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Biology

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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.

Note for Pre-med students

Biology Concentration
See also biology prereq flowchart (pdf); classes for premeds flowchart (pdf)

Course Number

Course Name

Credits

BSC 1010, 1010L

Honors Biological Principles with Lab

BSC 1011, 1011L

Honors Biodiversity with Lab

CHM 2045, 2045L

Honors General Chemistry I with Lab

CHM 2046, 2046L

Honors General Chemistry II with Lab

MAC 2311

Honors Calculus I with Analytic Geometry

STA 2023

Honors Introductory Statistics

PHY 2048, 2048L

Honors General Physics I with Lab

CHM 2210, 2210L

Honors Organic Chemistry I with Lab

CHM 2211, 2211L

Honors Organic Chemistry II with Lab

BCH 3033, 3033L

Honors Biochemistry with Lab

PCB 3063

Honors Genetics

Biology Electives

BSC 4915

Honors Research in Biology

BSC 4970

Honors Thesis in Biology

Total credits

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

BOT 3501L     Honors Introduction to Plant Biology Lab     1
BSC 4905     Honors Directed Independent Study in Biology     1-3
BSC 4402L    Honors Fluorescent Microscopy Lab    1
BSC 4403L     Honors Biotechnology Lab     2
BSC 4930     Honors Special Topics in Biology     1-3
BSC 4930     Honors Endocrinology

BSC 4930 Honors Immunology 3
BSC 2084, BSC 2084L Honors Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Lab 3, 1

PCB 4673

Honors Evolution

PCB 3352

Honors Issues in Human Ecology

PCB 4414

Honors Behavioral Ecology

PCB 3351, 3351L

Honors Tropical Rainforests with Lab

PCB 3411     Honors Animal Behavior     3
PCB 4253    Honors Developmental Biology    3
PCB 4324    Honors Cancer Biology    3
PCB 4043     Honors Principles of Ecology     3

OCB 3012, 3012L

Honors Marine Biology and Oceanography with Lab

ZOO 2303, 2303L

Honors Vertebrate Zoology with Lab

ZOO 4556 Honors Coral Reef Ecology 3

MCB 3023, 3023L

Honors Microbiology with Lab

PCB 4102 Honors Cell Biology 4

PCB 4024

Honors Molecular Cell Biology

BSC 1933

Honors Freshman Seminar