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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS)

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DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MAJOR: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
CONCENTRATION: CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS

A Cell and Molecular Biology & Genetics (CMG) admission committee advises students in the program. Requirements for admission are: 1) 3.0 GPA in prerequisite courses listed below; 2) support of a faculty member for the required research activity. In some cases the committee may interview the student as part of its determination of admission. Application will be in the spring of the sophomore year. Applications are available on the Biology web page.

CURRICULUM

CREDITS

University and College requirements for BS Degree in Biology with Concentration.

I. Prerequisite courses for admission to the CMG concentration:

BISC 207/BISC 208	Introductory Biology I and II	8
CHEM 103/CHEM 104	General Chemistry	8
CHEM 321	Organic Chemistry	4
MATH 241	Analytic Geometry and Calculus A	4

One of the following:

BISC 300	Introduction to Microbiology	4
BISC 302	General Ecology	3
BISC 306	General Physiology	3

II. Required lecture courses:

BISC 305	Cell Physiology	3
BISC 401	Molecular Biology of the Cell	3
BISC 403	Genetic and Evolutionary Biology	3
CHEM 527	Introductory Biochemistry (or equivalent)	3

III. Required courses in experimental biology:
The corresponding lecture is a prerequisite. (THE LECTURE AND THE LAB CANNOT BE TAKEN SIMULTANEOUSLY).

BISC 315 OR BISC 411	Experimental Cell Biology OR Experimental Molecular Biology	3
BISC 413	Advanced Genetics Laboratory	3

IV. Senior Thesis 6
BISC 451/ BISC 452 Senior Thesis (3+3 credit hours)
OR
UNIV 401/ UNIV 402 Senior Thesis (3+3 credit hours)

V. Electives from the following groups to total 43 credit hours in the major. Note that many courses have prerequisites. Courses must be taken from a minimum of two of the groups and have approval of the faculty research advisor. One of the elective courses must be from the list of approved 600 level courses based on the primary literature.

A. GENETICS

BISC 492	Human Molecular Cytogenetics	3
BISC 654	Biochemical Genetics	3
BISC 656	Evolutionary Genetics	3
BISC 693	Human Genetics	3

B. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

BISC 602	Molecular Biology of Animal Cells	3
BISC 679	Virology	3
CHEM 642	Biochemistry	3

C. CELL BIOLOGY

BISC 471	Introductory Immunology	3
BISC 408	Mammalian Histology	4
BISC 612	Advanced Cell Biology	3

D. PHYSIOLOGY

BISC 605/BISC 606	Advanced Mammalian Physiology	8
BISC 626/BISC 627	Advanced Neuroanatomy/Advanced Neurophysiology	6
BISC 660	Environmental Physiology	3
BISC 675	Cardiopulmonary Physiology	3

E. BIOINFORMATICS

ANFS 644

Bioinformatics

A computer science course beyond the introductory level

F. APPROVED Electives FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS
A total of six credits from a list of approved courses can be applied towards the credits required for the major. Courses on this list are approved by the Undergraduate Programs Committee of the Department of Biological Sciences.

A grade of D (not D-) or better must be obtained in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics courses required for all Biological Sciences majors and minor.

VI. Additional requirements outside the Department of Biological Sciences
Credit Hours

PHYS 201 / PHYS 202	General Physics	8
CHEM 322	Organic Chemistry	4
A course in Statistics (STAT)		3

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