Base Lab Requirements for all Biology majors

Base Lab Requirement

Each student will select an option from the Required Course list.  Students must also satisfy Objectives A and B below, which can be met by courses, research, or a combination of the two.

BIOL research (BIOL 49400  or BIOL 49900 ) can be used to satisfy Objectives A and/or B below.  The Research Mentor must approve research to meet one or both objectives.  Consult with your academic advisor for the forms used to obtain Research Mentor approval for each objective.

A minimum of four credits of BIOL 49400  or BIOL 49900  must be earned in addition to research director approval. 

Students who complete a Biology Honors Thesis automatically meet Objectives A and B.

Microbiology, Microbiology Honors, and Health & Disease majors must use BIOL 43900  to meet this requirement.

Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology majors must use BIOL 59500  Laboratory in Ecology to meet this requirement.

Chemical Biology & Biochemistry majors will use BIOL 49500/CHM 49000, CBB Research Capstone, to meet this requirement.

Required Course

All students must take one of the following courses:

• BIOL 32800 - Principles Of Physiology
• BIOL 39500 - Special Assignments

• - Macromolecules Credit Hours: 3.00

• BIOL 43900 - Laboratory In General Microbiology
• BIOL 44205 - Introduction To LabVIEW
• BIOL 44207 - Exploration Of Protein Structure
• BIOL 44212 - Microscopy And Cell Biology
• BIOL 49500 - Special Assignments

• -CBB Research Capstone Credit Hours: 3.00

• BIOL 54200 - Modular Upper-Division Laboratory Course

•  - Neurophysiology Credit Hours: 1.00

• BIOL 59100 - Field Ecology
• BIOL 59500 - Special Assignments

• - Laboratory in Ecology Credit Hours: 1.00

• CHM 49000 - Selected Topics In Chemistry For Upper-Division Students

• -CBB Research Capstone Credit Hours: 3.00

Objective A - Research planning, literature review, writing

All students must meet Objective A with research, or take one of the following courses.

• BIOL 39500 - Special Assignments

• - Exp Dsgn&Quant Analys I-Honors

• BIOL 43900 - Laboratory In General Microbiology
• BIOL 48300 - Great Issues: Environmental And Conservation Biology
• BIOL 49500 - Special Assignments

• -Data Science: Good Versus Bad Data

• BIOL 58210 - Ecological Statistics
• BIOL 59100 - Field Ecology
• BIOL 59500 - Special Assignments

• - CryoEM 3D Reconstruction

  - Exp Dsgn & Quant Analys I-Honors

  - Laboratory in Ecology

  - Neural Mech in Hlth Disease

  -Theory of Molecular Methods

      Credit Hours: 1.00 or 3.00

Objective B - Analysis, simulation, and presentation

All students must meet Objective B with research, or take one of the following courses.

• BIOL 39500 - Special Assignments

• -Exp Dsgn&Quant Analys I-Honors

• BIOL 43900 - Laboratory In General Microbiology
• BIOL 44205 - Introduction To LabVIEW
• BIOL 44212 - Microscopy And Cell Biology
• BIOL 48300 - Great Issues: Environmental And Conservation Biology
• BIOL 49500 - Special Assignments

• -Data Science: Godd Versus Bad

• BIOL 54200 - Modular Upper-Division Laboratory Course  (Neurophysiology)
• BIOL 58210 - Ecological Statistics
• BIOL 59100 - Field Ecology
• BIOL 59500 - Special Assignments

• - CryoEM 3D Reconstruction

  - Data Analysis in Neurosci

  - Exp Dsgn&Quant Analys I-Honors

  - Laboratory in Ecology

  - Neural Mech in Hlth Disease

  - Theory of Molecular Methods Credit Hours: 1.00 or 3.00