Biology - Integrative Biology Track, BS
Introduction
The Integrative Biology Track is very flexible and offers students with diverse interests an opportunity to fully explore the field of biology. This Track is also great for students interested in becoming K12 Teachers because it allows them to take a diverse set of courses, so they are prepared to teach all aspects of biology.
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 15 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not guaranteed so students may be required to update their knowledge by taking additional courses when past courses are outdated.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: | 20 | |
| Organisms to Ecosystems (Gen Bio) | ||
or BIOL 2030 | Honors Organisms to Ecosystems (Gen Bio) | |
| Organisms to Ecosystems Lab (Gen Bio) | ||
or BIOL 2031 | Honors Organisms to Ecosystems Lab (Gen Bio) | |
| Molecules to Cells (Gen Bio) | ||
or BIOL 2040 | Honors Molecules to Cells (Gen Bio) | |
| Molecules to Cells Lab (Gen Bio) | ||
or BIOL 2041 | Honors Molecules to Cells Lab (Gen Bio) | |
| Principles of Ecology | ||
| Introduction to Evolution | ||
| General Cell Biology | ||
| General Genetics | ||
or BIOL 3124 | Introduction to Molecular Biology | |
| Complete the following required ancillary classes: | 9 | |
| General Chemistry I | ||
or CHEM 2081 | Honors General Chemistry I | |
| General Chemistry Laboratory I | ||
or CHEM 2039 | Majors General Chemistry I Laboratory | |
or CHEM 2088 | Honors General Chemistry I Laboratory | |
| General Chemistry II | ||
or CHEM 2091 | Honors General Chemistry II Lecture | |
| General Chemistry Laboratory II | ||
or CHEM 2069 | Majors General Chemistry II Laboratory | |
or CHEM 2098 | Honors General Chemistry II Laboratory | |
| Choose one quantitative class from this list: | 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 one upper division BIOL lab class. | 3 | |
| Choose at least two three credit hour 4000 level BIOL classes (must be taken from a UCD faculty) Excludes, BIOL 4840, BIOL 4880 and BIOL 4125. | 6 | |
| Choose any BIOL credits that have not been used anywhere else above to reach 36 total credits in BIOL (courses for non-science majors excluded). | ||
| Total Hours | 44-45 | |
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