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Biology
 
 

Advisory Board: Dr. Paul Kirchman, Dr. Jon Moore, Dr. Jim Wetterer, Dr. Nicholas Quintyne

Description: The biology concentration is designed for those students who wish to go on to graduate school, medical school, or who desire to work for biotech firms, government agencies or environmental organizations. Our interdisciplinary curriculum will benefit students who choose to pursue graduate studies in biology, oceanography or environmental science.

Available Options: General Biology Track, Pre-Medical Track

General Biology Track
See also biology track flowchart (pdf)

Course Number

Course Name

Credits

BSC 1010, 1010L

Honors Biological Principles with Lab

4

BSC 1011, 1011L

Honors Biodiversity with Lab

4

CHM 2045, 2045L

Honors General Chemistry I with Lab

4

CHM 2046, 2046L

Honors General Chemistry II with Lab

4

MAC 2311

Honors Calculus I with Analytic Geometry

4

STA 2023

Honors Introductory Statistics

3

PHY 2048, 2048L

Honors General Physics I with Lab

5

CHM 2210, 2210L

Honors Organic Chemistry I with Lab

4

CHM 2211, 2211L

Honors Organic Chemistry II with Lab

4

BCH 3033, 3033L

Honors Biochemistry with Lab

4

PCB 3063

Honors Genetics

4

 

Biology Electives

18

BSC 4915

Honors Research in Biology

6

BSC 4970

Honors Thesis in Biology

1

 

Total credits

69


Electives: Biology Electives are given below. Other FAU courses may be used only with the prior approval of the Concentration Advisor. Students are reminded that they need 45 upper-level (3000 or 4000-level) credits to graduate.

Course Number

Course Name

Credits

BOT 3501 Honors Introduction to Plant Biology

3

BOT 3501L Honors Introduction to Plant Biology Lab 1
BSC 4905 Honors Directed Independent Study in Biology 1-3
BSC 4403L Honors Biotechnology Lab 2
BSC 4930 Honors Special Topics in Biology 1-3
BSC 2084, BSC 2084L Honors Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Lab 3, 1

PCB 4673

Honors Evolution

3

PCB 3352

Honors Issues in Human Ecology

3

PCB 4414

Honors Behavioral Ecology

4

PCB 3351, 3351L

Honors Tropical Rainforests with Lab

6

PCB 3411 Honors Animal Behavior 3
PCB 4043 Honors Principles of Ecology 3

OCB 3012, 3012L

Honors Marine Biology and Oceanography with Lab

4

ZOO 2303, 2303L

Honors Vertebrate Zoology with Lab

4

MCB 3023, 3023L

Honors Microbiology with Lab

4

BSC 4930 Honors Cell Biology 3

PCB 4024

Honors Molecular Cell Biology

3

BSC 1933

Honors Freshman Seminar

3

EVS 4414 Honors Conservation Biology 3
BSC 4930 Honors Marine Conservation 3
     

Pre-Med Track
See also pre-med track flowchart (pdf)

Course Number

Course Name

Credits

BSC 1010, 1010L

Honors Biological Principles with Lab

4

BSC 1011, 1011L

Honors Biodiversity with Lab

4

CHM 2045, 2045L

Honors General Chemistry I with Lab

4

CHM 2046, 2046L

Honors General Chemistry II with Lab

4

MAC 2312

Honors Calculus II

4

STA 2023

Honors Introductory Statistics

3

PHY 2048, 2048L

Honors General Physics I with Lab

5

PHY 2049, 2049L*

Honors General Physics II with Lab*

5*

CHM 2210, 2210L

Honors Organic Chemistry I with Lab

4

CHM 2211, 2211L

Honors Organic Chemistry II with Lab

4

BCH 3033, 3033L

Honors Biochemistry with Lab

4

PCB 3063

Honors Genetics

4

MCB 3020, 3020L

Honors Microbiology with Lab

4

PCB 4024 or
BSC 4930

Honors Molecular Cell Biology or
Honors Cell Biology

3

BSC 2084, 2084L

Honors Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Lab

4

 

Honors Biology Electives

6

BSC 4915

Honors Research in Biology

6

BSC 4970

Honors Thesis in Biology

1

 

Total credits

73

*Calc II is a pre-requisite for Physics II and is therefore required.

Electives: See list of biology electives above. Courses taken to satisfy Pre-med track requirements cannot be double-counted as electives. Other FAU courses may be used only with the prior approval of the Concentration Advisor.


Updated 4/05/05

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