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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 Ecology and Evolution  

Major Requirements for Ecology and Evolution


Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Biology: Ecology and Evolution (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: Cellular and Molecular Biology (3)
  21:120:201  Foundations of Biology: Cellular and Molecular 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 credits)
A) Ecological and Evolutionary Framework (two courses required)
  21:120/216:222  Evolution (3)
  21:120:280  Ecology (3)


B) The Functional Organism (one course required)
  21:120/216:211  Plant Kingdom (4)

C) Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms (one course required) 
  21:120:352  Genetics (3)
or
  21:120:356  Molecular Biology (3)


3) Laboratory/Field Experience (minimum of one lab and one field course required)

Laboratory Courses (one course required)
  21:120:311  Flora of New Jersey (4)

  21:120/216:330  Plant Physiology (4)

  21:120:335  General Microbiology (4)

  *21/28:120:342/343  Developmental Biology Lecture (3) and Developmental Biology Laboratory (1)

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

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

Field Course (one course required)
  21:120/216:430  Plant Growth and Development (4)

  28:120:475  Ecological Field Methods (3)


4) Ecology and Evolution Elective Courses


  21:120/216:305  Vertebrate Evolution (3)
  28:120:321  Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (4)
  21:120/216:328  Ecology of Birds (3)
  28:120:337  Collective Intelligence in Biological Systems (3)
  28:120:338  Ecology of the Dining Hall (3)
  21:120/216:365  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)

  21:120/216:381  Ecological History of North America (3)
  28:120:382  Animal Behavior (3)
  21:120/216:422  Biological Invasions (3)
  21:120/216:431  Modern Plant Biology (3)
NJIT Math372  Population Biology (3)

  21/28:120:491  Problems in Biology (1-3)
  21/28:120:492  Problems in Biology (1-3)
  21:120:493  Seminar in Biology (1)
  21:120:494  Seminar in Biology (1)

5) Required Cognate Courses

  21:160:115  General Chemistry I (4)

  21:160:116  General Chemistry II (4)

  21:160:113  General Chemistry Laboratory I (1)

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

  21:160:335  Organic Chemistry I (4)

  21:160:336  Organic Chemistry II (4)

  21:160:331  Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)

  21:640:135  Calculus I (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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