Undergraduate Studies

Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences

Students must choose either the Biological Sciences, or Microbiological Sciences Option.

The B.S. in Biological Sciences is a popular choice for students who are interested in pursuing careers in biological research as it provides strong preparation for relevant graduate school programs such as an M.S. in Biological Sciences or a PhD.  The B.S. in Biological Sciences is also a good choice for students who are interested in moving directly into a biological or environmental career.

This B.S. in Biological Sciences Is also a popular choice for pre-medical, pre-dental and pre-veterinary students as combining the degree requirements with the relevant professional school pre-requisites is relatively straight forward and as it enables these students to demonstrate interest and ability in a relevant discipline.

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• B.S. Biological Sciences Requirements

  The Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biological Sciences includes a single core program of coursework with two areas of study. Completing courses from the cellular and molecular biology area prepares students for professional careers in areas such as medicine, dentistry and veterinary science. Completing courses from the organismal, ecology and evolutionary area prepares students for careers in environmental, organismal and evolutionary biology. A wide selection of electives is available to all students, including courses offered under BIOL A490, which is a selected topics course. It is imperative that students consult their academic advisors within the Department of Biological Sciences to determine which electives are most appropriate to their career interests. Some of these elective courses are offered periodically, depending on demand. Refer to course descriptions to identify these courses.

  Admission Requirements

  • Complete the Admission Requirements for Baccalaureate Degrees.
  • Declare the major (see major requirements below) and select one of two options: biological sciences or microbiological sciences. To choose an option, students must meet with an advisor. To schedule the advising session, contact the Department of Biological Sciences.

  Academic Requirements

  To graduate with a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biological Sciences, the student must complete all courses covered under major requirements for a BS in Biological Sciences with a minimum grade of C. All prerequisites for Biology (BIOL) courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C. Students who audit or are unable to earn a minimum grade of C in a lower-division (100- or 200-level) BIOL course may repeat the course two additional times on a space available basis. Students who audit or are unable to earn a minimum grade of C in an upper-division (300- or 400-level) BIOL or Microbiology (MBIO) course may repeat the course one additional time on a space-available basis. Students repeating a BIOL or MBIO course are required to complete all components of that course during the semester in which the course is retaken. When repeating a course with a lecture and laboratory component, both components must be repeated. Students enrolled in a BIOL or MBIO laboratory or experiential learning course must attend the lab or course the first week of class or they may be administratively dropped.

  Graduation Requirements

  • Complete the General University Requirements for Baccalaureate Degrees.
  • Complete the General Education Requirements for Baccalaureate Degrees.
  • Submit a completed ePortfolio.
  • Complete an exit examination. 
  • Complete the following major requirements with a minimum grade of C: 

