Alternate Elective Courses

A maximum of two approved alternate elective courses may be applied to the requirements for the major for students completing the Bio 201L/202L Gateway series. Students who complete Bio 203L may apply a maximum of three approved alternate elective courses to the requirements for the major.

A maximum of 1 approved alternate elective course may be applied to the requirements of the minor.

These courses cannot be used to fulfill menu area requirements for the Major (org div; structure/function; ecology).

They cannot be used to fulfill lab and capstone requirements for the Major except where otherwise noted.

Course NumberCourse Title
Biochemistry
BCH 302Introductory Biochemistry II
BCH 536Bioorganic Chemistry
Biomedical Engineering
BME 244LQuantitative Physiology with Biostatistical Applications (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major)
BME 260LModeling Cellular and Molecular Systems (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major)
BME/Neurosci 301LBioelectricity (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major)
BME 305L (Fall 2023 running as Bio 390L)Molecular Engineering
BME 562Biology by Design (fulfills capstone requirement for Bio major)
Cell Biology
CELLBIO 451Human Physiology - **cannot use Cellbio 451 *and* BIO 329D towards the Biology major; Cell Bio 451 does NOT fulfill the structure/function requirement for the BIO major
CELLBIO 508Molecular Motor Proteins (1/2 credit only, must pair with another .5 credit course to use as elective)
Chemistry
CHEM 302Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry
CHEM 517Molecules in Life and Disease
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
CBB 520Genome Tools and Technologies
Computer Science
COMPSCI 260Introduction to Computational Genomics
COMPSCI/CBB 561Computational Sequence Biology
COMPSCI 590D - Spring 2024 onlyMolecular Assembly & Computation, Spring 2024 only
Earth and Climate Sciences
ECS 204LThe Evolving Earth and Life (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major)
Environmental Sciences & Policy
ENVIRON 311Dendrology
ENVIRON 501(A)Environmental Toxicology
ENVIRON 503Forest Ecosystems
ENVIRON 512ADeep-Sea Science and Environmental Management
ENVIRON 516Phsysiology of Global Change
ENVIRON 610Ecotoxicology
Evolutionary Anthropology
EVANTH 235LPrimate Anatomy (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major)
EVANTH 253Primate Ecology
EVANTH 257Ecology & Adaptation of Hunters & Gatherers
EVANTH 285/GLHLTH 304Evolutionary Medicine & Global Health
EVANTH 315S (ran as BIO 390S in Fall '22)Human Biological Variation
EVANTH 330Human Evolutionary Physiology
EVANTH 333LThe Human Body (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major)
EVANTH 334LHuman Osteology (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major)
EVANTH 337L/Neurosci 380L/Psych 375LFunctional Neuroanatomy (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major)
EVANTH 344LPrimate Field Biology (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major)
EVANTH 359SPrimate Conservation
EVANTH 385D/GLHLTH 315DPrimate Disease/Global Health
EVANTH 390S; FALL 2023 onlyBiology of Aging (FALL 2023)
EVANTH 520SPrimate Paleobiology
EVANTH 522The Hominin Fossil Record
EVANTH 530Human Functional Anatomy
EVANTH 532SCraniodental Anatomy and Physiology
EVANTH 537SOrthopedic Biomechanics/Kinesiology
EVANTH 546SPrimate Social Evolution
EVANTH 570SEnergetics Ecology & Evolution
EVANTH 582SFunctional & Evolutionary Morphology of Primates
EVANTH 585Statistical Rethinking: Methods and Applications in EvAnth & Bio
Global Health
GLOBAL HEALTH 573DOne Health: From Phil to Practice
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
MGM/GENOME 222FSGenetics and Epigenetics
MGM 532Human Genetics
MGM 552Virology (fulfills capstone requirement for Bio major)
MGM 582Microbial Pathogenesis
Neuroscience - see Psychology for additional Neurosci courses
NEUROSCI 206L/Psych 206LIntro Systems Neurobio **cannot count for LAB requirement**
NEUROSCI 288S/Music 288SMusic as Biology
NEUROSCI 289Music and the Brain
NEUROSCI/BME 301LBioelectricity (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major)
NEUROSCI 353S/PSY 353SNeuroplasticity and Disease
NEUROSCI 362S / PSY 362SPsychadelics and Other Illegal Psychoative Drugs as Medicines
NEUROSCI 373 / PSY 373Behavioral Neuroimmunology
NEUROSCI 376/PSY 313Contemporary Neuroscience Methods
NEUROSCI 380L/PSY 375L/EvAnth 337LFunctional Anatomy of the Human Brain (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major)
NEUROSCI/Physics 567Theoretical Neuroscience (fulfills capstone requirement for Bio major)
Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
PHARM 350Pharmacology: Drug Actions and Reactions
PHARM 360Drugs, Brain and Behavior
PHARM 370(S)Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine
PHARM 471SReward and Addiction
PHARM 533Essentials of Pharmacology and Toxicology (fulfills capstone requirement for Bio major)
Psychology & Neuroscience
PSY 106 / NEUROSCI 101 /PSY 107/ NEUROSCI 102Biological Bases of Behavior: Introduction and Survey
PSY 217 / NEUROSCI 217(D)Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
PSY 273/NEUROSCI 363Behavior and Neurochemistry
PSY 274/NEUROSCI 360Drugs, Brain & Behavior
PSY 276/NEUROSCI 211Brain and Behavior
PSY 277 / NEUROSCI 277Looking Inside the Disordered Brain
PSY 302L / NEUROSCI 383L**Brain Waves and Cognition **cannot count for LAB requirement**
PSY 303L / NEUROSCI 382LFunctional Neuroimaging (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major)
PSY 355S / NEUROSCI 355SVisual Perception and the Brain
PSY 362S / NEUROSCI 362SPsychadelics and Other Illegal Psychoative Drugs as Medicines
PSY 373 / NEUROSCI 373Behavioral Neuroimmunology
PSY 376S / NEUROSCI 366SBehavioral Neuroendocrinology
PSY 379L / NEUROSCI 379L**Comparative Neuroanatomy **cannot count for LAB requirement**
PSY 461S / NEUROSCI 461SNeurobiology Learning/Memory
PSY 471S / NEUROSCI 471SReward and Addiction
PSY 499S / NEUROSCI 499SCurrent Research in Neuroscience
PSY 686S / NEUROSCI 686SPrinciples of Neuroimmunology