圣弗朗西斯大学

The Biology, B.A. degree provides broad training in the biological sciences, and requires students to broaden their education via a minor, second major, or pre-law concentration. The program provides training across all major fields of the biological sciences, including molecular and cellular biology, organismal biology, ecology, and evolution. The requirements include a core curriculum common to all biology majors, as well as electives that are selected from clusters that represent major levels of analysis within the biological sciences. Students enrolled in this degree who are interested in graduate or professional school may need to complete additional chemistry and physics coursework beyond what is required for this degree, and should consider completing the "Biology, B.S.", or one of the Biology, B.S. concentrations instead of the B.A.

Biology Major Core Curriculum:

BIOL 110 - Introduction to Biology: Evolution, Ecology, and Plant Biology
BIOL 111 - Introduction to Biology: Molecules, Cells, and Animal Physiology
BIOL 131 - Biology Freshman Seminar
BIOL 231 - Biology Sophomore Seminar
BIOL 301 - Genetics
BIOL 331 - Biology Junior Seminar
BIOL 402 - Evolution
BIOL 431 - Senior Seminar

Biology Clusters

Select at least 18 additional credits from the list of courses below, including at least one course from each of the three biology clusters. At least four of these additional courses must have a laboratory component.

Molecules and Cells

BIOL 302 - General Microbiology
BIOL 305 - Immunology
BIOL 401 - Cell and Molecular Biology
BIOL 405 - Biochemistry
BIOL 430 - Advanced Laboratory Methods in Molecular Biology

Organismal Biology

BIOL 204 - Invertebrate Zoology
BIOL 205 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I
BIOL 206 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II
BIOL 211 - Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
BIOL 212 - Developmental Biology
BIOL 218 - Marine Biology
BIOL 306 - Animal Nutrition
BIOL 403 - Advanced Botany
BIOL 406 - Vertebrate Physiology

Ecology

BIOL 203 - Ecology
BIOL 208 - Animal Behavior
BIOL 220 - Conservation Biology
BIOL 320 - Vertebrate Zoology
BIOL 322 - Field Biology
BIOL 326 - Freshwater Aquatic Biology

Other Optional Courses:

The following course are not listed in the clusters above, but may be used toward the required 18 additional credits in biology:

BIOL 150 (maximum 1 credit)
BIOL 194/294/394/494 - Biological Research
Any 300- or 400-level Biology courses

Collateral Requirements:

CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I

CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II

CHEM 221 - Organic Chemistry I

MATH 112 - Calculus or

MATH 121 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry I

One of the following statistics courses:

BIOL 315 - Biostatistics or

MATH 215 - Introductory Statistics or

STAT 205 - Essentials of Statistics

PHYS 104 - An Introduction to Physics I or

PHYS 121 - General Physics I