1.  Students may need to take MATH 117 and/or CHEM 101 if they do not place into MATH 131 and/or CHEM 113.

2.  Minimum of 6 hours of electives; see below for recommended electives for environmental track students.  No more than 6 hours of free elctives can be in biology unless the excess is added to the 122 minimum credits for graduation.

3.  A minimum of 30 hours of biology electives must be selected, including at least 20 hours at or above the 300 level, and at least one course from each of the groups listed below.  Additional Biology Electives applicable to the degree, but not included in the Groups listed below are listed in the Catalog. 

4.  Recommended chemistry elective: CHEM 312 Biochemistry or CHEM 315 Biochemistry I and 316 Biochemistry II; CHEM 214 Quantitative Analysis; any chemistry course with a lab at the 200 level or above will satisfy the requirement..

5.  Permission of the chair and course director is required to substitute BIOL 461-462 for BIOL 463-464-465.  Students who take Independent Research will have to make up three credits in biology in order to complete the 122 hours required minimum.

Biol/Env. Sci. Group I: 

BIOL 312 Vertebrate Physiology
BIOL 421 Cell/Molecular Biology
BIOL 451 Neuroscience

• Biol/Env. Sci. Group II: 

BIOL 216 Botany
BIOL 321 Microbiology
BIOL 335 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOL 413 Parasitology

• Biol/Env. Sci. Group III:

BIOL 246 Evolution
BIOL 381 Animal Behavior
BIOL 412 Ecology
 
• Recommended Free Electives

BIOL 107 Environmental Biology and Lab
CE 305 Environmental site assessment
CE 404 Solid and hazardous waste management
CE 405 Remediation of organically contaminated soil and water
CE 406 Air pollution
CHEM 214 Quantitative analysis

• Note :  These Groups for the B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Environmental Studies are different from the Biology Elective Groups applicable to all other Biology Majors.