Choose Courses that Match Your Interests
This video walks you through suggested course plans that include recommended biology electives. There are many ways to complete biology major requirements; check in with our advising office to learn more about different pathways through the biology major.
Make a Four-Year Plan
Use the links below to help plan your biology major. There is a suggested four-year plan for completing the major, a version for students planning to study abroad, and a blank worksheet that you can use to develop your personalized plan. Also available below: course-selection guidance for those interested in a particular area of biology.
Planning worksheet: four-year plan
Planning worksheet: four-year plan including study abroad
Planning worksheet: blank four-year planning form
Course guide for students interested in Cell & Molecular Biology and Genetics
Course Guide for students interested in Biomedicine and Physiology
Course guide for students interested in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Advising
- Major Requirements
- Major Requirements Checklist
- Recommended Course Sequences
- Courses Approved as Major Electives
- Declaring a Biology major
- Course Offerings 2025-26
- Learning Goals
- Integrative Experience
- Minor Requirements
- Departmental Honors
- Study Abroad
- Awards & Scholarships
- Residential Programs
- Fifth-year Master's
- Petitions and Forms
- Research Opportunities
- Majors Week