B.A. in Biology/Physician Assistant
Academic Advisors: Karen Roach, Nicholas Jones
(120 credit minimum)
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st Semester | Credits | |
| BIOL 200 | Concepts in Biology | 4 |
| CHEM 125 or CHEM 121 | 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 |
| BNFO 135 or CS 101 | Programming for Bioinformatics or Computer Programming and Problem Solving | 3 |
| FYS SEM | First-Year Student Seminar | 0 |
| Term Credits | 17 | |
| 2nd Semester | ||
| BIOL 205 | Foundations of Biology: Ecology and Evolution Lecture | 3 |
| BIOL 206 | Foundations of Biology: Ecology and Evolution Lab | 1 |
| CHEM 126 or CHEM 122 | General Chemistry II 1 or Fundamentals of Chemical Principles II | 3 |
| CHEM 126A | Gen Chemistry Lab II | 1 |
| MATH 238 | General Calculus II | 3 |
| ENGL 102 | English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research | 3 |
| PSY 210 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| Term Credits | 17 | |
| Summer | ||
| Anatomy & Physiology (or BIO 121) 2 | ||
| Anatomy & Physiology (or BIO 122) 2 | ||
| Term Credits | 0 | |
| 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 |
| MATH 105 | Elementary Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| Social Science GER | 3 | |
| History and Humanities GER 300+ level | 3 | |
| Term Credits | 16 | |
| 2nd Semester | ||
| BIOL 340 | Mammalian Physiology | 4 |
| CHEM 473 or R120 360 | Biochemistry or Biochemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 244 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 244A | Organic Chemistry II Laboratory | 2 |
| History and Humanities GER 300+ level | 3 | |
| Term Credits | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| 1st Semester | ||
| BIOL 321 | Comp Vertebrate Anatomy | 4 |
| R120 335 | General Microbiology | 4 |
| Biology Ecology & Evolution Cluster Elective 3 | 3 | |
| PHYS 102 | General Physics | 3 |
| PHYS 102A | General Physics Lab | 1 |
| Humanities and Social Science Senior Seminar GER | 3 | |
| Term Credits | 18 | |
| 2nd Semester | ||
| BIOL 352 or R120 352 | Genetics or Genetics | 3 |
| Biology Elective | 3 | |
| Biology Elective | 3 | |
| PHYS 103 | General Physics | 3 |
| PHYS 103A | General Physics Lab | 1 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Term Credits | 16 | |
| Total Credits | 99 | |
- 1
CHEM 121 and CHEM 122 require permission from the academic adviser
- 2
Anatomy and Physiology may be taken at Rutgers Newark (R120 141/142) or Essex County College (BIO 121/122) or at another institution with approval from NJIT Biology Department
- 3
Choice of Evolution (Biol 222 or R120:222), Ecology (R120:280), Animal Behavior (BIOL 382), Plant Ecology (R120:370)
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Other courses may be substituted as necessary
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Assistant Courses Transferred to NJIT* | ||
| Technical Elective | PHYA4139 Microbiology and Immunology | 4 |
| Technical Elective | PHYA4120 Anatomy and Physiology I | 3 |
| Free Elective | PHYA4180 Biochemistry | 3 |
| Free Elective | PHYA4161 Cell Biology & Histology | 3 |
| Total Credits | 13 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| NJIT Credits | 107 | |
| Transfer Credits | 13 | |
| Biology Credits | 39 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |
Biology Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 315 | Principles of Neurobiology | 3 |
| BIOL 320 | Discovering Biological Research | 3 |
| R120 325 & R120 326 | Animal Parasites and Parasitology Lab | 4 |
| R120 328 | Ornithology | 3 |
| BIOL 337 | Collective Intel in Biol Syst | 3 |
| R120 330 | Plant Physiology | 4 |
| BIOL 338 | Ecology of the Dining Hall | 3 |
| BIOL 441 | Neurophysiology | 3 |
| BIOL 342 | Developmental Biology (Embryology) | 3 |
| BIOL 423 | Physiological Mechanisms | 3 |
| BIOL 424 | Comparative Physiology | 3 |
| BIOL 350 | Immunology | 3 |
| R120 355 | Cell Biology | 3 |
| R120 356 | Molecular Biology | 3 |
| R120 365 | Evolutions of Humans | 3 |
| BIOL 468 | Disease Ecology & Evolution | 3 |
| R120 370 | Plant Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 375 | Conservation Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 383 | Neural Basis of Behavior | 3 |
| BIOL 492 | Research and Independent Study | 3 |
| BIOL 400 | Biology in Science Fiction | 3 |
| R120 402 | Biology of Cancer | 3 |
| R120 422 | Biological Invasions | 3 |
| R120 430 | Plant Growth & Development | 4 |
| BIOL 432 | Intro to Comp Neuroscience | 3 |
| BIOL 436 | Advanced Neuroscience Modeling | 3 |
| BIOL 440 | Cell Biology of Disease: Cells gone Bad! | 3 |
| BIOL 445 | Endocrinology | 3 |
| BIOL 447 | Systems Neurobiology | 3 |
| BIOL 448 | Neuropathophysiology: Nervous System Gone Bad! | 3 |
| BIOL 453 | Applied Genetics & Genomics | 3 |
| R120 455 | Molec Cell Biology | 3 |
| R120 456 | Virology | 3 |
| BIOL 462 | Comparative Biomechanics | 3 |
| BIOL 470 | Dynamic Princ in Systems BIOL | 3 |
| R120 472 | Environmental Assessment | 3 |
| BIOL 475 | Ecological Field Methods and Analysis | 3 |
| BIOL 498 | Special Topics in Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 491 & BIOL 492 | Research and Independent Study and Research and Independent Study | 6 |
| BIOL 495 | Honors Seminar in Biology | 3 |
