Current Courses

Fall

Spring

Classes for Non-Majors

 FTS 100 First-Term Seminar WRITI (past offerings include: reproductive technology, explorer naturalists, genetic testing, pirates and sea monsters, and more)

NDL144 Life Hacks for STEM Success

BIO100 Biology Explorations ^NASP

Biology Core

& required Chemistry

BIO101 Principles of Biology ^{NASP (syllabus from Grinnell; 2016 lab syllabus)}

CHE107 Principles of Chemistry ^NASP

BIO201 Cell and Molecular Biology 

BIO102 Organismal Biology (syllabi from Bloch-Qazi; lab syllabus) 

CHE141 Organic Chemistry

BIO202 Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior ^RR

200-level Electives

One may count as a required elective.

BIO241 Invertebrate Zoology ^{WRITD, ODD}

BIO245 Conservation Biology ^{WRITD, RR}

CHE255 Biochemistry ^RR

GEO241 Paleontology ^ODD

BIO218 Fundamentals of Microbiology

BIO242 Vertebrate Zoology

CHE255 Biochemistry ^RR

PSY260 Introduction to Neuroscience

300-level Electives

Requires completion of Core.

Biology majors require 4 additional courses, of which 3 must be of 300-level.

BIO344 Bioinformatics ^OCC

BIO344 Ecosystem Processes ^{OCC, RR}

BIO372 Animal Behavior

BIO374 Genetics LEC

BIO375 Cancer Biology ^{WRITD, RR}

BIO376 Entomology ^EVEN

BIO378 Plant Physiology ^EVEN

BIO383 Aquatic Biology ^ODD

BIO384 Neurobiology ^WRITD

CHE360 Proteins ^{OCC, WRITD}

BIO370 Ecology ^RR

BIO373 Cell Biology WRITD, ^RR

BIO377 Plant Systematics ^ODD

BIO380 Microbiology ^{WRITD, RR}

BIO382 Developmental Biology

BIO386 Comparative Physiology ^RR

BIO388 Molecular Genetics ^{WRITD, RR}

CHE360 Proteins ^{OCC, WRITD}

PSY385 Neuroscience Capstone

Additional Options

• BIO268,368 Career Explorations, Internship
• BIO291, 391 Independent Study
• BIO292,392 Biology Research
• BIO396 Directed Research (OCC)
• BIO397 Biology Honors Thesis

List of Abbreviations

• BIO = strikethrough indicates a class that is taught regularly, but not this academic year
• EVEN = typically offered in even years (2018, 2020, ...)
• LEC = lecture only. Only two 300-level courses without laboratory may count towards the major.
• NASP = meets Natural Science Perspective general education requirement
• OCC = offered occasionally
• ODD = typically offered in odd years (2017, 2019, ...)
• RR = Registration Restricted to declared majors only
• WRITD = Writing in the Discipline course
• WRITI - Writing Intensive course