Requirements for BioMajors - Wesleyan University

Requirements for the Biology Major

Courses within the Biology Dept:

BIOL181(or 195)/191 and 182(or 196)/192

Six Advanced Elective Courses: All majors must take one elective courses from each column below.

*Column 1 - Genetics, Genomics, Cell, Development*	*Column 2 - Ecology, Evolution, Behavior*
BIOL 210 Genetics and Genomics	BIOL 214 Evolution
BIOL 212 Prin & Mech of Cell Biology	BIOL 216 Ecology
BIOL 218 Developmental Biology	BIOL/NS&B 213 Behavioral Neurobiology
MB&B 208 Molecular Biology

[Note: No more than four of these courses may be counted towards the major]

*Courses outside the Biology Dept:* Five semesters from at least 2 different departments:
2 semesters required from the following:
	General Chemistry (141 or 142 or 143 or 144)
3 semesters required from any of the following:
	Physics (PHYS 111 or 112 or 113 or 116)
	Organic Chemistry (CHEM 251 or 252)
	Math (117 or higher), Statistics (MATH 132 or BIOL 320/520 or PSYC 200 or 201), Computer Science (COMP112, COMP 211 or higher)

Please note: Students planning to go on to medical, dental, or other health professions graduate school should note that a year each of introductory biology, physics, and math (such as calculus or statistics) and two years of chemistry (general and organic) are required for admission, including any laboratory components.

Four additional electives at the 200, 300 or 500 level may be chosen from among the following courses. Below are planned offerings for 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. Courses that we do not expect to be offer in the next 2 years are marked with and asterisk (*). See Wesmaps for updates. [Note: the courses are grouped thematically for your convenience only.]

GENETICS, GENOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS	PHYSIOLOGY and BEHAVIOR
BIOL 210 Genetics and Genomics BIOL/COMP 265 Bioinformatics Programming BIOL 315/515 Genes in Development BIOL 327/527 Evolutionary & Ecological Bioinformatics BIOL 337/537 Origins of Bacterial Diversity BIOL 350/550 Bioinformatics & Functional Genomics MB&B 208 Molecular Biology MB&B 231 Microbiology MB&B 294 Lab in Molecular Biology & Genetics MB&B 333/533 Gene Regulation	+BIOL/NS&B 213 Behavioral Neurobiology BIOL 224 Hormones, Brain and Behavior BIOL 235 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy BIOL 239 Brain Anatomy BIOL 245 Cellular Neurophysiology BIOL 247 Lab in Neurophysiology BIOL/NS&B 250 Lab in Cell/Mol Neurobiology BIOL 254 Comparative Animal Behavior BIOL/NS&B 345 Developmental Biology BIOL/NS&B 351 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory BIOL 290 Plant Form and Diversity BIOL 324/524 Neuropharmacology BIOL 347 Mammalian Cortical Circuits
CELL BIOLOGY & DEVELOPMENT	EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY and CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
BIOL 212 Prin & Mech of Cell Biology BIOL 218 Developmental Biology BIOL 245 Cellular Neurophysiology BIOL 226 Invasive Species: Biology, Policy Management MBB/BIOL 237 Signal Transduction BIOL 315/515 Genes in Development BIOL 321 The Cells in Development BIOL 325 Stem Cells: Basic Biology to Clinical Applications BIOL 340/540 Issues in Development & Evolution BIOL 343/543 Muscle and Nerve Development BIOL/NS&B 345/545 Developmental Neurology MB&B 232 Immunology *MB&B 375 Cell Division Cycle	BIOL 214 Evolution BIOL 216 Ecology BIOL 220 Conservation Biology BIOL 235 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy BIOL 254 Comparative Animal Behavior BIOL 286 Evolution in Human Altered Environments BIOL 290 Plant Form and Diversity BIOL 306 Tropical Ecology and the Environment BIOL 312 Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems BIOL 316/516 Plant-Animal Interactions *BIOL 318/518 Nature and Nurture BIOL 327/527 Evolutionary and Ecological Bioinformatics BIOL 337/537 Origins of Bacterial Diversity BIOL 340/540 Issues in Development & Evolution

+BIOL/NSB 213 cannot be credited toward a Biology major if a student is also majoring in Neuroscience and Behavior.

ADDITIONAL COURSES WHICH MAY BE CREDITED TO THE MAJOR

BIOL 222 Issues to the Health Sciences

BIOL 223 Integration of Clinical Experience and Life Science Learning

BIOL 320/520 Quantitative Methods

E&ES 233 Geobiology

MB&B 383 Biochemistry

Additional information:

400 level courses (research tutorials) are not creditable toward the major, but do
receive university credit.
With prior permission of the departmental undergraduate liaison (2009-2010: Prof. Jim Donady), up to two life science courses from outside the department or from another institution may be counted toward the major. Some Wesleyan courses that fall into this category include: MB&B 227 (Cell Anatomy and Physiology); MB&B 334 (Gene Expression, the Translation Step); MB&B 337(Molecular Basis of Pathogenicity).
Research done with non-Wesleyan faculty at other institutions does not receive
Wesleyan credit.

See Wesmaps for more information regarding the courses.

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