Undergraduate Bulletin
Spring 2025
Sample Course Sequence for the Major in Biology, B.A.
For more information about SBC courses that fulfill major requirements, click here.
| FRESHMAN |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| First Year Seminar 101 | 1 |
| WRT 101 | 3 |
| CHE 131 | 4 |
| CHE 133 | 1 |
|
MAT 125
|
3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| First Year Seminar 102 | 1 |
| WRT 102 | 3 |
| CHE 132 | 4 |
| CHE 134 | 1 |
| AMS 110 or BIO 211 | 3-4 |
| BIO 201 | 3 |
| Total | 15-16 |
| SOPHOMORE |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| CHE 321 | 4 |
| BIO 202 or BIO 203 | 3 |
| course for minor | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 13 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| CHE 322 | 4 |
| CHE 327 | 2 |
| BIO 202 or BIO 203 | 3 |
| course for minor | 3 |
| BIO 3xx elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| JUNIOR |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| BIO 204 | 3 |
| PHY 121 | 4 |
| course for minor | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| elective | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| BIO 205 or BIO 207 | 2 |
| BIO 3XX elective | 3 |
| PHY 122 | 3 |
| upper-division course for minor | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 17 |
| SENIOR |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| BIO 3xx elective | 3 |
| upper-division course for minor | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| upper-division elective | 3 |
| upper-division elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| upper-division course for minor | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| upper-division elective | 3 |
| upper-division elective | 3 |
| elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
Sample Course Sequence for the Major in Biology, B.S.
For more information about SBC courses that fulfill major requirements, click here.
| FRESHMAN |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| First Year Seminar 101 | 1 |
| WRT 101 | 3 |
| CHE 131 or CHE 129 & CHE 130 | 4 or 5 |
| CHE 133 | 1 |
|
MAT 125 or MAT 131 or AMS 151 |
3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 15-16 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| First Year Seminar 102 | 1 |
| WRT 102 | 3 |
| CHE 132 | 4 |
| CHE 134 | 1 |
| BIO 201 or BIO 202 | 3 |
|
MAT 126 or MAT 132 or AMS 161 |
3 |
| Total | 15 |
| SOPHOMORE |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| CHE 321 | 4 |
| BIO 203 | 3 |
| BIO 204 | 2 |
| SBC | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| CHE 322 | 4 |
| BIO 202 or BIO 202 | 3 |
| BIO 205 or BIO 207 | 2 |
| CHE 327 | 2 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
| JUNIOR |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| Advanced BIO Lecture | 3 |
| PHY 121 or PHY 131 & PHY 133 | 4 |
| AMS 110 or BIO 211 | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| PHY 122 or PHY 132 & PHY 134 | 4 |
| Advanced BIO Lecture | 3 |
| Advanced BIO Lecture | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 15-16 |
| SENIOR |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| Advanced BIO Lecture | 3 |
| Advanced BIO Lab | 2-3 |
| Upper-division Elective | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Total | 14-15 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| Advanced BIO Lecture | 3 |
| Advanced BIO Lab | 2-3 |
| Upper-division Elective | 3 |
| Upper-division Elective | 3 |
| Upper-division Elective | 3 |
| Total | 14-15 |
