Undergraduate Bulletin
Spring 2025
Major SBC Courses for the BA & BS in Biology
These tables illustrate major courses that can also be used to fulfill SBC requirements (See Note 1 & Note 2).
BA in Biology
SBC Category |
Required Major Courses |
Optional Major Courses (See Note 3) |
---|---|---|
ARTS | ||
GLO | ||
HUM | ||
LANG (see Note 4) | ||
QPS | AMS 110, AMS 151, EBH 230, MAT 125, MAT 131, MAT 141, MAT 171 | |
SBS | ||
SNW | BIO 201 | CHE 129, CHE 131, CHE 132, CHE 152, PHY 121, PHY 122, PHY 125, PHY 126, PHY 127, PHY 131, PHY 132, PHY 141, PHY 142 |
TECH | BIO 312 | |
USA | ||
WRT | ||
STAS | BIO 336, BIO 358, BIO 371, BIO 385, BIO 386 | |
EXP+ | BIO 444, BIO 475, BIO 477, BIO 484, BIO 486, BIO 487, BIO 488, BIO 489 | |
HFA+ | ||
SBS+ | ||
STEM+ | BIO 202, BIO 203 | AMS 310, BIO 211, BIO 342, BIO 347, BIO 351, BIO 353, BIO 356, BIO 383, BIO 384, CHE 321, CHE 331 |
CER | ||
DIV (see Note 5) | ||
ESI | BIO 312, BIO 319, BIO 327, BIO 335, BIO 352, BIO 358, BIO 365, BIO 446, BIO 447, BIO 449, CHE 383 | |
SPK | BIO 458 | |
WRTD | BIO 459 |
BS in Biology
Note 1: Some course information may be subject to change. Please contact your major advisor for additional consultation.
Note 2: For majors that require study in a related area or completion of a minor, visit the respective program's "Major SBC Courses" page to view expanded SBC options.
Note 3: Denotes any course in which students can choose from more than one option. These may include, but are not limited to, major electives, concentration/track/specialization courses, or calculus/physics/chemistry sequences.
Note 4: CEAS majors, the Athletic Training major, the Respiratory Care major, and the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major are exempt from the LANG learning objective. Students enrolled in the major in Social Work are exempt from the LANG learning objective, but are required to enroll in and pass with a letter grade of C or higher the first semester of an elementary foreign language course numbered 111, or satisfy through alternate methods (see Communicate in a Human Language Other than English--LANG).
Note 5: Students are responsible for completing the general education requirements published in the Bulletin that was current as of the first semester of matriculation (or rematriculation). The following student groups must satisfy the DIV learning objective as part of their degree requirements:
- Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
- Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
- Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later