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  Newark Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2024 School of Arts and Sciences-Newark Academic Programs and Courses Biological Sciences 120 Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Biology  

Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Biology


The bachelor of science (B.S.) degree in biology is offered as a joint program between Rutgers University-Newark and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) through their Federated Department of Biological Sciences. The B.S. major requires 38 credits of coursework in biological sciences, plus cognate courses in chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Courses are offered at both Rutgers-Newark and NJIT. Please notice that the B.S. program has a computational biology cluster and additional cognate courses in mathematics.

Upon successful completion of Concepts in Biology (120:200) and one of the two Foundation course pairs (201/202 or 205/206) with a grade of C or better, Rutgers-Newark students can officially declare their intention to pursue a course of study leading to a B.S. degree in biology.

To declare their major and their preference for the bachelor of science curriculum, Rutgers-Newark students must visit the biological sciences office in Boyden Hall Room 206 to submit an application for admission to the major or visit our department's academic advising website for instructions: https://sasn.rutgers.edu/academics-admissions/academic-departments/biological-sciences/undergraduate-programs/academic-advising. At this time the student's record will be reviewed and, if accepted into the major, an academic major adviser will be assigned. Students should meet with their adviser regularly, at least once a semester, to plan their course of study.

After completing Concepts in Biology, students take 120:201 Foundations of Biology: Cell and Molecular Biology (3) and 120:202 Foundations Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory (1), and 120/216:205 Foundations of Biology: Ecology and Evolution (3) and 120/216:206 Foundations Ecology and Evolution Laboratory (1) as their core curricular requirements; these five courses provide students with the necessary background to enroll in upper-division courses. Please be aware that many upper-division courses require the successful completion of Concepts in Biology, Foundations of Biology: Cell and Molecular Biology, and Foundations of Biology: Ecology and Evolution as prerequisites.

Beyond the core courses, all students must successfully complete one course from each of four biological concepts clusters and two courses designated as laboratory/field experience courses.

Students complete their course of study by successfully completing, with grades of C or better, courses in biological sciences for a minimum of 38 credits.

Among the courses successfully completed for the B.S. degree, one of those courses must be recognized as writing intensive (WI). Students should check the WI status of courses before registering, as the roster of WI courses may vary from semester to semester.

All cognate courses must be completed with grades of C or better.

B.S. in Biology (38 credits in biology courses--one course must be writing intensive)

1. Core Course Requirements (12 credits required)
21:120:200  Concepts in Biology (4)
21:120:201  Foundations of Biology: Cell and Molecular Biology (3)
21:120:202  Foundations of Biology: Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory (1)
21:120/216:205  Foundations of Biology: Ecology and Evolution (3)
21:120/216:206  Foundations of Biology: Ecology and Evolution Laboratory (1)

2. Concept Clusters (13-14 credits)
A) Ecological and Evolutionary Framework (one course required, 3-4 credits)
21:120/216:211  Plant Kingdom (4)
21/28:120/216:222  Evolution (3)
21:120/216:280  Ecology (3)
28:120:382  Animal Behavior (3)

B) The Functional Organism (4 credits required)
21:120/216:230  Biology of Seed Plants (4)
21:120/216:330  Plant Physiology (4)
21:120:335  General Microbiology (4)
21/28:120:340  Mammalian Physiology (4)
*21:120:342/343  Developmental Biology Lecture (3) and Developmental Biology Laboratory (1)

*The lecture and laboratory courses must be taken together to fulfill the cluster requirement.

C) Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms (one course required, 3 credits)
21/28:120:352  Genetics (3)
21:120:355  Cell Biology (3)
21:120:356  Molecular Biology (3)
21:120:360  Biochemistry (3)

D) Computational Biology (one course required, 3 credits)
21:120:404  Introduction to Neuroanatomy: Structure and Function (3)
21:120:452  Lab in Molecular Biotechniques (4)
21:219:222  Fundamentals of Data Visualization in R (3)
21:219:330  Ethical Issues in Data Science (3)
21:640:327  Probability and Statistics (3)

3. Laboratory/Field Experience (one course required)
21:120/216:211  Plant Kingdom (4)
21:120/216:230  Biology of Seed Plants (4)
28:120:321  Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (4)
21:120:325/326  Animal Parasites and Parasitology Lecture and Laboratory (4)
21:120/216:328  Ecology of Birds (3)
21:120/216:330  Plant Physiology (4)
21:120:335  General Microbiology (4)
21/28:120:340  Mammalian Physiology (4)
21/28:120:342/343  Developmental Biology and Developmental Biology Laboratory (4)
21:120:353  Experimental Genetics (4)
21:120:361  Experimental Biochemistry (4)
21:120/216:380  Field Ecology (4)

21:120/216:381  Ecological History of North America (3)

28:120:385  Evolution of Animal Behavior Laboratory (3)

21:120:404  Introduction to Neuroanatomy (4)

21:120:405  Microanatomy of Tissues (4)

21:120/216:430  Plant Growth and Development (4)

28:120:451  Cell Physiology and Imaging (4)

21:120:452  Laboratory in Molecular Biotechniques (4)

28:120:475  Ecological Field Methods (3)

4. Biology B.S. Electives

21:120/216:305  Vertebrate Evolution (3)

28:120:315  Principles in Neurobiology (3) 

28:120:337  Collective Intelligence of Biological Systems (3)

28:120:338  Ecology of the Dining Hall (3)

21/28:120:350  Immunology (3)

21:120:365  Evolution of Humans (3)

28:120:368  Ecology and Evolution of Disease (3)

21:120/216:370  Plant Ecology (3)

28:120:375  Conservation Biology (3)

28:120:382  Animal Behavior (3)

28:120:383  Neural Basis of Behavior (3)

28:120:398  Visualizing Biology (3)

28:120:400  Biology of Science Fiction (3)

21:120:402  Biology of Cancer (3)

21:120:412 Teaching Internship in Biology (1)

21:120/216:422  Biological Invasions (3)

28:120:423  Physiological Mechanisms (3)

28:120:424  Comparative Physiology (3)

28:120:432  Introduction to Computational Neuroscience (3)

28:120:440  Cell Biology of Disease (3)

28:120:441  Introduction to Neurophysiology (3)

28:120:443  Biology of Addiction (3)

21:120:444  Cellular Neurobiology (3)

21:120:445  Neuroendocrinology (3)

28:120:447  Systems Neurobiology (3)

28:120:448  Neuropathophysiology (3)

28:120:453  Applied Genetics and Genomics (3)

21:120:454  Epigenetics (3)

21:120:455  Molecular Cell Biology (3)

28:120:475  Ecological Field Methods and Analysis (3)

21:120:491  Problems in Biology (1-3)

21:120:492  Problems in Biology (1-3)

21:120:493  Seminar in Biology (1)

21:120:494  Seminar in Biology (1)

28:120:498  Special Topics in Biology (3)


5. Cognate Courses
21:160:113  General Chemistry Laboratory I (1)

21:160:114  General Chemistry Laboratory II (1)

21:160:115  General Chemistry I (4)

21:160:116  General Chemistry II (4)

21:160:331  Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)

21:160:335  Organic Chemistry I (4)

21:160:336  Organic Chemistry II (4)

21:198:101  Computers and Programming I (3)

21:198:102  Computers and Programming II (3)

21:640:135  Calculus I (4)

21:640:136  Calculus II (4)

21:640:235  Calculus III (4)

21:750:203,204  Algebra-Based Introductory Physics I,II (4,4) or

21:750:213,214  Calculus-Based Introductory Physics I,II (4,4)

21:750:205,206  Algebra-Based Introductory Physics Laboratory I,II (1,1) or

21:750:215,216  Calculus-Based Introductory Physics Laboratory I,II (1,1)

 
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