PROGRAM OF EMPHASIS

Department: Biology

Title: Biology (starting with students in the Fall of 2007)


All POEs using the words Biology, Biological Science(s) or Zoology must meet the course requirements of this Biology designated POE.

General Requirements

A minimum of 18 credit hours of advanced biology coursework (Biology designated courses numbered in the 300's and 400's).  The following courses also qualify:  CH 301: BMBI, CH 416: BMBIII, ESS 320: Environmental Monitoring, ESS 325: Conservation Biology, PY 401: Comparative Psychology, PY 402: Evolutionary Psychology

CH 105, CH 106 and CH 230. (four semester sequence recommended; required for many graduate programs)

Either PC 200 and 201 or PC 202 and PC 203 each with PC 206 and PC 207. (8 credits)

MA 130, Calculus I or BI 305, Biostatistics [some graduate programs may require Calculus]

Specific Requirements
The following courses must be taken. Substitutions and transfer credit require the approval of the Biology Department.

Course Number

Title

Credits

Prerequisites

Dist.

Skills

BI 105

Biological Diversity and Ecology

3

N

 

BI 106

Structure and function of cells and organisms

3

 BI 105 and CH 105

N

 

BI 121

Biology Lab I

1

corequisite  BI 105

N

QS

BI 122

Biology Lab II

1

BI 121

N

QS

BI 189

Freshman Seminar

1

   

N

 

CH 105

Organic Chemistry Concepts I

3

 

N

 

CH 106

Organic Chemistry Concepts II

3

CH 105, minimum grade C

N

 

CH 121

Organic Chemistry Lab I

1

Corequisite CH 105

N

QS

CH 122

Organic Chemistry Lab II

1

CH 121; corequisite CH 106

N

QS

CH 230

Introduction to Bioinorganic Chemistry

3

CH 105

N

  

BI 289

Frontiers of Biology

1

Must be completed by the end of the sophomore year

N

 

BI 207

Dynamics of Biological Processes

4

BI 106, CH 106 & CH 230

N

  

MA 130
or
BI 305

Calculus I

Biostatistics

4

4



ESS 100 or BI 106

N

N

QM

QS

PC 20X

Physics I & II with lab

8

    

N

 

Upper level

*See table below for distribution requirement

18

   

    

   

Upper level Biology distribution requirement: At least one course must be taken from each core group.  Of these four courses, two must have an associated laboratory.  Three credits of research (BI 489) on the same project may count as a core laboratory course.  The core classification will be determined by the research advisor.          

Evolution/Ecology

Cell and Molecular

Organismal

Biological Interactions

Ecology

Ecological Genetics

(even SP)

Vertebrate zoology

Immunology

Plant ecology and systematics

Microbiology

Invert zoology

(odd FA)

Physiology

Organic Evolution

BMBI

Anatomy

Biostatistics

Environmental Monitoring

Developmental Biology

Plant Ecol & systematics

Neurobiology

Conservation Biology

Microbial Genetics (SP08/09)

Entomology

(even FA)

Environmental Toxicology

(odd FA)

Evolutionary Psychology
(even SP)

Microscopy

Botany

Reproductive biology

(even FA)

Comparative Psychology
(odd SP)

Molecular Techniques

 

Symbiosis (F07 only)

Evolutionary Ecology (odd SP)

 

 

 

Minimum total credit hours =  55
The student must have an advisor who is a member of the Biology Department Faculty. 


Suggested Normal Progression

 

Fall

 

Spring

 

Freshman

Biological Diversity & Ecology
Biology Lab I        
Organic Chemistry Concepts I
Organic Chemistry Lab  I
College Writing Seminar
IA
FISH or IC or CA

3
1
3
1
4
1
3-4

Biology Lab II
Freshman Biology Seminar
Organic Chemistry  Concepts II
Organic Chemistry Lab II
Calculus 1
FISH or IC or CA

1
1
3
1
4
3-6

Sophomore

Structure & function of cells & organisms
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Cultural Analysis I
FISH or IC or CA
Biology Seminar (BI 289)


3
3
3-4
3-4
1

Biology III 
Biology III Lab
Anaytical Chemistry
Biology Seminar (BI 289)
IC
FISH or IC or CA

3
1
5
1
4
3-4

Junior/Senior

Physics and Lab I & II
18 credits of upper level Biology distribution requirements


Secondary Emphasis
A secondary emphasis in Biology requires completion of the following:
 Biological Diversity & Ecology
 Structure and function of cells and organisms
 Biology III
 Biology Laboratory I, II, and III
 Organic Chemistry Concepts I and II
 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I and II
 Two 300/400 level biology courses: must be from two different core areas; one course must have a laboratory component.

Click here to learn more about the Biology Department
http://departments.juniata.edu/biology/

updated 9-07

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