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Total Credits Required 32
Required Courses in the Major4 - 10
BI 500 Planning and Proposing Scientific Research 2
BI 589 Research in Biology (1 - 4 cr.) or other equivalent
BI 599A Thesis in Biology 1 - 4
Electives:
Students may choose the remainder of their coursework from the following list with the requirement that 3-4 credits be completed in BI, and 7-8 credits in one other prefix and 3-4 credits in a third prefix in courses of defined content (i.e. not Directed Studies).
Choose from the following:22-28
BI 402 Microbial Ecology 3
BI 404 Virology 3
BI 405 Immunology 3
BI 406 Advanced Cell Biology 4
BI 410 Ecology of the Great Lakes 4
BI 411 Limnology 4
BI 412 Biometrics 4
BI 413 Biochemistry of Development 4
BI 418 Molecular Biology 4
BI 419 Biology of Cancer 4
BI 420 Neuroscience 4
BI 423 Parasitology 3
BI 424 Entomology 4
BI 425 Endocrinology 3
BI 426 Human Histology 4
BI 427 Ecological Animal Physiology 4
BI 428 Behavioral Ecology 4
BI 430 Plant Anatomy 4
BI 431 Plant Physiology 4
BI 433 Boreal Flora 2 - 3
BI 434 Plant Ecology 4
BI 435 Boreal Ecosystems 4
BI 441 Fisheries Management 3
BI 442 Wildlife Management 4
BI 460 Ichthyology 3
BI 461 Herpetology 4
BI 462 Ornithology 4
BI 463 Mammalogy 3
BI 465 Aquatic Insect Ecology 4
BI 491 Seminar 1
BI 495 Special Topics in Biology 1 - 4
BI 502 Scientific laboratory Instruction 2
BI 510 Advanced Human Physiology 4
BI 511 Advanced Animal Physiology 3
BI 513 Advanced Ecology 4
BI 514 Population Genetics 3
BI 516 Bio Systems Analysis 1
BI 517 Population Ecology 3
BI 518 Gene Structure and Function 2
BI 519 Bioinformatics 2
BI 520 Systematics 3
BI 521 Advanced Exercise Physiology 3
BI 531 Advanced Seminar in Exercise Physiology 3
BI 590 Graduate Seminar in Biology 1
BI 595 Special Topics in Biology 1 - 4
BI 596 Special Topics in Biology 1 - 4
BI 598 Directed Study Research in Biology 1 - 4
CH 415 Inorganic Chemistry 4
CH 435 Gas and Liquid Chromatography 2
CH 436 Modern Spectroscopy 3
CH 437 Atomic Absorption Spectrometry 1
CH 440 Forensic Chemistry 4
CH 450 Biochemistry I 4
CH 452 Biochemistry II 4
CH 454 Biochemical Techniques 4
CH 456 Protein Structure and Function 3
CH 495 Special Topics in Chemistry 1 - 4
CS 410 Database Development for Scientists 4
GC 401 Biogeography 4
GC 425 Remote Sensing 4
GC 428 Spatial Analysis 4
GC 465 Hydrology 4
GC 475 Environmental Impact Assessment 4
GC 495 Special Topics 1 - 4
MA 412 Abstract Algebra II 3
MA 465 Complex Variables 3
MA 472 Applied Statistics 3
MA 478 Probability 3
MA 482 Foundations of Mathematics 3
MA 483 Introduction to Number Theory 3
MA 484 History of Mathematical Thought 3
MA 595 Special Topics in Mathematics 1 - 4
MA 598 Directed Studies in Mathematics 1 - 4
PH 410 Introductory Quantum Mechanics 3
PH 598 Directed Study 1 - 4