Course Prerequisites

More information about courses can be found in the Biology Course Catalog. Courses offered in the 2022-23 academic year are indicated in blue (Fall) or green (Spring). Courses in gray will not be offered in 2022-23.

Fall BIOL 101 The Cell None
Spring BIOL 102 The Organism BIOL 101 or permission of instructor
Not Offered BIOL 120 Biology Through The Media None; may not be taken as credit towards the Biology major
Not Offered BIOL 133 Biology of Exercise and Nutrition None; may not be taken as credit towards the Biology major
Fall BIOL 134 Biology and Social Issues None; may not be taken as credit towards the Biology major
Fall BIOL 135 Evolution as Fact and Theory None; may not be taken as credit towards the Biology major
Fall BIOL 202 Genetics BIOL 101 and 102
Fall BIOL 203 Ecology BIOL 102, or ENVI 102, or permission of instructor
Spring BIOL 204 Animal Behavior BIOL 102, or PSYC 101, or permission of instructor
Spring BIOL 205 Physiology BIOL 101; open to first-year students only with permission of instructor
Fall BIOL 212 Neuroscience PSYC 101 or BIOL 101; open to first-year students only with permission of instructor
Not Offered BIOL 219 Dangerous Exposures: Environment, Immunity, and Infectious Disease (Tutorial) BIOL 101 and 102
Spring BIOL 220 Field Botany and Plant Natural History None
Not Offered BIOL 222 Essentials of Biochemistry BIOL 101 and CHEM 156 (not open to students who have taken BIOl/CHEM/BIMO 321 and/or 322)
Fall/Spring BIOL 231 Marine Ecology (MYSTIC, does not fulfill 200-level requirement) BIOL 101 or GEOS/MAST 104, or permission of instructor
Not Offered BIOL 234 Biology of our Sexes: The Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Sex Determination (Tutorial) BIOL 202 (Genetics), or permission of instructor
Fall BIOL 297 Independent Study: Biology None
Spring BIOL 298 Independent Study: Biology None
Not Offered BIOL 302 Communities and Ecosystems BIOL/ENVI 203 or 220
Spring BIOL 305 Evolution BIOL 202
Spring BIOL 308 Integrative Plant Biology: Fundamentals and New Frontiers BIOL 101 and BIOL 102, or permission of instructor
Not Offered BIOL 311 Neural Systems and Circuits BIOL 212 or BIOL 205
Fall BIOL 312 Sensory Biology BIOL 101 and either BIOL 212/NSCI 201 or BIOL 205
Spring BIOL 313 Immunology BIOL 202
Not Offered BIOL 315 Microbiology: Diversity, Cellular Physiology, and Interactions BIOL 202 or 203
Spring BIOL 319 Integrative Bioinformatics, Genomics, and Proteomics Lab BIOL 202; students who have not taken BIOL 202 but have taken BIOL 101 and a CSCI course, or CSCI/PHYS 315, may enroll with permission of instructor.
Fall BIOL 321 Biochemistry I: Structure and Function of Biological Molecules BIOL 101 and CHEM 251/255 and CHEM 155/256
Spring BIOL 322 Biochemistry II: Metabolism BIOL 101 and CHEM 251/255 or permission of instructor
Fall BIOL 326 Cellular Assembly and Movement BIOL 202 or BIOL 212 or BIOL 222
Not Offered BIOL 329 Conservation Biology BIOL 203/ENVI 203, or BIOL 305, or permission of instructor
Spring BIOL 330 Genomes: Structure, Function, Evolution BIOL 202
Not Offered BIOL 335 Chronobiology BIOL 205 or BIOL 212/NSCI201
Fall BIOL 337 Evolutionary Ecology BIOL 102, plus either BIOL 202 or BIOL 203 or equivalent
Spring BIMO 401 Topics in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology BIOL 202 and BIMO 321
Spring NSCI 401 SEM Topics in Neuroscience Open only to seniors in the Neuroscience program
Not Offered BIOL 402 Rapid Evolution in Ecology BIOL 202
Spring BIOL 407 Neurobiology of Emotion BIOL212/NSCI201; open to juniors and seniors
Not Offered BIOL 410 Nanomachines in Living Systems BIOL 202 recommended; open to juniors and seniors
Not Offered BIOL 411 Developmental Biology: From Patterning to Pathogenesis BIOL 202
Not Offered BIOL 412 Neural and Hormonal Basis of Hunger BIOL 205 or BIOL/PSYC 212, or permission of instructor
Not Offered BIOL 413 Global Change Ecology BIOL 203 or BIOL 305, or permission of instructor
Fall BIOL 414 Life at Extremes: Molecular Mechanisms open to juniors and seniors who are Biology majors; all other students interested in this course should contact the professor; BIOL 202 recommended
Not Offered BIOL 417 Translational Immunology: From Bench to Bedside BIOL 202; open to juniors and seniors
Not Offered BIOL 418 Signal Transduction to Cancer BIOL 202 or permission of instructor
Spring BIOL 419 Secrets of Enzymes: Fidelity, Promiscuity, and Disease BIOL 202 recommended; open to juniors and seniors
Spring BIOL 421 Thermoregulation: From Molecules to Organisms (Tutorial) BIOL 205 or permission of instructor
Not Offered BIOL 425 Coevolution (Tutorial) BIOL 203 or 305
Not Offered BIOL 428 Forests of the Future–Understanding Global Change through ‘Big Science’ Experiments BIOL203 (Ecology) or BIOL302 (Communities and Ecosystems) or BIOL329 (Conservation Biology)
Not Offered BIOL 430 Genome Sciences: At the Cutting Edge (Tutorial) BIOL 202 recommended
Not Offered BIOL 432 Evolutionary Genetics BIOL 202; open to juniors and seniors
Fall BIOL 435 Causes of the obesity epidemic BIOL 205 or BIOL 212/NSCI 201 or Permission of Instructor.
Not Offered BIOL 454 Climate Change Physiology BIOL 203 or BIOL 205, or permission of instructor
Not Offered BIOL 455 Neural Regeneration BIOL 212/NSCI 201 or permission of instructor.
Not Offered BIOL 477 Evolution of Species Coexistence BIOL/ENVI 203
Fall BIOL 493 Senior Thesis Research: Biology Thesis applications due early in the preceding semester
Spring BIOL 494 Senior Thesis Research: Biology Thesis applications due early in the preceding semester
Fall/Spring BIOL 499 Biology Colloquium None