Biology (BA)

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Biology is not available as a dual major for students who have declared a major in biochemistry-molecular biology or neuroscience.

Required Courses

All laboratories for the required courses below must be taken in person. Courses completed elsewhere without an in-person laboratory (i.e., with an online or at-home laboratory instead) will not be accepted for transfer even if the content is otherwise the same as in the course requirement below.

BI - 151 Introductory Biology I Credits: 4
BI - 152 Introductory Biology II Credits: 4
BI - 221 Biostatistics Credits: 3
BI - 255 Molecular Biology Credits: 4
BI - 330 Genetics Credits: 4
BI - 455 Biology Capstone Credits: 3
CH - 101 General Chemistry I Credits: 5
CH - 102 General Chemistry II Credits: 5
CH - 231 Organic Chemistry I Credits: 4
CH - 232 Organic Chemistry II Credits: 4
MA - 111 Probability and Statistics Credits: 3
One from the following:
BI - 252 Microbiology Credits: 4
BI - 352 Medical Microbiology Credits: 4
One from the following:
BI - 263 Anatomy and Physiology I Credits: 4
BI - 355 Human Structure and Function I Credits: 4
One from the following:
BI - 264 Anatomy & Physiology II Credits: 4
BI - 356 Human Structure and Function II Credits: 4

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

One from the following:
BI - 280 Field Biology Credits: 3
BI - 341 Ecology Credits: 4
BI - 342 Insect-Plant Ecology Credits: 3
BI - 374 Animal Behavior Credits: 3
BI - 380 Evolution Credits: 3

Biology Electives

Any 2 BI or NEU courses with 3 or more credits; excludes Expanded Literacies: Scientific Inquiry courses, online courses, and Lens courses.

Note: BI 461 and NEU 491 can only fulfill the biology elective once.

5-year BA/MBA Degree Program

Students who major in the Biology, B.A. can earn both an undergraduate degree in Biology and a Master of Arts in Business Administration (MBA) in the five-year (4 +1) option. Students in their junior year majoring in Biology, B.A. and who have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher, are eligible to apply for admittance into the five-year Biology BA/MBA degree program. Students begin taking three graduate level courses during their senior year of undergraduate study. These three graduate courses will count both towards the completion of the undergraduate degree and a MBA.