Options in the Biology major require 15 or fewer additional credits (one term) beyond the basic Biology major, and most students can complete the additional course work in the Genetics option in four years.

Courses used to satisfy the Genetics option requirements also satisfy the Physics or Computational and Quantitative Electives, Physiology, Writing Intensive and Experiential Learning or Integrative Biology Elective requirements for the Biology major. The statistics courses in the Genetics option also complete half of the Biology major statistics requirement.

For further information, see MyDegrees or the Integrative Biology website.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core
BB 315	MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY	3
BB 494	BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES 2	3
BDS 310 & BDS 311	FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGICAL DATA SCIENCES and COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES FOR BIOLOGICAL DATA	7
BI 319	^THEORY, PRACTICE AND DISCOURSE IN THE LIFE SCIENCES	3
BI 483	POPULATION BIOLOGY	3
ST 411 & ST 412	METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS and METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS 1	8
Z 425	EMBRYOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT	5
Genetics\Genomics Electives
Select two courses from the following:		6-8
BB 485	APPLIED BIOINFORMATICS
BB 486	ADVANCED MOLECULAR GENETICS
BDS 474	INTRODUCTION TO GENOME BIOLOGY
BDS 475	COMPARATIVE GENOMICS
BDS 477/BOT 477	POPULATION GENOMICS
BDS 478	FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS
BI 454	EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS
BI 456	PHYLOGENETICS
MB 420	MICROBIAL GENOME EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY
Experiential Learning or Science Elective
Select one of the following tracks:		3-5
Track I Experiential Learning Credits
Select any combination of three credits from the following:
BI 309	TEACHING PRACTICUM (by approval)
BI 401	RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP (by approval)
BI 406	PROJECTS: CURATORIAL ASSISTANT (by approval)
BI 409	ADVANCED TEACHING PRACTICUM (by approval)
BI 410	INTERNSHIP (by approval)
Track 2 Integrative Biology Elective
Select one additional three+ credit, 300–400 level Biology (BI) or Zoology (Z) course not used for major requirements 2
Total Credits		41-45

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

1

Following completion of ST 351 which is required for the major

2

Excluded Courses: BI 401–BI 410 credits and BCC courses