Courses Approved as Biology Major Electives

The following lists specify the courses that may be taken toward fulfillment of the biology core requirements. If a course appears in more than one area, it may used to fill only one area requirement. Note that only courses in the Biology Department can count toward the minor.

[Lab] = Course that fulfills the "lab or field component" requirement.

[IE] = Course that fulfills the "Integrative Experience" requirement.

GENETICS and MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

BIOL 284 Genetics Lab [Lab]
BIOL/ANIMSCI/BIOCHEM 285 Cell & Molecular Biology
BIOL 297Q Phage Bioinformatics [Lab]
BIOL/ANIMSCI/BIOCHEM 311 General Genetics
BIOL 379H Genomics and Bioinformatics
BIOL 383H Gene & Genome Analysis [Lab] [IE]
BIOL 397MH Cell & Molecular Biology Lab [Lab]
BIOL 484 Cancer Genetics
BIOL 486H Tackling Biomedical Problems with Molecular Biology [Lab] [IE]
BIOL 497D Genomics and Data Science [Lab]
BIOL 497G Human Genome Analysis [Lab]
BIOL 514 Population Genetics [IE]
BIOL 583 Advanced Genetics
BIOL 597GE Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics [Lab]

CELLULAR BIOLOGY and DEVELOPMENT

BIOL/ANIMSCI/BIOCHEM 285 Cell & Molecular Biology
BIOL 397MH Cellular and Molecular Biology Lab [Lab]
BIOL 477H Bioimaging [Lab] [IE]
BIOL 475 Plant Cell Biology
BIOL 523 Histology [Lab] [IE]
BIOL 559 Cell & Molecular Biology II
BIOL 580 Developmental Biology
BIOL 582 From DNA to Diversity: The Evolution and Development of Animal Form [Lab] [IE]
BIOL 597CD Cellular Biology of Disease
ANIMSCI 390E Fundamental Vertebrate Embryology [Lab]
ANIMSCI 581 Cancer Biology

PHYSIOLOGY

BIOL 288 Introductory Physiology
BIOL 372 Introductory Neurobiology [IE]
BIOL 388 Neurobiology and Physiology Lab [Lab]
BIOL 497AM How Animals Move
BIOL 497E Physiology of Extreme Environments
BIOL 510 Plant Physiology
BIOL 564 Human Physiology
BIOL 567 Experimental Comparative Animal Physiology [Lab]
BIOL 568 Endocrinology
BIOL 572 Neurobiology [IE]
BIOL 597NB Developmental Neurobiology
BIOL 597NE Neural Basis of Animal Behavior
ANIMSCI 421 Wildlife Reproduction
ANIMSCI 472 Infection and Immunity
ANIMSCI 521 Physiology of Reproduction [Lab]
ANIMSCI 572 Molecular Immunology
ANTHRO 305 Growth and Development

EVOLUTION and BIODIVERSITY

BIOL 280 Evolution
BIOL 424 Marine Biology [Lab]
BIOL 426 New England Flora [Lab]
BIOL 427 How to Make the Perfect Plant [Lab]
BIOL 487H Tropical Field Biology [Lab] [IE]
BIOL 497V Insect Diversity Lab [Lab]
BIOL 514 Population Genetics [IE]
BIOL 528 Principles of Evolution
BIOL 542 Ichthyology [Lab]
BIOL 544 Ornithology [Lab]
BIOL 548 Mammalogy [Lab]
BIOL 582 From DNA to Diversity: The Evolution and Development of Animal Form [Lab] [IE]
BIOL 597GE Evolutionary Genetics [Lab]
ANTHRO 394EI Evolutionary Medicine
ENVIRSCI 515 Microbiology of the Soil

ECOLOGY and BEHAVIOR

BIOL 287 Introductory Ecology
BIOL 421 Plant Ecology [Lab] [IE]
BIOL 422 Field Ecology: An Experimental Approach [Lab] [IE]
BIOL 424 Marine Biology [Lab]
BIOL 426 New England Flora [Lab]
BIOL 487H Tropical Field Biology [Lab] [IE]
BIOL 544 Ornithology [Lab]
BIOL 550 Animal Behavior [Lab] [IE]
BIOL 551 Animal Communication [IE]
ANTHRO 317 Primate Behavior
NRC 590AE Aquatic Ecology
NRC 590IE Invasion Ecology
NRC 590M Marine Ecology
NRC 547 Global Change Ecology
NRC 566 Restoration Ecology
NRC 470 Ecology of Fish [Lab]

MISCELLANEOUS

BIOL 335 Topics in Plant Biology
BIOL 401 Great Papers in Biology
BIOL 501 The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease