(120 credits minimum) 

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
1st SemesterCredits
BIOL 200 Concepts in Biology 4
CHEM 125
General Chemistry I 1
or Fundamentals of Chemical Principles I
3
CHEM 125A General Chemistry Lab I 1
MATH 138 General Calculus I 3
ENGL 101 English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing 3
FYS SEM First-Year Student Seminar 0
 Term Credits14
2nd Semester
BIOL 205 Foundations of Biology: Ecology and Evolution Lecture 3
BIOL 206 Foundations of Biology: Ecology and Evolution Lab 1
CHEM 126
General Chemistry II 1
or Fundamentals of Chemical Principles II
3
CHEM 126A Gen Chemistry Lab II 1
ENGL 102 English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research 3
MATH 105 Elementary Probability and Statistics 3
 Term Credits14
Second Year
1st Semester
BIOL 201 Found of Biol: Cell & Molecula 3
BIOL 202 Found of Biol: Cell & Molecula 1
CHEM 243 Organic Chemistry I 3
BNFO 135
Programming for Bioinformatics
or Computer Programming and Problem Solving
3
History and Humanities GER 200 level 3
Social Sciences GER 3
 Term Credits16
2nd Semester
R120 211 Plant Kingdom 4
BIOL 222 Evolution 3
CHEM 244 Organic Chemistry II 3
CHEM 244A Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 2
History and Humanities GER 300+ level 3
 Term Credits15
Third Year
1st Semester
R120 280 Ecology 3
Molecular and Cellular Cluster Elective 3
PHYS 102 General Physics 3
PHYS 102A General Physics Lab 1
History and Humanities GER 300+ level 3
Free Elective 2 3
 Term Credits16
2nd Semester
Field Course Elective 3
Ecology & Evolution Elective 3
PHYS 103 General Physics 3
PHYS 103A General Physics Lab 1
Technical Elective 3 3
Ecology and Evolution Elective 3
 Term Credits16
Fourth Year
1st Semester
Ecology and Evolution Laboratory Elective 4
Technical Elective 3 3
Ecology and Evolution 400-level Elective 2 3
Free Elective 2 3
Humanities and Social Science Senior Seminar GER 3
 Term Credits16
2nd Semester
Technical Elective 3 4
Free Elective 2 3
Technical Elective 3 3
Free Elective 2 3
 Term Credits13
 Total Credits120

Biology Credits: 41

1

CHEM 121 and CHEM 122 require permission from academic adviser

2

 Free Elective - Any course in any subject at any  level

3

Technical Elective - Any course in BIOL, BME, FRSC, CHEM, CS, EVSC, IT, IS, MIS, MIT, PHYS.

One Technical Elective must be four credits (PHYS 202 and 202A, PHYS 203 and 203A, FRSC 307, FRSC 359)

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION LABORATORY ELECTIVES (One Required)

R120 230Biology Of Seed Plants4
R120 311Flora of New Jersey4
BIOL 321Comp Vertebrate Anatomy4
R120 330Plant Physiology4
R120 335General Microbiology4
R120 452Molecular Biol Techniques4

FIELD COURSE ELECTIVES (One Required)              

BIOL 328Ornithology - The Life of Birds3
R120 371Field Study Plant Ecology3
R120 380Field Ecology3
BIOL 475Ecological Field Methods and Analysis3
BIOL 484Evolution of Animal Behavior Laboratory3

MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR (One Requried)

BIOL 352Genetics3
or R120 352 Genetics
R120 356Molecular Biology3
CHEM 473Biochemistry3

 ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION ELECTIVES(Two Required)

BIOL 328Ornithology - The Life of Birds3
BIOL 337Collective Intel in Biol Syst3
BIOL 338Ecology of the Dining Hall3
BIOL 352Genetics3
or R120 352 Genetics
BIOL 375Conservation Biology3
BIOL 376Biological Applications of Geographic Information Systems3
BIOL 382Animal Behavior3
BIOL 453Applied Genetics & Genomics3
BIOL 462Comparative Biomechanics3
BIOL 468Disease Ecology & Evolution3
BIOL 475Ecological Field Methods and Analysis3
BIOL 484Evolution of Animal Behavior Laboratory3
BIOL 491Research and Independent Study3
BIOL 492Research and Independent Study3
R120 305Vertebrate Evolution3
R120 356Molecular Biology3
R120 365Evolutions of Humans3
R120 370Plant Ecology3
R120 381Ecological History of North Am3
R120 422Biological Invasions3
CHEM 360Environmental Chemistry of Air Pollution and Climate Change3
CHEM 361Environmental Chemistry of Water and Soil Pollution3
EVSC 375Environmental Biology3
EVSC 385Environmental Microbiology3