BIO 101 — Introduction to Biology
4 Credits Fall, Spring
Cells, genetics, evolution, and ecology, with a weekly three-hour laboratory.
- Prerequisites:
- None. High school biology and chemistry recommended.
- Typically Offered:
- Fall, Spring
Subject Code: BIO • Section 9.2
Biology
Undergraduate courses offered by the faculty in Biology, supporting major curricula, academic minors, and the Alkimi Core.
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Subject Overview & Curricular Context
Courses in Biology are designed around rigorous empirical, theoretical, and applied principles. Coursework builds systematically from 100-level introductory surveys through 400-level advanced capstones and research seminars.
Prerequisites must be completed with a grade of C- or higher (unless specified otherwise by the academic department). Students who have not satisfied course prerequisites may only enroll with explicit written permission of the instructor and department chair.
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Official descriptions, credit distributions, and prerequisites authorized by the Faculty Senate.
Subject Summary
- Subject Prefix
- BIO
- Total Courses
- 10
- Academic Levels
- 100–400 Level
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Active Course Offerings (10)
BIO 102 — Organismal Biology & Diversity
4 Credits Spring
Comparative morphology, physiology, and evolutionary adaptations of plants, animals, fungi, and protists, with weekly laboratory dissection and field observations.
- Prerequisites:
- BIO 101 with a grade of C- or higher.
- Typically Offered:
- Spring
BIO 201 — Human Anatomy and Physiology I
4 Credits Fall
Gross and microscopic structural organization and physiology of the human body, covering integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems, with anatomical dissection laboratory.
- Prerequisites:
- BIO 101 and CHEM 101 with C- or higher (C+ for BSN majors).
- Typically Offered:
- Fall
BIO 202 — Human Anatomy and Physiology II
4 Credits Spring
Continuation of BIO 201, covering endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems, with physiological measurement laboratory.
- Prerequisites:
- BIO 201 with C- or higher (C+ for BSN majors).
- Typically Offered:
- Spring
BIO 210 — Genetics and Molecular Biology
4 Credits Fall, Spring
Principles of Mendelian inheritance, chromosome structure, DNA replication, transcriptional regulation, recombinant DNA technology, and genomics, with molecular laboratory.
- Prerequisites:
- BIO 101 and CHEM 101 with C- or higher.
- Typically Offered:
- Fall, Spring
BIO 220 — Cell and Molecular Biology
3 Credits Spring
Biochemical mechanisms of cell structure, intracellular trafficking, signal transduction pathways, cell division cycle, and programmed cell death.
- Prerequisites:
- BIO 210 and CHEM 102.
- Typically Offered:
- Spring
BIO 230 — Microbiology for Health Sciences
4 Credits Fall, Spring
Biology of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and pathogenic parasites, host-microbe interactions, antimicrobial therapeutics, and epidemiology, with culture and staining laboratory.
- Prerequisites:
- BIO 101 and CHEM 101 with C- or higher (C+ for BSN majors).
- Typically Offered:
- Fall, Spring
BIO 350 — Ecology and Evolutionary Dynamics
4 Credits Fall
Organismal interactions with abiotic and biotic environments, population demographics, community assembly, nutrient cycling, and macroevolutionary speciation, with ecological field lab.
- Prerequisites:
- BIO 102, BIO 210, and STAT 205.
- Typically Offered:
- Fall
BIO 410 — Molecular Immunology
3 Credits Spring
Cellular components of innate and adaptive immunity, antibody structure, MHC presentation, T-cell activation, immune tolerance, autoimmune diseases, and vaccine development.
- Prerequisites:
- BIO 210 and BIO 220.
- Typically Offered:
- Spring
BIO 490 — Senior Biology Capstone & Research
3 Credits Fall, Spring
Independent experimental or literature research executed under faculty mentorship, culminating in a thesis and formal symposium presentation.
- Prerequisites:
- BIO 350, senior standing, and departmental permission.
- Typically Offered:
- Fall, Spring