Plan of Study Grid

First Year
1st Semester		Credits
BIOL 200	Concepts in Biology	4
CHEM 125 or CHEM 121	General Chemistry I 1 or Fundamentals of Chemical Principles I	3
CHEM 125A	General Chemistry Lab I	1
MATH 138	General Calculus I	3
ENGL 101	English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing	3
FYS SEM	First-Year Student Seminar	0
	Term Credits	14
2nd Semester
BIOL 201	Found of Biol: Cell & Molecula	3
BIOL 202	Found of Biol: Cell & Molecula	1
CHEM 126 or CHEM 122	General Chemistry II 1 or Fundamentals of Chemical Principles II	3
CHEM 126A	Gen Chemistry Lab II	1
MATH 238	General Calculus II	3
ENGL 102	English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research	3
	Term Credits	14
Second Year
1st Semester
BIOL 205	Foundations of Biology: Ecology and Evolution Lecture	3
BIOL 206	Foundations of Biology: Ecology and Evolution Lab	1
CHEM 243	Organic Chemistry I	3
BNFO 135 or CS 101	Programming for Bioinformatics or Computer Programming and Problem Solving	3
History and Humanities GER 200 level		3
MATH 105	Elementary Probability and Statistics	3
	Term Credits	16
2nd Semester
BIOL 222	Evolution	3
CHEM 244	Organic Chemistry II	3
CHEM 244A	Organic Chemistry II Laboratory	2
Cell Biology Laboratory Elective		4
Social Science GER		3
	Term Credits	15
Third Year
1st Semester
R120 342 & R120 343	Developmental Biology and Developmental Biology Lab	4
R120 356	Molecular Biology	3
PHYS 102	General Physics	3
PHYS 102A	General Physics Lab	1
History and Humanities GER 300+ level		3
Free Elective 2		3
	Term Credits	17
2nd Semester
R120 355	Cell Biology	3
PHYS 103	General Physics	3
PHYS 103A	General Physics Lab	1
Cell Biology Elective		3
Technical Elective 3		3
History and Humanities GER 300+ level		3
	Term Credits	16
Fourth Year
1st Semester
Cell Biology Laboratory Elective		4
Technical Elective 2		3
Technical Elective		3
Free Elective 1		3
Humanities and Social Science Senior Seminar GER		3
	Term Credits	16
2nd Semester
Cell Biology Elective		3
Technical Elective 3		3
Free Elective 2		3
Free Elective 2		3
	Term Credits	12
	Total Credits	120

Biology Credits: 39

¹

CHEM 121 and CHEM 122 require permission from the academic adviser

²

 Free Elective - Any course in any subject at any level

³

 Technical Elective - Any course in BIOL, CHEM, CS, EVSC, IT, IS, PHYS, or any engineering course

Electives

Technical Electives

Any course in chemistry, math or physics beyond major requirements. Any course in environmental science, computer science or engineering. Additional biology electives can be used as technical electives.

Free Electives

Any course in any subject at any level.

Cell Biology Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
BIOL 315	Principles of Neurobiology	3
BIOL 441	Neurophysiology	3
BIOL 423	Physiological Mechanisms	3
BIOL 350	Immunology	3
or R120 350	Immunology
BIOL 352	Genetics	3
or R120 352	Genetics
R120 360	Biochemistry	3
R120 402	Biology of Cancer	3
BIOL 440	Cell Biology of Disease: Cells gone Bad!	3
R120 444	Cell Neurobiology	3
BIOL 447	Systems Neurobiology	3
BIOL 448	Neuropathophysiology: Nervous System Gone Bad!	3
BIOL 453	Applied Genetics & Genomics	3
R120 455	Molec Cell Biology	3
R120 456	Virology	3
CHEM 474	Biochemistry II	3
BIOL 491	Research and Independent Study	1-3
or R120 491	Problems In Biology
BIOL 492	Research and Independent Study	3
or R120 492	Problems In Biology

Cell Laboratory Electives(Two Required)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
R120 325 & R120 326	Animal Parasites and Parasitology Lab	4
R120 330	Plant Physiology	4
R120 335	General Microbiology	4
BIOL 347	Lab Approaches in Neuroscience	4
R120 404	Intro to Neuroanatomy	4
R120 405	Microanatomy of Cells	4
BIOL 451	Cell Physiology and Imaging	4
R120 452	Molecular Biol Techniques	4
CHEM 473 & CHEM 475	Biochemistry and Biochemistry Lab I	5