All courses required for a major in zoology, including cognate
courses, must be completed with a grade of C or better. Students
are urged to meet with their advisers regularly.
The major in zoology requires a minimum of 35 credits in the Department of Biological Sciences. The major must include:
1. 21:120: 101-102 General Biology (4,4)
2. 21:120:301 Foundations in Biology: Cell and Molecular Biology (4)
3. 21:120:335 General Microbiology (4) or 21:120:360 Biochemistry (3)
4. 21:120:340 Mammalian Physiology (4)
5. 21:120:320 Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates (4) or 21:120:327 Biology of Invertebrates (4)
6.
21:120:342,343 Developmental Biology and Developmental Biology
Lab (3,1) or 21:120:325,326 Animal Parasites and Laboratory
Exercises in Parasitology (3,1) or 21:120:358 Microanatomy of
Cells and Tissues (4)
7. 21:120:322 Evolution (3) or 21:120:382 Animal Behavior (3)
8. 21:120:380 Ecology (3) or 21:120:481 Marine Biology (4)
9.
A minimum of one 400-level course offered by the Department of
Biological Sciences, not including 21&62:120:491,492 Problems
in Biology
10. The following cognate courses must be completed prior to the senior year:
a. 21&62:160:115-116 General Chemistry (4,4) and
21&62:160:113-114 General Chemistry Laboratory (1,1)
b. 21&62:160:335-336 Organic Chemistry (4,4) and
21&62:160:331 Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)
c. 21&62:750:203,204 General Physics I,II (4,4) and
21&62:750:205,206 Introductory Physics Laboratory (1,1)
d. 21&62:640:135 Calculus I (4)
The
following courses are recommended for zoology
majors: 21&62:198:101 Computers and Programming I and
62:960:211 Statistics I.
