Biology
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- Total Credits Required for Degree32
- Required Courses in the Major:4-10
- Electives:
- Choose from the following:24-30
- BI 402 Microbial Ecology (3 cr.)
- BI 404 Virology (3 cr.)
- BI 405 Immunology (3 cr.)
- BI 411 Limnology (4 cr.)
- BI 412 Biometrics (4 cr.)
- BI 418 Molecular Biology (4 cr.)
- BI 423 Parasitology (3 cr.)
- BI 424 Entomology (4 cr.)
- BI 425 Endocrinology (3 cr.)
- BI 426 Human Histology (4 cr.)
- BI 428 Behavioral Ecology (4 cr.)
- BI 430 Plant Anatomy (4 cr.)
- BI 431 Plant Physiology (4 cr.)
- BI 433 Boreal Flora (2-3 cr.)
- BI 434 Plant Ecology (4 cr.)
- BI 435 Boreal Ecosystems (4 cr.)
- BI 441 Fisheries Management (3 cr.)
- BI 442 Wildlife Management (4 cr.)
- BI 460 Ichthyology (3 cr.)
- BI 461 Herpetology (4 cr.)
- BI 462 Ornithology (4 cr.) (4 cr. as of 8/23/10)
- BI 463 Mammalogy (3 cr.)
- BI 465 Aquatic Insect Ecology (4 cr.)
- BI 491 Seminar (1 cr.)
- BI 495 Special Topics in Biology (1-4 cr.)
- BI 510 Advanced Human Physiology (4 cr.)
- BI 513 Advanced Ecology (4 cr.)
- BI 514 Population Genetics (3 cr.)
- BI 516 Bio Systems Analysis (1 cr.)
- BI 517 Population Ecology (3 cr.)
- BI 519 Bioinformatics (2 cr.)
- BI 520 Systematics (3 cr.)
- BI 590 Graduate Seminar in Biology * (1 cr.)
- BI 595 Special Topics in Biology * (1-4 cr.)
- BI 596 Special Topics in Biology * (1-4 cr.)
- BI 598 Directed Study Research in Biology * (1-4 cr.)
Note: Up to 12 elective credits may be taken from departments other than Biology. These courses must be at the 400- or 500-level and they must be approved for graduate credit and by the student's advisory committee.
*Elective courses of unspecified content will only be counted toward a degree if approval of student's thesis advisory committee had been obtained prior to enrollment in the course.