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Biology, BS

This major is administered by the Department of Biology .

Consists of a range from 55 to 62 credits, depending on the 100-level chemistry and cellular/molecular biology options taken.

Required biology core and collateral courses

BIOL 110 - Principles of Biology I Credits: 5 and
BIOL 111 - Principles of Biology II Credits: 5
or
BIOL 130 - Introduction to Plant Biology Credits: 5 and
BIOL 160 - Introduction to Animal Biology Credits: 5
BIOL 210 - Principles of Genetics Credits: 3
BIOL 270 - Principles of Evolution Credits: 4
BIOL 305 - General Ecology Credits: 3
BIOL 306 - Ecological Methods Credits: 1
BIOL 490 - Senior Seminar Credits: 2

Note

BIOL 306 is waived if CNR Summer Field Experience or NRES 475 is completed.

One physiology course

BIOL 351 - Plant Physiology Credits: 4
BIOL 381 - Animal Physiology Credits: 4
BIOL 385 - Human Physiology Credits: 4

Cellular and Molecular Biology Requirement

BIOL 302 - Cellular and Molecular Biology Credits: 3 or
BIOL 314 - Cell Biology Credits: 4 and
BIOL 320 - Molecular Biology Credits: 4
The combination of BIOL 314 and BIOL 320 also counts towards 4 of the 12 required elective credits.

Collateral courses

Chemistry

CHEM 105 - Fundamental Chemistry Credits: 5 and
CHEM 106 - Fundamental Chemistry Credits: 5
or
CHEM 117 - General Chemistry Principles Credits: 5
CHEM 220 - Survey of Organic Chemistry Credits: 4 or
CHEM 325 - Organic Chemistry Credits: 4

Mathematics

MATH 111 - Applied Calculus Credits: 4 or
MATH 225 - Calculus I Credits: 5 or
MATH 255 - Elementary Statistical Methods Credits: 4

Electives

Select 12 credits from:

BIOL 309 - Field Biology Credits: 3-4
BIOL 311 - Population Genetics and Evolution Credits: 3
BIOL 312 - Human Genetics Credits: 4
BIOL 313 - Cancer Biology Credits: 3
BIOL 314 - Cell Biology Credits: 4
BIOL 317 - Developmental Biology Credits: 4
BIOL 320 - Molecular Biology Credits: 4
BIOL 325 - Introduction to Biological Illustration Credits: 2
BIOL 330 - Plant Morphology Credits: 4
BIOL 331 - Plant Anatomy Credits: 4
BIOL 333 - General Microbiology Credits: 4
BIOL 335 - Mycology Credits: 4
BIOL 337 - Plant Pathology Credits: 3
BIOL 338 - Phycology Credits: 4 or
WATR 338 - Phycology Credits: 4
BIOL 342 - Vascular Plant Taxonomy Credits: 4
BIOL 345 - Agrostology Credits: 2
BIOL 347 - Aquatic Vascular Plants Credits: 2
BIOL 351 - Plant Physiology Credits: 4 (if not used to fulfill physiology requirement)
BIOL 353 - Ethnobotany Credits: 3
BIOL 355 - Plant Ecology Credits: 4
BIOL 361 - Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology Credits: 3 or
WATR 361 - Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology Credits: 3
BIOL 362 - Animal Parasitology Credits: 4
BIOL 367 - General Entomology Credits: 4
BIOL 370 - Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Credits: 4
BIOL 374 - Ichthyology Credits: 4
BIOL 375 - Fisheries Ecology Credits: 3
BIOL 376 - Herpetology Credits: 3
BIOL 377 - Ornithology Credits: 3
WLDL 378 - Mammalogy Credits: 3
BIOL 380 - Introduction to Aquaponics Credits: 2
BIOL 381 - Animal Physiology Credits: 4 (if not used to fulfill physiology requirement)
BIOL 382 - Endocrinology of Mammals Credits: 3
BIOL 383 - Biology of Reproduction Credits: 3
BIOL 384 - Techniques in Aquaponics Credits: 1 or 2
BIOL 385 - Human Physiology Credits: 4 (if not used to fulfill physiology requirement)
BIOL 386 - Fish Culture Credits: 3 or
WATR 386 - Fish Culture Credits: 3
BIOL 387 - Human Anatomy Credits: 4
BIOL 388 - Animal Behavior Credits: 3 or
PSYC 388 - Animal Behavior Credits: 3
BIOL 389 - Immunology Credits: 3
BIOL 390 - Neurobiology Credits: 3
BIOL 391 - Essentials of Python for Bioinformatics Credits: 2
BIOL 399 - Independent Studies Credits: 1 or 2 (up to 4 cr. towards major)
BIOL 400 - Communication in Research Credits: 1
BIOL 428 - Scanning Electron Microscope Workshop Credits: 1
BIOL 477 - Raptor Ecology Credits: 2
BIOL 487 - Survey in Human Dissection Credits: 2
BIOL 498 - Selected Topics in Biology Credits: 1-4 (may be repeated with different subtitles)
BIOL 499 - Biology Internship Credits: 1-4 (up to 4 cr. towards major)
CHEM 326 - Organic Chemistry Credits: 4
CHEM 365 - Biochemistry I Credits: 4
CHEM 366 - Biochemistry II Credits: 3
MATH 226 - Calculus II Credits: 5
WATR 384 - Life History of Fishes Credits: 3
WATR 388 - Aquatic Ecology Credits: 3
WATR 483 - Fisheries Research Credits: 3
WATR 488 - Aquatic Insects Credits: 3

Biology Credits at UW-Stevens Point

Biology majors must complete at least 12 biology credits at UW-Stevens Point.