Follow these links for specific information about the Biology curriculum and major:

 

Biology Major Requirements

The current requirements for a major in biology are listed in the catalog. Majors must satisfy the requirements listed in the catalog under which they matriculate. The college catalog is now published in hardcopy only every two years. Annual updates are made only to the on-line catalog.

 

Advanced Placement Biology (AP) Credit Policy

Students with AP biology credit (scores of 4 or 5) may opt out of taking Biology 101 (the first required core biology course) only with permission of the current AY Bio 101 instructor of record, and an affirmation by the Chair of the Department of Biology. Students granted permission receive unassigned college credit. Note that this does not reduce the total number of biology courses required for the major.

 

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Projected Biology Course Offerings

A 2-3 year projection of courses the department will teach is updated annually early in the fall semester to help with your planning. These projections are tentative and subject to change without notice, so please check every semester in case changes happen that may affect your plans.

 

Biology Course Homepages/ LYCEUM Login

Most Biology courses now use Lyceum to post course information. Courses for which webpages are maintained are linked below.

 

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