Biology
BiologyProgram Requirements
- 1 BIOLOGY honors course any level
- 1 BIOLOGY honors course 300-level or higher
- Honors Thesis or Project. Options include:
- Individually contracted: BIOLOGY 499Y Honors Research and BIOLOGY 499T Honors Thesis
- Seminar: BIOLOGY 499C and BIOLOGY 499D BioInnovation
- Seminar: BIOLOGY 499E and BIOLOGY 499F Research Methodology I and II
- Seminar: HONORS 499C and HONORS 499D Bioterrorism, or Healthcare Inequality
- Seminar: HONORS 499CK and HONORS 499DK Open Science Instrumentation and Data Collection
- Seminar: KIN 499E and KIN 499F Wearable Technologies in Physical Activity and Health
- Seminar: PUBHLTH 499C and PUBHLTH 499D Community-Based Participatory Research, Chronic Disease Prevention, and Stress Biomarkers
- When offered, 1cr BIOL 291H, 391H and 491H seminars plus their pre-requisite non-honors root course are acceptable as DH electives.
Honors Program Directors
- For students with last names A–J: Akiko Okusu | 413-545-4400 | aokusu [at] umass [dot] edu
- For students with last names K–Z: Sarah Pallas | 413-577-2254 | spallas [at] umass [dot] edu