Biology

Departmental Honors

To graduate with honors in biology, it is necessary to complete satisfactorily a program of at least 3 credits in independent study in biology (BIOL 478, 479). The biology faculty will confer departmental honors upon students who have

• maintained a cumulative average of 3.0 or higher;
• obtained satisfactory grades in their advanced biology courses (generally interpreted as a 3.0 average for all biology courses numbered 200 or above); and
• written a thesis and given an oral presentation of their independent study project which, in the view of the biology faculty, merits the awarding of honors. Thesis presentations are scheduled near the end of each semester.

Programs

• Biology Major (BS)

• Biology Minor
• Environmental Biology Minor

Courses

• BIOL 100 - Coastal Ecology
• BIOL 101 - The Basis of Life
• BIOL 102 - Evolutionary Biology
• BIOL 103 - Biology of Human Disease
• BIOL 108 - Introduction to Nutrition
• BIOL 111 - General Biology I
• BIOL 112 - General Biology II
• BIOL 187S - Gateway Seminar I
• BIOL 188S - Gateway Seminar II
• BIOL 207 - Anatomy and Physiology I
• BIOL 208 - Anatomy and Physiology II
• BIOL 209 - Medical Microbiology
• BIOL 210 - Cell Biology
• BIOL 212 - Cell Biology (Lecture)
• BIOL 252 - Genetics
• BIOL 254 - Genetics (Lecture)
• BIOL 290 - Population Biology
• BIOL 304 - Microbiology (Lecture)
• BIOL 306 - Marine & Coastal Ecological Research
• BIOL 307 - Advanced Human Anatomy and Human Physiology I
• BIOL 308 - Advanced Human Anatomy and Human Physiology II
• BIOL 309 - Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab
• BIOL 310 - Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab
• BIOL 313 - Developmental Biology and Embryology
• BIOL 314 - Developmental Biol
• BIOL 316 - Neurobiology
• BIOL 317 - Endocrinology
• BIOL 318 - Neurobiology (Lecture)
• BIOL 319 - Endocrinology (Lecture)
• BIOL 321 - Plant Physiology
• BIOL 323 - Plant Physiology (Lecture)
• BIOL 328 - Plant Life
• BIOL 329 - Plant Life (Lecture)
• BIOL 330 - Biology of Fishes
• BIOL 332 - Biology of Marine Invertebrates Laboratory
• BIOL 333 - Biology of Marine Invertebrates (Lecture)
• BIOL 334 - Microbiology
• BIOL 335 - Genomics: Microbes, Human Biome and Other Metagenomes
• BIOL 336L - Ecosystems Ecology
• BIOL 337 - Comparative Animal Physiology
• BIOL 338 - Insect Life
• BIOL 339 - Comparative Animal Physiology (Lecture)
• BIOL 340 - Marine Mammal Biology
• BIOL 342 - Ecology
• BIOL 343 - Ecology Laboratory
• BIOL 344 - Ornithology
• BIOL 345 - Ornithology Laboratory
• BIOL 347 - Animal Behavior Laboratory
• BIOL 348 - Animal Behavior
• BIOL 352 - Evolution
• BIOL 353 - Evolution Laboratory
• BIOL 354 - The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases
• BIOL 355 - Introduction to Data Science in Biology
• BIOL 356 - Introduction to Data Science for Biology Lab
• BIOL 357 - Comparative and Ecological Immunology
• BIOL 358 - Microbiome and Disease Ecology Research Lab
• BIOL 360 - Bioinformatics
• BIOL 361 - Bioinformatics Laboratory
• BIOL 362 - Simulating Life
• BIOL 365 - Microbial Genomics Laboratory
• BIOL 366 - Stem Cells and Regeneration
• BIOL 370 - Molecular Biology
• BIOL 372 - Molecular Biology (Lecture)
• BIOL 376 - Virology
• BIOL 377 - Cancer Biology
• BIOL 378 - Introduction to Immunology
• BIOL 380 - Introduction to Immunology (Lecture)
• BIOL 381 - Special Topics
• BIOL 382 - Special Topics Laboratory
• BIOL 384L - Game Theory, Evolution and Ecology
• BIOL 390 - Survey of Human Physiology
• BIOL 391 - Survey of Human Physiology Lab
• BIOL 395 - Biotechnology
• BIOL 444 - Cooperative Education
• BIOL 478 - Independent Study
• BIOL 479 - Independent Study II