Concentration in Biology

Students must earn a "C" or better in each course taken to fulfill a concentration requirement.

Overview and Advisory Board

The biology concentration is designed for those students who wish to go on to graduate school, medical school, or who desire to work for biotech firms, government agencies or environmental organizations. Our interdisciplinary curriculum will benefit students who choose to pursue graduate studies in biology, oceanography or environmental science.

Advisory Board: 

Dr. Kelsie Bernot

Dr. Lucia Carvelli

Dr. Andia Chaves Fonnegra
Dr. Erik Duboue

Dr. Tracy Mincer
Dr. Jon Moore

Dr. Conrad Toepfer

Dr. Catherine Trivigno
Dr. Jim Wetterer

 

Note for Pre-Med students | Suggested courses for Pre-med students

 

Required Courses

Concentration in Biology

Course #	Course Name	Credits
BSC 1010, 1010L	Honors Biological Principles with Lab	4
BSC 1011, 1011L	Honors Biodiversity with Lab	4
CHM 2045, 2045L	Honors General Chemistry I with Lab	4
CHM 2046, 2046L	Honors General Chemistry II with Lab	4
MAC 2311	Honors Calculus I  with Analytic Geometry	4
STA 2023	Honors Introductory Statistics	3
PHY 2048, 2048L	Honors General Physics I with Lab	5
CHM 2210, 2204L	Honors Organic Chemistry I with Lab	4
CHM 2211, 2205L	Honors Organic Chemistry II with Lab	4
BCH 3033	Honors Biochemistry	3
PCB 3063	Honors Genetics	4
	Biology Electives	18
IDS 4970	Honors Thesis (two semesters)	6
	Total Credits	67

 

Electives:

Biology Electives are given below. Other FAU courses may be used only with the prior approval of the Concentration Advisor. Students are reminded that they need 45 upper-level (3000 or 4000-level) credits to graduate.

 

Biology Electives

Course #	Course Name	Credits
BSC 1933	Honors Freshman Seminar	3
BSC 2085, 2085L	Anatomy and Physiology 1 and Anatomy and Physiology 1 Lab	4
BSC 3452	Honors Experimental Design and Data Analysis*	3
BSC 4403L	Honors Biotechnology Lab	2
BSC 4442C	Honors Molecular Ecology	3
BSC 4905	Honors Directed  Independent Study in Biology	1-3
BSC 4915	Honors Dir Ind Res in Biology	1-3
BSC 4930	Honors Environmental Field Ecology with Lab	5
BSC 4930	Honors Genomes Biology	3
BSC 4930	Honors System Neuroscience	3
BSC 4930	Honors Eukaryotic Genomes	3
BSC 4930	Honors Environmental Field Ecology	3
BSC 4930	Honors Special Topics in Biology	1-3
PSB 4243	Honors Neuroscience of Addiction	3
BSC 4930	Honors Molecular Pharmacology	3
BSC 4930	Honors Intro to Structural Molecular Biology	2
BSC 4930	Honors Biology of Fishes with Lab	4
BSC 4930	Honors Florida Ecosystem	3
BOT 3501, 3501L	Honors Introduction  to Plant Biology with Lab	4
EVR 4420	Honors Marine Conservation	3
EVS 4414	Honors Conservation Biology	3
MCB 3020 (w/3020L)	Honors Microbiology (with Lab)	3 (4)
OCB 3012, 3012L	Honors Marine Biology  and Oceanography with Lab	4
GLY 4105	Honors Evolution of Life on Earth	3
PCB 3352	Honors Issues in Human Ecology	3
PCB 3411	Honors Animal Behavior	3
PCB 3703, PCB 3703L	Honors Human Morphology and Function I with Lab	4
PCB 3704, PCB 3704L	Honors Human Morphology and Function II with Lab	4
PCB 4102	Honors Molecular Cell Biology	3
PCB 4043	Honors Principles of Ecology	3
PCB 4102	Honors Cell Biology	4
PCB 4233	Immunology	3
PCB 4234	Honors Biology of Cancer	3
PCB 4253	Honors Developmental Biology	3
PCB 4414	Honors Behavioral Ecology	4
PCB 4673	Honors Evolution	3
PCB 4832C	RI: Neurophysiology	3
PCB 4841	Honors Cellular Neuroscience	3
ZOO 2303, 2303L	Honors Vertebrate Zoology with Lab	4
ZOO 4556	Honors Coral Reef Ecology	3
ZOO 4742	Honors Principles of Human Neuroanatomy	3

*BSC 3452 is highly recommended for students planning to attend graduate school.

Note: Students in the Max Planck Honors Program may count Introduction to Neuroscience Research (PSB 4003, 1 credit) and two distinct MPHP Enrichment courses (1 credit each) as their 3 credit, Biology elective.

 

Suggested courses for Pre-med students