Biology, BA

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Requirements

In order to earn the bachelor of arts degree with a major in biology, students must complete a minimum of 180 quarter credits with a cumulative and major/department grade point average of 2.00, including the following:

I. Core Curriculum Requirements

Module I: Engaging Academic Inquiry

UCOR 1100 - Academic Writing Seminar
UCOR 1200 - Quantitative Reasoning (satisfied in major)
UCOR 1300 - Creative Expression and Interpretation
UCOR 1400 - Inquiry Seminar in the Humanities
UCOR 1600 - Inquiry Seminar in the Social Sciences
UCOR 1800 - Inquiry Seminar in the Natural Sciences (satisfied in major)

Module II: Engaging Jesuit Traditions

Module III: Engaging the World

II. Major Requirements

48 total credits in biology¹, including:

Choose one of the following eight options:

See Notes below⁴:

Choose one of the following seven courses:

See Notes below⁴:

Choose one of the following eleven courses:

See Notes below⁴:

Senior Synthesis, choose one of the following two options:

NOTES:

A minimum grade of C (2.00) is required for any biology course that will serve as a prerequisite for another biology course.
A minimum grade of C (2.00) is required in BIOL 2700 - Genetics .
A maximum of 5 credits of independent study in biology can be counted toward the 10 credits of biology electives.
At least 15 credits of the biology elective courses (non-senior synthesis) must be from 3000- or 4000-level courses (see Course Descriptions ). Some of the course choices may require prerequisites beyond the minimal degree requirements.

III. Other Major Department Requirements

Chemistry

15 credits in chemistry, typically:

CHEM 1500 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 1501 - General Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 1510 - General Chemistry II
CHEM 1511 - General Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM 1520 - General Chemistry III
Other courses with approval of Biology Department

Natural Sciences

15 to 17 credits. Choose one of the following two options:

Option a:

Complete 15 credits.

Option b:

Complete 15 to 17 credits.

Choose one:

And choose two of the following:

CHEM 2500 /2501 - Organic Chemistry: Structure and Reactivity and Lab
CHEM 2510 /2511 - Organic Chemistry: Functional Group Interconversions and Lab
PHYS 1050 - Mechanics
PHYS 1060 - Waves, Sound, Electricity and Magnetism

Science elective

5 credit science elective approved by department