Biology (B.S.) Major Requirements

Degree: Bachelor of Science

Credit Hours: 65+

"PR" indicates a pre-requisite. "CO" indicates a co-requisite.

Courses within this major may also satisfy general education requirements. Please consult http://advising.cofc.edu/general-edu for more information.

Required Courses

BIOL 111	Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology (3) PR: None; CO: BIOL 111L
BIOL 111L	Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology Lab (1) CO: BIOL 111
OR
HONS 151	Honors Biology I (3) PR: None; CO: HONS 151L
HONS 151L	Honors Biology I Lab (1) CO: HONS 151

BIOL 112	Evolution, Form, and Function of Organisms (3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L; CO: BIOL 112L
BIOL 112L	Evolution, Form, and Function of Organisms Lab (1) CO: BIOL 112L
OR
HONS 152	Honors Biology II (3) PR: HONS 151 and 151L; CO: HONS 152L
HONS 152L	Honors Biology II Lab (1) CO: HONS 152

BIOL 211	Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Biology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L; CO: BIOL 211D
BIOL 211D	Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Biology Discussion (0) CO: BIOL 211
BIOL 305	Genetics (3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L; PR or CO: BIOL 211 and 211D and MATH 250 or instructor permission

Complete 19 credit hours of 300-level or above BIOL courses including at least four courses with labs from the BIOLOGY 300-LEVEL AND ABOVE ELECTIVES LIST. Note: Independent study, tutorial, Bachelor's Essay, or BIOL 450 and 451 with labs do not fulfill the lab requirement.

BIOLOGY 300-LEVEL AND ABOVE ELECTIVES LIST

BIOL 300	Botany (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 301	Plant Taxonomy (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 302	Plant Anatomy (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 303	Phycology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 304	Plant Physiology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and one year of chemistry; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 305L	Genetics Lab (1) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L; PR or CO: BIOL 211 and 211D, BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 310	General Microbiology (4) PR: One year of Chemistry and BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L; and BIOL 211 and 211D or CHEM 232 and 232L; PR or CO: MATH 250; BIOL 305 or CHEM 232 and 232L
BIOL 312	Molecular Biology (3) PR: One year of Chemistry and BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L; BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305 or CHEM 232 and 232L; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 312L	Molecular Biology Laboratory (1) PR or CO: BIOL 312 and MATH 250. Students cannot use both BIOL 412 and BIOL 312L towards their major requirements.
BIOL 313	Cell Biology (3) PR: One year of Chemistry and BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L; and BIOL 211 and 211D or CHEM 232 and 232L; PR or CO: MATH 250; BIOL 305 or CHEM 232 and 232L
BIOL 313L	Cell Biology Laboratory (1) PR or CO: BIOL 313 and MATH 250
BIOL 314	Immunology (3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305 and one year of Chemistry; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 320	Histology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 321	General and Comparative Physiology (4) PR: One year of Chemistry and BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L; BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305 or CHEM 232 and 232L; PR or CO: MATH 250 or equivalent course in statistics or instructor permission
BIOL 322	Developmental Biology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 323	Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 332	Vertebrate Zoology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 333	Ornithology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 334	Herpetology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 335	Biology of Fishes (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 336	Parasitology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 337	Invertebrate Zoology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 338	Entomology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 339	Dinosaur Biology (3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 340	Zoogeography (3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 341	General Ecology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 342	Oceanography (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250; one year of college-level Math and one year of college-level Chemistry
BIOL 343	Animal Behavior (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 350	Evolution (3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 351	Principles of Neurobiology (3) PR: PSYC 103 and BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L; BIOL 211 and 211D or PSYC 214; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 352	Neurobiology and Behavior (3) PR: BIOL 351 or PSYC 351 or PSYC 214; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 353	Hormones and Behavior (3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 357	Oceanographic Research (4) PR: BIOL 342 and instructor permission; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 360	Introduction to Biometry (3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 396	Biophysical Modeling of Excitable Cells (3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and PHYS 111 and 111L and PHYS 112 and 112 L or HONS 158 and 158L or BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305 and PHYS 101 and 101L and PHYS 102 and 102L; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 399	Tutorial (1-3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305; 3.00 GPA or higher in BIOL; junior standing and tutor and department chair permission; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 406	Conservation Biology (3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305 and BIOL 341 or permission of instructor; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 410	Applied and Environmental Microbiology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; BIOL 310 and one year of Chemistry; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 411	Microtechnique and Cytochemistry (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and one year of Chemistry; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 412	Capstone in Molecular Biology (3) PR: BIOL 111/111L or HONS 151/151L, BIOL 112/112L or HONS 152/152L, BIOL 211/211D, BIOL 305, BIOL 312, MATH 111 PR or CO: CHEM 351, MATH 250. Students cannot use both BIOL 412 and BIOL 312L towards their major requirements.
BIOL 414	Environmental Immunology (3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and one year of Chemistry; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and BIOL 312 or BIOL 313 or CHEM 351 and MATH 250
BIOL 420	General and Comparative Endocrinology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250 and a course in physiology or instructor permission
BIOL 421	Topics in Physiology, Cell, and Molecular Biology of Marine Organisms (3) PR: BIOL 312 or 313; BIOL 321 and instructor permission; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 444	Plant Ecology (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 341 or instructor permission; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 445	Systematic Biology (3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305; junior standing and at least one upper division course in organismal Biology; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 446	Special Topics in Neuroscience (3) PR: Junior or senior standing and instructor permission; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 447	Seminar in Neuroscience (3) PR: BIOL 351 or PSYC 351 and BIOL 352 or PSYC 352; CO: BIOL 448 or PSYC 448; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 448	Bachelor's Essay in Neuroscience (6) PR: BIOL 351 or PSYC 351 and BIOL 352 or PSYC 352 and permission of student's major department and the neuroscience program director; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 449	Biology of Coral Reefs (3) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305 and 341; 3.00 GPA or higher in BIOL; junior standing and 15 credit hours of BIOL completed or instructor and department chair permission; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 450	Problems in Biology (1-4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305; 3.00 GPA or higher in science courses; junior standing and instructor and department chair permission; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 451	Problems in Marine Biology (1-4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305; 3.00 GPA or higher in science courses; junior standing and instructor and department chair permission; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 452	Seminar (1) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D; 2.50 GPA or higher in BIOL; junior standing and 15 credit hours of BIOL completed; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 453	Special Topics (1-4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and instructor permission; PR or CO: BIOL 305 and MATH 250
BIOL 455	Seminar in Molecular Biology (2) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305, 312 and 313; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 499	Bachelor's Essay (6) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305; 3.00 GPA or higher in BIOL; instructor and department chair permission; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 501	Biology of the Crustacea (4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305 and 337; 3.00 GPA or higher in BIOL and junior standing and 15 credit hours of BIOL completed or instructor and department chair permission; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 502	Special Topics in Marine Biology (1-4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305; 3.00 GPA or higher in BIOL and junior standing and 15 credit hours of BIOL completed or instructor and department chair permission; PR or CO: MATH 250
BIOL 503	Special Topics in Ecology (3-4) PR: BIOL 111 and 111L or HONS 151 and 151L and BIOL 112 and 112L or HONS 152 and 152L and BIOL 211 and 211D and BIOL 305 and 341; 3.00 GPA or higher in BIOL and junior standing and 15 credit hours of BIOL completed or instructor and department chair permission; PR or CO: MATH 250