  Biological Sciences Option

  Course List

  Code	Title	Credits
  Required Support Courses
  CHEM A105 & A105L	General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Laboratory	4
  CHEM A106 & A106L	General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Laboratory	4
  CHEM A321	Organic Chemistry I	3
  CHEM A322	Organic Chemistry II	3
  CHEM A323L	Organic Chemistry Laboratory	2
  MATH A251	Calculus I	4
  MATH A252	Calculus II	4
  STAT A253	Applied Statistics for the Sciences	4
  or STAT A307	Probability and Statistics
  Select one of the following options:		8
  Option 1:
  PHYS A123 & A123L	College Physics I and College Physics I Laboratory
  PHYS A124 & A124L	College Physics II and College Physics II Laboratory
  Option 2:
  PHYS A211 & A211L	General Physics I and General Physics I Laboratory
  PHYS A212 & A212L	General Physics II and General Physics II Laboratory
  Core Courses
  BIOL A108	Principles and Methods in Biology	6
  BIOL A242	Fundamentals of Cell Biology	3
  BIOL A243	Experiential Learning: Cell Biology and Genetics	4
  or BIOL A273	Experiential Learning: Ecology and Evolution
  BIOL A252	Principles of Genetics	3
  BIOL A271	Principles of Ecology	3
  BIOL A288	Principles of Evolution	3
  BIOL A492	Undergraduate Seminar	1
  Upper-Division Program Electives		24
  Complete a minimum of 3 credits from four of the five subject areas. A minimum of 6 credits must be experiential learning courses from two subject areas. 1
  Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
  BIOL A452	Human Genome
  BIOL A455	Experiential Learning: Bioinformatics
  BIOL A461	Molecular Biology
  BIOL A463	Molecular Biology of Cancer
  BIOL A464	Metals in Biology
  BIOL A465	Experiential Learning: Molecular Biology
  BIOL/CHEM A471	Immunology
  MBIO A340	Microbial Biology
  MBIO A342	Experiential Learning: Microbial Biology
  MBIO A420	Pathogenic Microbiology
  MBIO A421	Experiential Learning: Pathogenic Microbiology
  MBIO A451	Microbial Biotechnology
  MBIO A452	Microbial Genetics
  MBIO A462	Virology
  Ecology and Evolution
  ASTR/BIOL A365	Astrobiology
  BIOL A430	Marine Mammal Biology
  BIOL A441	Animal Behavior
  BIOL A442	Experiential Learning: Animal Behavior
  BIOL A466	Fish Ecology
  BIOL A467	Wildlife Ecology
  BIOL A472	Biogeography
  BIOL A473	Conservation Biology
  BIOL/CHEM A474	Ecotoxicology
  BIOL A477	Tundra and Taiga Ecosystems
  BIOL A478	Biological Oceanography
  BIOL A479	Physiological Plant Ecology
  BIOL A480	Ecological and Conservation Genetics
  BIOL A481	Marine Biology
  BIOL A482	Spatial Ecology
  BIOL A483	Exploration Ecology
  BIOL A484	Experiential Learning: Exploration Ecology Field Study
  BIOL A486	Evolutionary Ecology
  BIOL A489	Population Genetics and Evolutionary Processes
  MBIO A450	Microbial Ecology
  MBIO A453	Experiential Learning: Microbial Ecology
  MBIO/GEOL A468	Geomicrobiology
  Diversity and Organismal Biology
  BIOL A320	Vertebrate Biology
  BIOL A321	Experiential Learning: Vertebrate Biology
  BIOL A330	Plant Biology
  BIOL A332	Experiential Learning: Plant Biology
  BIOL A423	Ichthyology
  BIOL A427	Marine Invertebrate Biology
  BIOL A430	Marine Mammal Biology
  BIOL A431	Plant Diversity and Evolution
  BIOL A487	Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates
  MBIO A340	Microbial Biology
  MBIO A342	Experiential Learning: Microbial Biology
  MBIO A420	Pathogenic Microbiology
  MBIO A421	Experiential Learning: Pathogenic Microbiology
  MBIO A440	Microbial Diversity
  Physiology
  BIOL A310	Principles of Animal Physiology
  BIOL A311	Experiential Learning: Animal Physiology
  BIOL A316	Principles of Plant Physiology
  BIOL A317	Experiential Learning: Plant Physiology
  BIOL A412	Behavioral Endocrinology
  BIOL A413	Neurophysiology
  BIOL A414	Chronobiology
  BIOL A415	Comparative Animal Physiology
  BIOL A417	Applied Kinesiology and Exercise Physiology
  BIOL A418	Fish Physiology
  BIOL A479	Physiological Plant Ecology
  BIOL A487	Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates
  MBIO A410	Microbial Physiology
  Additional Upper-Division Electives
  BIOL A406	Experiential Learning: Biostatistics
  BIOL A408	Experiential Learning: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
  BIOL/CHEM/PHYS A456	Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
  BIOL A490	Selected Lecture Topics in Biology
  BIOL A490L	Selected Laboratory Topics in Biology 1
  BIOL A495	Instructional Practicum: Laboratory
  BIOL A497	Independent Study in Biology
  BIOL A498	Individual Research 1
  BIOL A499	Senior Thesis 1
  CHEM A441	Principles of Biochemistry I
  CHEM A442	Principles of Biochemistry II
  CHEM A443	Biochemistry Laboratory
  Total		83

