Concentration in Biology
Overview and Advisory Board
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.
Advisory Board:
Note for Pre-Med students | Pre-med track
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.
Courses
Concentration in Biology
| Course # | 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, 2204L | Honors Organic Chemistry I with Lab | 4 |
| CHM 2211, 2205L | Honors Organic Chemistry II with Lab | 4 |
| BCH 3033 | Honors Biochemistry | 3 |
| PCB 3063 | Honors Genetics | 4 |
| Biology Electives | 18 | |
| BSC 4915 | Honors Research in Biology | 3 |
| BSC 4970 | Honors Thesis in Biology | 3 |
| Total Credits | 67 |
Biology Electives
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BOT 3501, 3501L | Honors Introduction to Plant Biology with Lab |
4 |
| BSC 4905 | Honors Directed Independent Study in Biology |
1-3 |
| BSC 4402L | Honors Fluorescence Microscopy Lab | 1 |
| BSC 4403L | Honors Biotechnology Lab | 2 |
| BSC 4930 | Honors Special Topics in Biology | 1-3 |
| BSC 4930 | Honors Endocrinology | 3 |
| BSC 4930 | Honors Immunology | 3 |
| ZOO 4742 | Honors Principles of Human Neuroanatomy | 3 |
| BSC 4930 | Honors Science of Addiction | 3 |
| BSC 2084, 2084L | Honors Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology with Lab | 4 |
| BSC 4930 | Honors Molecular Pharmacology | 3 |
| BSC 4930 | Honors Intro to Structural Molecular Biology | 2 |
| BSC 4930 | Honors Experimental Design and Data Analysis | 3 |
| PCB 3703, PCB 3703L | Honors Human Morphology and Function I with Lab | 4 |
| PCB 3704, PCB 3704L | Honors Human Morphology and Function II with Lab | 4 |
| 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 4253 | Honors Developmental Biology | 3 |
| PCB 4234 | Honors Biology of Cancer | 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 |
| ZOO 4556 | Honors Coral Reef Ecology | 3 |
| MCB 3020 (w/3020L) | Honors Microbiology (with Lab) | 3 (4) |
| PCB 4102 | Honors Cell Biology | 4 |
| 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 |
| BSC 4930 | Honors Molecular Ecology | 3 |
Pre-med track
PHY 2049 Honors General Physics II (4 credits)
PHY 2049L Honors General Physics II Lab (1 credit)
MAC 2312 Honors Calculus II (4 credits)
Other requirements for the Biology concentration: 67 credits (see above)
Total credits: 76