Chemistry Requirement

CHEM 111	Principles of Chemistry (3) PR or CO: unless students exempt MATH 111 (via diagnostic testing) or have completed this course as a pre-requisite, they are required to take MATH 111 as a co-requisite; CO: CHEM 111L
CHEM 111L	Principles of Chemistry Lab (1) CO: CHEM 111

CHEM 112	Principles of Chemistry (3) PR: CHEM 111 and 111L or HONS 153 and 153L; CO: CHEM 112L (MATH 120 strongly recommended)
CHEM 112L	Principles of Chemistry Lab (1) CO: CHEM 112

CHEM 231	Organic Chemistry (3) PR: CHEM 112 and CHEM 112L or HONS 154 and HONS 154L; CO: CHEM 231L
CHEM 231L	Introduction to Organic Chemistry Laboratory Techniques (1) CO: CHEM 231

CHEM 232	Organic Chemistry (3) PR: CHEM 231 and CHEM 231L; CO: CHEM 232L
CHEM 232L	Organic Synthesis and Analysis (1) CO: CHEM 232

Physics Requirement

PHYS 101	Introductory Physics (3) PR: None; CO: PHYS 101L
PHYS 101L	Introductory Physics Lab (1) CO: PHYS 101
AND
PHYS 102	Introductory Physics (3) PR: PHYS 101 and 101L; CO: PHYS 102L
PHYS 102L	Introductory Physics Lab (1) CO: PHYS 102

OR

PHYS 111	General Physics I (3) PR or CO: MATH 120 or equivalent or instructor permission; CO: PHYS 111L
PHYS 111L	General Physics I Lab (1) CO: PHYS 111L
AND
PHYS 112	General Physics II (3) PR: PHYS 111 and 111L or HONS 157 and 157L; PR or CO: MATH 220 or equivalent or instructor permission; CO: PHYS 112L
PHYS 112L	General Physics II Lab (1) CO: PHYS 112

Mathematics Requirement

MATH 120	Introductory Calculus (4) PR: MATH 111 or placement
MATH 250	Statistical Methods I (3) PR: Either MATH 111, 120 or instructor permission

Notes:

MATH 250 is a prerequisite for all 300-level BIOL courses.
CHEM 221 is a recommended course.
Honors students can take the alternative sequence of HONS 191/HONS 191L, HONS 192/HONS 192L, HONS 293/HONS 293L, and HONS 294/HONS 294L in lieu of CHEM 111/111L, CHEM 112/112L, CHEM 231/231L, and CHEM 232/CHEM 232L
Honors students can take the alternative sequence of HONS 157/HONS 157L and HONS 158/HONS 158L in lieu of PHYS 111/111L and PHYS 112/112L