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 Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| Biochemistry | |
| BCH 302 | Introductory Biochemistry II |
| BCH 536 | Bioorganic Chemistry |
| Biomedical Engineering | |
| BME 244L | Quantitative Physiology with Biostatistical Applications (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major) |
| BME 260L | Modeling Cellular and Molecular Systems (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major) |
| BME/Neurosci 301L | Bioelectricity (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major) |
| BME 305L (Fall 2023 running as Bio 390L) | Molecular Engineering |
| BME 562 | Biology by Design (fulfills capstone requirement for Bio major) |
| Cell Biology | |
| CELLBIO 451 | Human 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 508 | Molecular Motor Proteins (1/2 credit only, must pair with another .5 credit course to use as elective) |
| Chemistry | |
| CHEM 302 | Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry |
| CHEM 517 | Molecules in Life and Disease |
| Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | |
| CBB 520 | Genome Tools and Technologies |
| CBB 590.01/CS 590.05 - SPRING 2023 ONLY | Topics in Computational Biology: Focus on COVID-19 and Machine Learning Approaches to Therapeutic Design, SPRING 2023 ONLY |
| Computer Science | |
| COMPSCI 260 | Introduction to Computational Genomics |
| COMPSCI/CBB 561 | Computational Sequence Biology |
| COMPSCI 590D - Spring 2024 only | Molecular Assembly & Computation, Spring 2024 only |
| Earth and Climate Sciences | |
| ECS 204L | The Evolving Earth and Life (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major) |
| Environmental Sciences & Policy | |
| ENVIRON 311 | Dendrology |
| ENVIRON 501(A) | Environmental Toxicology |
| ENVIRON 503 | Forest Ecosystems |
| ENVIRON 512A | Deep-Sea Science and Environmental Management |
| ENVIRON 516 | Phsysiology of Global Change |
| ENVIRON 610 | Ecotoxicology |
| Evolutionary Anthropology | |
| EVANTH 235L | Primate Anatomy (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major) |
| EVANTH 246 | Sociobiology |
| EVANTH 253 | Primate Ecology |
| EVANTH 257 | Ecology & Adaptation of Hunters & Gatherers |
| EVANTH 285/GLHLTH 304 | Evolutionary Medicine & Global Health |
| EVANTH 315S (ran as BIO 390S in Fall '22) | Human Biological Variation |
| EVANTH 330 | Human Evolutionary Physiology |
| EVANTH 333L | The Human Body (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major) |
| EVANTH 334L | Human Osteology (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major) |
| EVANTH 337L/Neurosci 380L/Psych 375L | Functional Neuroanatomy (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major) |
| EVANTH 344L | Primate Field Biology (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major) |
| EVANTH 359S | Primate Conservation |
| EVANTH 385D/GLHLTH 315D | Primate Disease/Global Health |
| EVANTH 390S; FALL 2023 only | Biology of Aging (FALL 2023) |
| EVANTH 520S | Primate Paleobiology |
| EVANTH 522 | The Hominin Fossil Record |
| EVANTH 530 | Human Functional Anatomy |
| EVANTH 532S | Craniodental Anatomy and Physiology |
| EVANTH 537S | Orthopedic Biomechanics/Kinesiology |
| EVANTH 546S | Primate Social Evolution |
| EVANTH 570S | Energetics Ecology & Evolution |
| EVANTH 582S | Functional & Evolutionary Morphology of Primates |
| EVANTH 585 | Statistical Rethinking: Methods and Applications in EvAnth & Bio |
| Molecular Genetics & Microbiology | |
| MGM/GENOME 222FS | Genetics and Epigenetics |
| MGM 532 | Human Genetics |
| MGM 552 | Virology (fulfills capstone requirement for Bio major) |
| MGM 582 | Microbial Pathogenesis |
| Neuroscience - see Psychology for additional Neurosci courses | |
| NEUROSCI 288S/Music 288S | Music as Biology |
| NEUROSCI 289 | Music and the Brain |
| NEUROSCI/BME 301L | Bioelectricity (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major) |
| NEUROSCI 353S/PSY 353S | Neuroplasticity and Disease |
| NEUROSCI 362S / PSY 362S | Psychadelics and Other Illegal Psychoative Drugs as Medicines |
| NEUROSCI 373 / PSY 373 | Behavioral Neuroimmunology |
| NEUROSCI 376/PSY 313 | Contemporary Neuroscience Methods |
| NEUROSCI 380L/PSY 375L/EvAnth 337L | Functional Anatomy of the Human Brain (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major) |
| NEUROSCI/Physics 567 | Theoretical Neuroscience (fulfills capstone requirement for Bio major) |
| Pharmacology & Cancer Biology | |
| PHARM 350 | Pharmacology: Drug Actions and Reactions |
| PHARM 360 | Drugs, Brain and Behavior |
| PHARM 370(S) | Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine |
| PHARM 471S | Reward and Addiction |
| PHARM 533 | Essentials of Pharmacology and Toxicology (fulfills capstone requirement for Bio major) |
| Psychology & Neuroscience | |
| PSY 106 / NEUROSCI 101 /PSY 107/ NEUROSCI 102 | Biological Bases of Behavior: Introduction and Survey |
| PSY 217 / NEUROSCI 217(D) | Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience |
| PSY 273/NEUROSCI 363 | Behavior and Neurochemistry |
| PSY 274/NEUROSCI 360 | Drugs, Brain & Behavior |
| PSY 276/NEUROSCI 211 | Brain and Behavior |
| PSY 277 / NEUROSCI 277 | Looking Inside the Disordered Brain |
| PSY 302L / NEUROSCI 383L** | Brain Waves and Cognition **cannot count for LAB requirement** |
| PSY 303L / NEUROSCI 382L | Functional Neuroimaging (fulfills a lab requirement for Bio major) |
| PSY 355S / NEUROSCI 355S | Visual Perception and the Brain |
| PSY 362S / NEUROSCI 362S | Psychadelics and Other Illegal Psychoative Drugs as Medicines |
| PSY 373 / NEUROSCI 373 | Behavioral Neuroimmunology |
| PSY 376S / NEUROSCI 366S | Behavioral Neuroendocrinology |
| PSY 379L / NEUROSCI 379L** | Comparative Neuroanatomy **cannot count for LAB requirement** |
| PSY 461S / NEUROSCI 461S | Neurobiology Learning/Memory |
| PSY 471S / NEUROSCI 471S | Reward and Addiction |
| PSY 499S / NEUROSCI 499S | Current Research in Neuroscience |
| PSY 686S / NEUROSCI 686S | Principles of Neuroimmunology |