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Biological Science BS degree
List of Approved
Advanced Life-Science Electives

In consultation with an academic advisor, each student designs a course of study that includes 26 credit hours of advanced life-science electives.   The following are factors that affect the adequate fulfillment of advanced life-science electives:
  • No more than 8 credits at the 100-level may be applied to the major (BCOR courses are excluded) except with written permission from an advisor and not exceeding three 100-level courses.  
  • With advisor's permission, biologically relevant 300-level courses may be applied towards the 200-level course requirement.
  • Up to 6 credits of undergraduate research in any biological discipline may be applied toward the 26 credits of advanced electives.  Only three of these can be taken for credit at the 100-level, and these will be counted in the 8 credits allowed at the 100-level.  
Also, both the Bachelor of Science degrees in Biological Science for both the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences (CALS) or the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) have requirements on the types of skills obtained in the electives taken.  From within the advanced-level electives, students must gain 12 credits that include a statistical component, 3 credits that stress oral communication, and 3 credits that stress written communication.

The Advanced Life-Science Electives listed below include notations of [S, O, W] "S" (Statistical), "O" (Oral), and/or "W" (Written),  where a course meets one or more of these requirements. Courses that do not fulfill any of the three components contain no [S, O, W] notations.  

In year two, students meet with their advisor to map a plan of study for completing their higher-level courses. The plan is signed by both the advisor and student and becomes a part of the student's record.

