Major Core: BSC 196, 197, 201, 203, 219, 220, 297, 304, and the chemistry, math, and physics requirements of the major; Organismal Electives: minimum of 16 hrs of organismal courses (listed below) of which at least two must be laboratory courses (*)

Public Outreach: minimum of 120 hrs (2 credit hrs of BSC 398, Professional Practice) of practical experience in designing and/or constructing educational materials, and/or presenting science to the general public.

Please see Dr. Armstrong to coordinate your Professional Practice internship.

Organismal Courses:

(for more information check individual faculty web pages)

        BSC 211* (4) - Economic Botany (Armstrong)
        BSC 212* (4) - Principles of Botany (Byers)
        BSC 222* (4) - Plant Diversity (Armstrong )
        BSC 223* (4) - Ecology and Identification of Plants (Anderson)
        BSC 283* (4) - Animal Physiology (Rubin)
        BSC 286* (4) - Animal Behavior (Sakaluk)
        BSC 290 (1-3) - Research in Biological Sciences (see faculty web pages)
        BSC 292* (4) - Invertebrate Zoology (Perry)
        BSC 295* (4) - Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (Bowden)
        BSC 296 (3) - Mammalian Biology (Loew)
        BSC 301* (4) - Entomology (Whitman)
        BSC 306.08* (2) - Rainforest Ecology (instructors rotate)
        BSC 308* (3) - Field Biology (various faculty)
        BSC 325 (3) - Physiological Ecology of Animals (Bowden )
        BSC 330* (4) - Phycology (Cook)
        BSC 334* (4) - Introductory Mycology (Armstrong )
       BSC 335 (3) - Plant Taxonomy (Armstrong)
        BSC 336* (1) - Laboratory in Plant Identification (Armstrong )
        BSC 337* (3) - Restoration Ecology (Anderson)
        BSC 378 (3) - Limnology (Perry)
        BSC 379* (1) - Limnology Laboratory (Perry )
        BSC 395* (4) - Biology of the Lower Vertebrates (Bowden )
        BSC 396* (4) - Avian Biology (Capparella/Thompson)