Academic Programs Catalog

Lyman Briggs College

Undergraduate Program

Biology Major

1. Biology
a. A minimum of 41 credits from the courses listed below including:
(1) Organic Chemistry (6 credits):
Both of the following courses:
CEM 251 Organic Chemistry I 3
CEM 252 Organic Chemistry II 3
(2) Biochemistry (4 to 6 credits):
One of the following, either (a) or (b):
(a) BMB 401 Comprehensive Biochemistry 4
(b) BMB 461 Advanced Biochemistry I
BMB 462 Advanced Biochemistry II 3
(3) Advanced Experiential Biology (6 credits):
The following course:
LB 348 Research Experiences in Biology 3
At least 3 credits from the following:
LB 490B Advanced Directed Study – Biology 1 to 4
LB 493 Field Experience 1 to 4
LB 494 Undergraduate Research 1 to 4
Other courses as approved by advisor.
(4) Integrative Biology (16 credits):
All of the following courses:
IBIO 341 Fundamental Genetics 4
IBIO 355 Ecology 3
IBIO 445 Evolution (W) 3
MMG 301 Introductory Microbiology 3
MMG 409 Eukaryotic Cell Biology 3
(5) Organismal Diversity (3 or 4 credits):
One of the following courses:
ENT 404 Fundamentals of Entomology 3
ENT 422 Aquatic Entomology 3
ENT 470 General Nematology 3
FW 471 Icthyology 4
IBIO 306 Invertebrate Biology 4
IBIO 328 Comparative Anatomy and Biology of  Vertebrates (W) 4
IBIO 360 Biology of Birds 4
IBIO 365 Biology of Mammals 4
IBIO 384 Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (W) 4
PLB 402 Biology of Fungi 3
PLB 418 Plant Systematics 4
PLB 424 Algal Biology 4
Other courses as approved by advisor.
(6) Ecology, Evolution, and Behavioral Biology (3 or 4 credits):
One of the following courses:
CSS 442 Agricultural Ecology 3
FW 417 Wetland Ecology and Management 3
FW 420 Stream Ecology 3
FW 431 Ecophysiology and Toxicology of Fishes 3
FW 439 Conservation Ethics 3
FW 444 Conservation Biology 3
FW 463 Wildlife Disease Ecology 3
FW 472 Limnology 3
GLG 434 Evolutionary Paleobiology 4
IBIO 303 Oceanography 4
IBIO 313 Animal Behavior 3
IBIO 415 Ecological Aspects of Animal Behavior (W) 3
IBIO 440 Field Ecology and Evolution 4
MMG 425 Microbial Ecology 3
PLB 441 Plant Ecology 3
PLB 443 Restoration Ecology 3
(7) Cellular and Molecular Biology (3 or 4 credits):
One of the following courses:
FSC 440 Food Microbiology 3
IBIO 320 Developmental Biology 4
IBIO 408 Histology 4
IBIO 425 Cells and Development (W) 4
MMG 404 Human Genetics 3
MMG 413 Virology 3
MMG 421 Prokaryotic Cell Physiology 3
MMG 425 Microbial Ecology 3
MMG 431 Microbial Genetics 3
MMG 433 Microbial Genomics 3
MMG 445 Microbial Biotechnology (W) 3
MMG 451 Immunology 3
MMG 461 Molecular Pathogenesis 3
MMG 463 Medical Microbiology 3
PSL 310 Physiology for Pre-Health Professionals 4
PSL 431 Human Physiology I 4
Other courses as approved by advisor.