Biology - Human Biology Track, BS
Introduction
This track is for students interested in the human body and how it works. Students in this track may pursue careers such as health professionals, research laboratories, public health.
Program Delivery
- This is an on-campus program.
Declaring This Major
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General Requirements
To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the three areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.
- CU Denver General Graduation Requirements
- CU Denver Core Curriculum
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Graduation Requirements
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Program Requirements
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 BIOL credit hours.
- Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours in ancillary coursework.
- Students must complete a minimum of 18 upper division (3000- level and above) BIOL credit hours.
- Students must earn a minimum grade of C- (1.7) in all courses that apply to the major and must achieve a minimum cumulative major GPA of 2.0. Courses taken using P+/P/F or S/U grading cannot apply to major requirements.
- Students must complete a minimum of 18 upper division (3000-level and above) BIOL credit hours with CU Denver faculty and at least 6 credits must be at 4000-level or higher.
Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations
- Courses more than ten years old will not count automatically, but can be evaluated individually for their current relevance to the degree program through a petition process with the Department of Integrative Biology Curriculum Committee. Approval for courses older than ten years is not guaranteed so students may be required to update their knowledge by taking additional courses when past courses are outdated.
- Undergraduate students may count up to six credit hours of independent study or internship (any combination of BIOL 3840 Independent Study, BIOL 3939 Internship, BIOL 4840 Independent Study, BIOL 4880 Directed Research) toward the upper-division Biology electives requirement in the major.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete the following required biology courses: | ||
| BIOL 2010 | Organisms to Ecosystems (Gen Bio) | 3 |
| or BIOL 2030 | Honors Organisms to Ecosystems (Gen Bio) | |
| BIOL 2011 | Organisms to Ecosystems Lab (Gen Bio) | 1 |
| or BIOL 2031 | Honors Organisms to Ecosystems Lab (Gen Bio) | |
| BIOL 2020 | Molecules to Cells (Gen Bio) | 3 |
| or BIOL 2040 | Honors Molecules to Cells (Gen Bio) | |
| BIOL 2021 | Molecules to Cells Lab (Gen Bio) | 1 |
| or BIOL 2041 | Honors Molecules to Cells Lab (Gen Bio) | |
| BIOL 3226 | Human Physiology | 3 |
| BIOL 3227 | Human Physiology Lab | 1 |
| BIOL 3832 | General Genetics | 3 |
| or BIOL 3124 | Introduction to Molecular Biology | |
| BIOL 3240 | Human Anatomy Lecture | 3 |
| BIOL 3241 | Human Anatomy Cadaver Lab | 2 |
| or BIOL 3242 | Virtual Human Anatomy Lab | |
| Complete the following required ancillary classes: | ||
| CHEM 2031 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| or CHEM 2081 | Honors General Chemistry I | |
| CHEM 2038 | General Chemistry Laboratory I | 1 |
| or CHEM 2039 | Majors General Chemistry I Laboratory | |
| or CHEM 2088 | Honors General Chemistry I Laboratory | |
| CHEM 2061 | General Chemistry II | 3 |
| or CHEM 2091 | Honors General Chemistry II Lecture | |
| CHEM 2068 | General Chemistry Laboratory II | 2 |
| or CHEM 2069 | Majors General Chemistry II Laboratory | |
| or CHEM 2098 | Honors General Chemistry II Laboratory | |
| Choose one advanced chemistry class (Organic Chemistry I is a prereq): | 3-4 | |
| Organic Chemistry II | ||
or CHEM 3491 | Majors Organic Chemistry II | |
| Biochemistry | ||
| General Biochemistry II | ||
| Choose one quantitative class from this list (prereqs required): | 3-4 | |
| Biostatistics | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| Applied Statistics | ||
| Choose one writing intensive class from this list: | 3 | |
| Rhetorics of Medicine & Health | ||
| Technical Writing (also satisfies CLAS Communicative Skills requirement) | ||
| Writing in the Sciences (also satisfies CLAS Communicative Skills requirement) | ||
| Argumentation and Logic (also satisfies CLAS Humanities requirement) | ||
| Proposal and Grant Writing (also satisfies CLAS Humanities requirement) | ||
| Choose at least two upper division BIOL 4000 level classes from this list, must be from UCD faculty: | 6 | |
| Introduction to Biotechnology | ||
| Infectious Disease Ecology | ||
| Virology | ||
| Cell Biology of Disease | ||
| Molecular Genetics | ||
| Human Genetics | ||
| Medical Microbiology | ||
| Neurobiology | ||
| Genomics and Bioinformatics | ||
| Mechanisms of Animal Behavior | ||
| Environmental Physiology. | ||
| Microbial Genomics | ||
| Applied Microbial Ecology | ||
| Environmental Toxicology | ||
| Exercise Physiology | ||
| Cell Signaling | ||
| Mechanisms of Human Pathology | ||
| Biology of Cancer | ||
| Endocrinology | ||
| Structural Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases | ||
| Biochemistry of Metabolic Disease | ||
| Biochemistry of Gene Regulation and Cancer | ||
| Choose at least 10 BIOL credits from the following list that have not been used anywhere above to reach 36 total credits in BIOL (recommended BIOL 3611, Cell Biology, as it is pre-req for many other elective options): | ||
| Biology Career and Professional Development Seminar | ||
| Practical Laboratory Skills | ||
| Human Reproductive Biology | ||
| Behavioral Genetics | ||
| Introduction to Molecular Biology | ||
| Advanced Topics | ||
| Advanced Special Topics with Lab | ||
| Principles of Ecology | ||
| Introduction to Evolution | ||
| Vertebrate Biology | ||
| Parasitology | ||
| General Cell Biology | ||
| Cell Biology Laboratory | ||
| Introduction to Immunology | ||
| General Microbiology | ||
| General Microbiology Lab | ||
| Developmental Biology | ||
| General Genetics | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Internship | ||
| Introduction to Biotechnology | ||
| Advanced Biology Topics | ||
| Infectious Disease Ecology | ||
| Virology | ||
| Cell Biology of Disease | ||
| Molecular Biology Laboratory | ||
| Molecular Genetics | ||
| Human Genetics | ||
| Medical Microbiology | ||
| Neurobiology | ||
| Genomics and Bioinformatics | ||
| Mechanisms of Animal Behavior | ||
| Environmental Physiology. | ||
| Microbial Genomics | ||
| Applied Microbial Ecology | ||
| Environmental Toxicology | ||
| Exercise Physiology | ||
| Mechanisms of Human Pathology | ||
| Cell Signaling | ||
| Biology of Cancer | ||
| Advanced Human Anatomy Laboratory | ||
| Structural Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases | ||
| Biochemistry of Metabolic Disease | ||
| Biochemistry of Gene Regulation and Cancer | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Directed Research | ||
| Biochemistry | ||
| General Biochemistry II | ||
| Total Hours | 44-46 | |
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