Ecology

3
BIO 405General Ecology Lab

1
BIO 426Comparative Animal Physiology & Lab

4
BIO 428Evolutionary Biology

3
BIO 440Conservation Biology

4
BIO 479Research/Internship

1-6
BIO 480Biology Capstone Course

1
BIO 480Biology Capstone Course

1
CHEM 110General Chemistry I

3
CHEM 111General Chemistry I Lab

1
CHEM 112General Chemistry II

3
CHEM 113General Chemistry II Lab

1
MATH 145Pre-Calculus

4

Choose one course from the vertebrate zoology block:

BIO 343Vertebrate Zoology & Lab

4
BIO 380Zoo Ornithology & Lab

4
BIO 382Zoo Herpetology & Lab

4
BIO 384Zoo Mammalogy & Lab

4
BIO 408Herpetology

4

BIO 380, 382, and 384 require the Zoo Sciences course fee. BIO 408 Herpetology may count as a systematics course OR a vertebrate zoology course in the Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology major but not both.

Choose one course from the systematics block:

BIO 331Plant Taxonomy Systematic Botany

4
BIO 335Arthropod Diversity

4
BIO 346Mycology

3
BIO 356Parasitology

4
BIO 408Herpetology

4
BIO 430Field Botany

4
BIO 442Freshwater Invertebrates

4

BIO 408 Herpetology may count as a systematics course OR a vertebrate zoology course in the Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology major but not both.

BIO 430 Field Botany may count as a systematics course OR a field/lab course in the Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology major but not both.

Choose one course from the field/lab sciences block:

BIO 225Terrestrial Ecological Habitats & Biological Diversity

3
BIO 329Applied Microbiology

4
BIO 406Field Biology & Lab

4
BIO 430Field Botany

4
BIO 478Special Topics in Biology II

1-4

BIO 430 Field Botany may count as a systematics course OR a field/lab course in the Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology major but not both.

Choose 8 hours from the biology electives block:

BIO 208Foundational Cell & Molecular Biology

3
Any 300-400 BIO