LIFE SCIENCES CORE CURRICULUM

The life sciences core curriculum is a set of courses that include a series of introductory- and intermediate-level courses in the physical and life sciences forming a foundation of knowledge necessary to understand modern biology and to prepare for the more advanced courses required for each major. Following are core courses:

1. 01:119:115-116  General Biology (4,4)

2. 01:119:117  Biological Research Laboratory (2)

3. 01:160:161-162  General Chemistry (4,4) or 01:160:163-164  Honors General Chemistry (4,4) or 01:160:165-166  Extended General Chemistry (4,4)

4. 01:160:171  Introduction to Experimentation (1)

5. 01:160:307-308  Organic Chemistry (4,4) or 01:160:315-316  Honors Organic Chemistry (4,4)

6. 01:160:311  Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)

7. 01:750:203-204  General Physics (3,3) or 01:750:271-272  Honors Physics (3,3)*

8. 01:750:205-206  General Physics Laboratory (1,1)*

9. 01:640:135,136  Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences (4,4) or 01:640:151-152  Calculus for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (4,4)**

10. 01:447:380  Genetics (4)***.

*01:750:193-194 (4,4) or 01:750:201-202 (5,5) may be substituted for 01:750:203-204 (3,3) plus 01:750:205-206 (1,1).

**Basic Statistics for Research (01:960:401, 3 credits), Basic Probability and Statistics (01:960:379, 3 credits), or Statistics I and II (01:960:211 and 212) may be substituted for the second semester of Calculus.

***Students majoring in genetics must take 01:447:384-385 (4,4) instead of 01:447:380