We will make our best effort to provide up-to-date information, but course offerings change over time.  As a result, the following lists may not fully reflect current offerings. Course links provided take you to the Catalogue listing for each course.
Link to Catalogue Description Skillset Category
ASCI 110 Animal Nutrition, Metabolism and Feeding   Organismal
ASCI 117 Horse Health and Disease   Organismal
ASCI 118 Applied Animal Health   Organismal
ASCI 141 Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals   Organismal
ASCI 215 Physiology of Reproduction   [S, O, W] Mixed
ASCI 216 Endocrinology   Cellular
ASCI 220 Lactation Physiology [S, O, W] Organismal
ASCI 297 Nutritional Physiology and Metabolism   Organismal
BIOC 205 Biochemistry  (Crosslisted with CHEM 205 & MMG 205)   Cellular
BIOC 206 Biochemistry II  (Crosslisted with CHEM 206 & MMG 206)   Cellular
BIOC 207 Biochemistry  Lab (Crosslisted with CHEM 207 & MMG 207) [S, -, -] Cellular
BIOC 212 Biochemistry of Human Disease [-, O, -] Cellular
BIOL 202 Quantitative Biology [S, O, W] Organismal
BIOL 204 Advanced Genetics Laboratory   [S, O, W] Cellular
BIOL 205 Advanced Genetics Laboratory [S, -, W] Cellular
BIOL 209 Field Zoology [S, O, W] Organismal
BIOL 212 Comparative Histology [S, O, W] Mixed
BIOL 217 Mammalogy [S, -, W] Organismal
BIOL 219 Comparative and Functional Vertebrate Anatomy [S, O, W] Organismal
BIOL 223 Developmental Biology [S, O, W] Mixed
BIOL 225 Physiological Ecology [S, O, W] Organismal
BIOL 238 Winter Ecology [S, O, W] Organismal
BIOL 246 Ecological Parasitology [S, O, W] Organismal
BIOL 254 Population Genetics [S, O, -] Organismal
BIOL 255 Comparative Physiology [S, -, W] Organismal
BIOL 261 Neurobiology (Crosslisted with ANNB 261) [S, -, W] Cellular
BIOL 262 Neurobiology Techniques [S, O, W] Cellular
BIOL 263 Genetics of Cell Cycle Regulation [S, O, W] Cellular
BIOL 264 Community Ecology [S, O, -] Community
BIOL 265 Developmental Molecular Genetics [S, O, W]  Mixed
BIOL 267 Molecular Endrocinology [S, -, -] Organismal
BIOL 268 Medical Entomology [S, -, -] Organismal
BIOL 269 Plant-Animal Interactions [S, O, W] Organismal
BIOL 270 Speciation and Phylogeny [S, -, -] Organismal
BIOL 271 Evolution   [S, -, W] Organismal
BIOL 276 Behavioral Ecology [S, -, -] Organismal
BIOL 295 Molecular Ecology [S, -, W]  Organismal
BIOL 295 Conservation Biology [S, -, -] Community
BIOL 296 Evolutionary Biology [S, O, W] Organismal
ENSC 160 Pollutant Movement Through Air, Land, and Water   Community
ENSC 222 Pollution Ecology   Community
FOR 133 Forest Entomology (crosslisted with PSS 107)   Organismal
FOR 222 Advanced Silviculture   Community
FOR 223 Multi-Resource Silviculture   Community
FOR 231 Integrated Forest Protection   Community
FOR 234 Forest Pathology   Community
FOR 299 Water Relations of Plants   Organismal
MATH 168 Mathematics of Biology [crosslisted with BIOL 195]   Mixed
MATH 268 Mathematical Biology and Ecology   Community
MLRS 242 Immunology [-, O, W] Cellular
MLRS 244 Immunology Lab [-, -, W] Cellular
MLS 231 Pathophysiology of Blood Cells   Cellular
MLS 255 Advanced Clinical Microbiology [-, O, W] Cellular
MLS 262 Advanced Immunohematology   Cellular
MMG 101 Biology of Microorganisms   Organismal
MMG 104 Introduction to Recombinant DNA   Organismal
MMG 201 Molecular Cloning Lab [-, O, W] Cellular
MMG 203 Mammalian Cell Culture in Molecular Biology [-, O, -] Cellular
MMG 211 Prokaryotic Molecular Genetics   Cellular
MMG 220 Environmental Microbiology   Cellular
MMG 222 Clinical Microbiology [-, O, W] Cellular
MMG 223 Immunology   Cellular
MMG 225 Eukaryotic Virology   Cellular
MMG 231 Bioinformatics   Cellular
MMG 240 Introduction to Macromolecular Structure   Cellular
MMG 262 Nature of Sensing and Response  (crosslisted with PBIO 262) [-, O, -] Organismal
NFS 143 Nutrition in the Lifecycle [-, -, W] Organismal
NFS 163 Sports Nutrition   Organismal
NFS 203 Food Microbiology  [-, O, W] Cellular
NFS 263 Nutritional Biochemistry  [-, -, W] Cellular
NR 250 Limnology   Community
NR 251 Limnology Lab   Community
NR 278 Principles of Aquatic Systems   Community
NR 280 Stream Ecology   Community
PBIO 104 Plant Physiology [-,O.-] Organismal
PBIO 108 Morphology & Evolution of Vascular Plants [-, O, W] Organismal
PBIO 109 Systematics and Phylogeny [S, -, -] Organismal
PBIO 201 General Biochemistry   Cellular
PBIO 202 General Biochemistry Laboratory   Cellular
PBIO 205 Mineral Nutrition of Plants [-, O, W] Organismal
PBIO 209 Biology of Ferns [-, -, W] Organismal
PBIO 213 Plant Communities [S, O, -] Community
PBIO 223 Fundamentals of Field Science [-, O, W] Community
PBIO 232 Botany Field Trip   Community
PBIO 241 Tropical Plant Systematics [-, O, W] Organismal
PBIO 256 Adv. Plant Genetics   Cellular
PBIO 260 Plant Population Biology [-, O, -] Organismal
PBIO 261 Plant Growth & Development [-, O, -] Organismal
PBIO 262 Nature of Sensing and Response  (crosslisted with MMG 262) [-, O, -] Organismal
PHRM 272 Toxicology   Cellular
PHRM 290 Topics in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology   Cellular
PSS 106 Entomology and Pest Management [-, O, W] Organismal
PSS 107 Forest Entomology (crosslisted with FOR 133)   Organismal
PSS 117 Plant Pathology [-, -, W] Organismal
PSS 138 Commercial Plant Propagation [-, O, W] Organismal
PSS 161 Fundamentals of Soil Science [-, O, W] Community
PSS 215 Weed Ecology [-, O, W] Community
PSS 268 Soil Ecology [S, O, W] Community
PSS 269 Soil Water Pollution & Bioremediation [-, O, W] Community
PSYC 121 Biopsychology   Organismal
PSYC 220 Animal Behavior   Organismal
PSYC 221 Physiological Psychology I   Organismal
PSYC 222 Behavioral Neuroscience   Organismal
PSYC 223 Psychopharmacology   Organismal
WFB 130 Ornithology  [-, -, W] Organismal
WFB 131 Field Ornithology   Organismal
WFB 150 Wildlife Habitat and Population Measurements [-, -, W] Organismal
WFB 161 Fisheries Biology and Management [S, -, W] Organismal
WFB 174 Principles of Wildlife Management [S, -, W] Organismal
WFB 232 Ichthyology  [S, -, W] Organismal
WFB 271 Wetlands Wildlife [S, -, -] Organismal
WFB 272 Wetlands Wildlife Laboratory   Organismal
WFB 273 Terrestrial Wildlife [S, -, W] Organismal
WFB 274 Terrestrial Wildlife Laboratory [-, -, W] Organismal
WFB 275 Wildlife Behavior [S, -, W] Organismal
WFB 279 Marine Ecology [S, -, W] Organismal


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Integrated Biological Science Major, University of Vermont.

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