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Requirements in Biology for the major in Biology @ Villanova

To graduate, you must pass (grade of D- or better) courses resulting in 36 earned credits in Biology as listed below. Your GPA in these course + math and other science (your “technical cumulative”) must also end up ≥ 2.0

1)      Introductory Biology (8 credits)

¨    General Biology I (or Honors equivalent) (4 credits)

¨    General Biology II (or Honors equivalent) (4 credits)

2)     Genetics, Bio 3351 (3 credits (before 2007) or 4 credits (after 2007))

3)     Senior Seminar, Bio 5100 (1 credit) (or an approved substitute seminar course if available)

4)     At least 5 upper-division Biology courses with lab (number 3000 or higher) (20 credits) 

 

 

 

Sub-disciplinary Area (must include ≥ 1 lab course in each area)

 

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Course #

Cell & sub-cellular

Organismal

Population & evolution

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5)     At least 3 or 4 additional upper-division credits (depending on which version of Genetics you took), from one or more of the following

¨    6th upper-division biology course with lab (4 credits)

¨    upper-division biology lecture-only course(s) (2 or 3 credits each)

¨    Directed Research (2 credits)

¨    Senior Thesis Research, Dept. of Biology (2 credits)

¨    Senior Thesis Research, Honors Program (3 credits)

¨    Biology For-credit Internship (3 or 6 credits; requires formal pre-approval through Internship Office and Dept. of Biology)

Why not just automatically require a 6th lab course?

Because we prefer to give you options for how to complete your total 36 credits in biology!