   Microbiological Sciences Option

  Course List

  Code	Title	Credits
  Required Support Courses
  CHEM A105 & A105L	General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Laboratory	4
  CHEM A106 & A106L	General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Laboratory	4
  CHEM A321	Organic Chemistry I	3
  CHEM A322	Organic Chemistry II	3
  CHEM A323L	Organic Chemistry Laboratory	2
  MATH A251	Calculus I	4
  MATH A252	Calculus II	4
  STAT A253	Applied Statistics for the Sciences	4
  or STAT A307	Probability and Statistics
  Select one of the following options:		8
  Option 1:
  PHYS A123 & A123L	College Physics I and College Physics I Laboratory
  PHYS A124 & A124L	College Physics II and College Physics II Laboratory
  Option 2:
  PHYS A211 & A211L	General Physics I and General Physics I Laboratory
  PHYS A212 & A212L	General Physics II and General Physics II Laboratory
  Core Courses
  BIOL A108	Principles and Methods in Biology	6
  BIOL A242	Fundamentals of Cell Biology	3
  BIOL A243	Experiential Learning: Cell Biology and Genetics	4
  or BIOL A273	Experiential Learning: Ecology and Evolution
  BIOL A252	Principles of Genetics	3
  BIOL A271	Principles of Ecology	3
  BIOL A288	Principles of Evolution	3
  BIOL A492	Undergraduate Seminar	1
  MBIO A340	Microbial Biology	3
  MBIO A342	Experiential Learning: Microbial Biology	4
  Upper-Division Program Electives		17
  Complete a minimum of 3 credits each from the Microbial Genetics and Physiology subject area, the Host-Microbe Interactions subject area and the Microbial Diversity and Environmental Microbiology subject area. A minimum of 2 credits must be experiential learning courses from one of the four subject areas. 1
  Microbial Genetics and Physiology
  BIOL A465	Experiential Learning: Molecular Biology
  MBIO A410	Microbial Physiology
  MBIO A451	Microbial Biotechnology
  MBIO A452	Microbial Genetics
  Host-Microbe Interactions
  BIOL/CHEM A471	Immunology
  MBIO A420	Pathogenic Microbiology
  MBIO A421	Experiential Learning: Pathogenic Microbiology
  MBIO A462	Virology
  Microbial Diversity and Environmental Microbiology
  MBIO A440	Microbial Diversity
  MBIO A450	Microbial Ecology
  MBIO A453	Experiential Learning: Microbial Ecology
  MBIO/GEOL A468	Geomicrobiology
  Additional Upper-Division Electives
  ASTR/BIOL A365	Astrobiology
  BIOL A455	Experiential Learning: Bioinformatics
  BIOL A490	Selected Lecture Topics in Biology
  BIOL A490L	Selected Laboratory Topics in Biology
  BIOL A495	Instructional Practicum: Laboratory
  BIOL A497	Independent Study in Biology
  BIOL A498	Individual Research
  BIOL A499	Senior Thesis
  CHEM A441	Principles of Biochemistry I
  CHEM A442	Principles of Biochemistry II
  CHEM A443	Biochemistry Laboratory
  Total		83

  1

  Several courses are listed in more than one area. Each course can only count toward the credit requirement in one area. BIOL A490L and BIOL A498 credits may not be counted toward the experiential learning minimum requirement in the Biological Sciences or Microbiological Sciences options. CHEM A443 credits may not be counted toward the experiential learning minimum requirement in the Microbiological Sciences option.

  A minimum of 120 credits is required for the degree, 42 credits of which must be upper-division.

  ePortfolio

  All BS Biological Sciences majors are required to submit their completed ePortfolios during the semester they intend to graduate. EPortfolios are used for the purpose of program assessment only.

  Biological Sciences Exit Examination

  All BS Biological Sciences majors are required to complete a nationally standardized exit examination during the semester immediately prior to or during the semester they intend to graduate. There is no minimum score required for graduation. 

  Honors in Biological Sciences

  Undergraduate biological science majors may be recognized for exceptional performance by earning departmental honors in biology. In order to receive honors, a student must meet each of the following requirements:

  • Meet the requirements for Graduation with Honors.
  • Meet the requirements for a BS in Biological Sciences.
  • Earn a grade point average of 3.50 or above in the major requirements.
  • During the senior year of their academic program, the student must gain faculty approval for and complete, with a grade of B or better, a senior thesis research project, with enrollment in BIOL A499. Biological science faculty members must approve the project proposal and final written report.

Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences

Students must choose either the Environmental Sciences, Pre-Health Professions, or General Sciences Option.

The B.S. in Natural Sciences is a popular choice for students who are interested in pursuing careers in STEM teaching at the secondary school level as the breadth of the program provides them with the qualifications and skills that they need to obtain and to excel in such positions.

The flexible nature of this degree has made it popular with a wide variety of Science students and it is often combined with a minor in a second discipline such as Psychology, Physics or Mathematics.  The three options associated with the degree are intended to maintain this flexibility while still ensuring that students who wish to use it as a stepping stone towards a biological, environmental or medical career are able to do so.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Students graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences will be able to:

• Design and implement scientific investigations to explore natural phenomena using experimentation, which includes exploration and discovery, and testing ideas (gathering and interpreting data)
• Clearly and accurately communicate scientific ideas, theories, and observations in oral and written forms
• Apply scientific data, concepts, and models to craft interdisciplinary explanations of scientific ideas across two of the natural sciences

• B.S. Natural Sciences Requirements

  The Bachelor of Science (BS) in Natural Sciences provides a broad, customizable program of studies in the sciences, with coursework across multiple disciplines. It prepares students for advanced study or careers in the environmental sciences and the health professions, and professional certifications such as science educators. Graduates of the program have gone on to further study and jobs in a diversity of fields, such as veterinary, medical, and dental schools, certification as secondary school science educators, and environmental consulting.

  Admission Requirements

  • Complete the Admission Requirements for Baccalaureate Programs.
  • Declare the major (see major requirements) and select one of three options: General Sciences, Pre-health Professions or Environmental Sciences. To declare the Bachelor of Science (BS) in Natural Sciences as their major, students must meet with an advisor to be accepted into the major. To schedule an advising session, contact the Department of Biological Sciences. At the advising session students are required to:
    • Choose one of the three options.
    • File a preliminary program of study with the Department of Biological Sciences.

  Graduation Requirements

  • Complete the General University Requirements for Baccalaureate Degrees.
  • Complete the General Education Requirements for Baccalaureate Degrees.
  • It is recommended that mathematical and statistical requirements be completed in the first two years of study.
  • No more than 6 credits may come from courses designated as A495, A498 and A499 combined, with no more than 2 credits from A495.
  • No more than 4 credits may be A492, with no more than 2 credits from the same discipline.
  • Courses not listed as approved for the BS In Natural Sciences may be considered by petition, which should be signed by an advisor.
  • It is strongly recommended that any changes to the preliminary program be reviewed by an advisor to ensure that the final program of study will meet all requirements for graduation.
  • Students must submit a final Program of Study-Natural Sciences Degree form signed by their advisor to both the Office of the Registrar and the Department of Biological Sciences during the semester prior to the semester in which they plan to graduate. All courses listed in the form must be approved by the formal advisor before submitting the form to the Office of the Registrar and the Department of Biological Sciences. 
  • All prerequisites for courses used to meet the natural sciences degree requirements must be completed with a minimum grade of C. Students who audit a course intended to meet the natural sciences degree requirements or who are unable to earn a minimum grade of C in the course may repeat the course. Students who audit or are unable to earn a minimum grade of C in a lower-division (100- or 200-level) Biology (BIOL) course may repeat the course two additional times on a space-available basis. Students who audit or are unable to earn a minimum grade of C in an upper-division (300- or 400-level) BIOL course may repeat the course one additional time on a space-available basis. Students repeating a BIOL course are required to complete all components of that course during the semester in which the course is retaken. When repeating a course with a lecture and laboratory component, both components must be repeated. Students enrolled in a BIOL laboratory must attend lab the first week of class or they may be administratively dropped.
  • All Natural Sciences majors are required to take an exit examination, a standardized test of knowledge. There is no minimum score required for graduation. The exam may be completed at the UAA Testing Center and a fee will be charged to students, or as part of BIOL A492.
  • Complete the following major requirements with a minimum grade of C:

