Requirements

BAC Majors must take at least 50 credits in the major. At least 3 of these credits must be social science taken from elective (III) courses. In addition, students must satisfy the college B.A. or B.S. requirements.

Students who anticipate doing graduate work in conservation biology, ecology, or related fields should also chose specific courses from among those listed here to equip themselves for graduate study. These include Genetics 466, Statistics 371 and others as described on the Graduate School Resources page.

I. Core Required Courses: (At least 23-27 credits)

Introductory Biology:
Biology/Botany/Zoology 151-152: Introductory Biology, 10 cr (recommended)
or at least 10 cr from Biocore: 301, 302, 303, 304, 323, or 324
or Biology/Botany 130: General Botany and Biology/Zoology: 101-102: Animal Biology, 10 cr

Chemistry:
Chem 103: General Chemistry, 4 cr (for those who might take more chemistry)
or Chem 108: General Chemistry, 5 cr
or Chem 109: Advanced General Chemistry, 5 cr (for those who might take more chemistry)

Physical Environment:
Atm Ocn/Geosci 105: Survey of Oceanography, 3-4 cr
or Envir St/Geosci 106: Environmental Geology, 3 cr
or Envir St/Geog 120: Global Physical Environments, 3 cr
or Envir St/Geog 127: Physical Systems of the Environment, 5 cr
or Geosci 100: General Geology, 3 cr
or Geosci 107: Life of the Past, 3 cr
or Geosci 202: Introduction to Geologic Structures, 4 cr
or Geosci 204: Geologic Evolution of the Earth, 4 cr

Ecology & Evolution:
Students are required to take courses from at least two of the following three areas and are encouraged to take courses in all three areas:

1. Ecology:
   Botany/F&W Ecol/Zoology 460: General Ecology, 4 cr
   
   
2. Evolution:
   Geosci 110: Evolution and Extinction, 3 cr or Anthro/Botany/Zoology 410: Evolutionary Biology, 3 cr
   
   
3. Extinction:
   Envir St/F&W Ecol/Zoology 360: Extinction of Species, 3 cr
   
   

Statistics:
Stats 301: Introduction to Statistics Methods, 3 cr
or Stats 371: Introductory Applied Statistics for the Life Sciences, 3 cr

(Students declaring the BAC Major before Fall 2009 are not required to complete a Statistics course.)

II. Species and Field Biology. Choose at least 12 credits from among the following courses:

*Students may not receive credit for both Zoology 425 and Psych 449 in the BAC program.

III. Other Electives. To fulfill the 50 credit requirement, students may take additional courses in categories I or II or choose any of the additional courses listed here. At least 3 of these credits must be social science taken from elective (III) courses.

$ Social Science Courses

Honors Program: The BAC honors curriculum requires: (1) 16 honors credits in the major; (2) 6 to 8 credits of Senior Honors Thesis, 681/682 (Botany, Zoology, IES, or other appropriate department with approval of BAC faculty) OR 6 credits of graduate seminars in appropriate departments (600 or higher, with approval of BAC faculty). Honors students must earn a 3.3 overall cumulative GPA.