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. A minimum of 9 hours of free electives is required; no more than 6 hours can be in Biology (unless total credits exceed 122).
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 four groups listed below; maximum number of Biology hours is 61 (unless added to the 122 minimum for graduation).  Additional Biology Electives applicable to the degree, but not included in the Groups listed below are listed in the CBU Catalog. [Course descriptions for CBU Biology courses]
4. Recommended: CHEM 312 or 315-316 Biochemistry or CHEM 214 Quantitative Analysis; any chemistry course with a lab at the 200 level or above will satisfy the requirement.
5. Substitute BIOL 461-462 only with permission of the Chair or Course Director.  Students who take Independent Research will have to make up three credits in Biology in order to complete the 122 hours required minimum.

Group I (human and biomedical biology): 

Biol 211 Vertebrate Embryology and Lab
Biol 217-218 Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II and Labs
Biol 236 Nutrition
Biol 312 Vertebrate Physiology and Lab
Biol 414 Animal Histology and Lab
Biol 451 Neuroscience and Lab

• Group II (organismal biology): 

Biol 212 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy and Lab
Biol 216 Botany and Lab
Biol 335 Invertebrate Zoology and Lab
Biol 413 Parasitology and Lab

• Group III (evolutionary biology and ecology): 

Biol 246 Evolution
Biol 381 Animal Behavior
Biol 412 General Ecology and Lab
 
• Group IV (cell and molecular biology): 

Biol 321 Microbiology and Lab
Biol 367 Pharmacology
Biol 415 Immunology and Lab
Biol 421 Cell/Molecular Biology and Lab

• Note :  These Groups differ from those for the B.S. in Biology with Environmental Science concentration.