  Environmental Sciences Option

  Course List

  Code	Title	Credits
  BIOL A108	Principles and Methods in Biology	6
  BIOL A492	Undergraduate Seminar	1
  CHEM A105 & A105L	General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Laboratory	4
  CHEM A106 & A106L	General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Laboratory	4
  ENVI A211	Environmental Science: Systems and Processes	3
  ENVI A212	Living on Earth: Introduction to Environmental Studies	3
  GEOL A111 & A111L	Physical Geology and Physical Geology Laboratory	4
  or GEOL A121	Physical Geology for Science and Engineering Majors
  or GEOL A115 & A115L	Environmental Geology and Environmental Geology Laboratory
  GEOL A221	Historical Geology	4
  Select 51 credits of degree electives, of which 31 must be upper-division credits, from the following course lists.		51
  Natural and Physical Sciences
  Complete a minimum of 20 credits from the following:
  ASTR/BIOL A365	Astrobiology
  BIOL/GEOL A178	Introduction to Oceanography
  BIOL/GEOL A179	Introduction to Oceanography Laboratory
  BIOL A200	Introduction to Complexity
  BIOL A242	Fundamentals of Cell Biology
  BIOL A243	Experiential Learning: Cell Biology and Genetics
  BIOL A252	Principles of Genetics
  BIOL A271	Principles of Ecology
  BIOL A273	Experiential Learning: Ecology and Evolution
  BIOL A288	Principles of Evolution
  BIOL A310	Principles of Animal Physiology
  BIOL A311	Experiential Learning: Animal Physiology
  BIOL A316	Principles of Plant Physiology
  BIOL A317	Experiential Learning: Plant Physiology
  BIOL A406
  BIOL A408
  BIOL A415	Comparative Animal Physiology
  BIOL A418	Fish Physiology
  BIOL A423	Ichthyology
  BIOL A427	Marine Invertebrate Biology
  BIOL A430	Marine Mammal Biology
  BIOL A431	Plant Diversity and Evolution
  BIOL A441	Animal Behavior
  BIOL A442	Experiential Learning: Animal Behavior
  BIOL/CHEM/PHYS A456
  BIOL A466
  BIOL A467	Wildlife Ecology
  BIOL A472	Biogeography
  BIOL A473	Conservation Biology
  BIOL/CHEM A474	Ecotoxicology
  BIOL A477	Tundra and Taiga Ecosystems
  BIOL A478	Biological Oceanography
  BIOL A479
  BIOL A480
  BIOL A481	Marine Biology
  BIOL A482
  BIOL A483	Exploration Ecology
  BIOL A484	Experiential Learning: Exploration Ecology Field Study
  BIOL A486	Evolutionary Ecology
  BIOL A487	Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates
  BIOL A489	Population Genetics and Evolutionary Processes
  BIOL A490	Selected Lecture Topics in Biology
  BIOL A490L	Selected Laboratory Topics in Biology
  BIOL A495A	Internship in the Biological Sciences
  BIOL A498	Individual Research
  BIOL A499	Senior Thesis
  CHEM A253	Principles of Inorganic Chemistry
  CHEM A312	Quantitative Analysis
  CHEM A321	Organic Chemistry I
  CHEM A322	Organic Chemistry II
  CHEM A323L	Organic Chemistry Laboratory
  CHEM A411	Biophysical Chemistry
  CHEM A441	Principles of Biochemistry I
  CHEM A442	Principles of Biochemistry II
  CHEM A443	Biochemistry Laboratory
  CHEM A492	Undergraduate Seminar
  CHEM A498	Individual Research
  GEOG A375	Environmental Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  GEOL A225	Earth Surface Processes
  GEOL A310	Professional Practices in Geology
  GEOL A315	Geological Data Visualization and Analysis
  GEOL A320	Volcanology
  GEOL A321	Mineralogy
  GEOL A322	Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
  GEOL A325	Geology of Ore Deposits
  GEOL A331	Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
  GEOL A332	Sedimentary Petrology Laboratory
  GEOL A333	Earthquakes and Seismic Hazards
  GEOL A345	Hydrogeology
  GEOL A350	Geomorphology
  GEOL A335	Structural Geology
  GEOL A361	Earth Resources and Society
  GEOL A436	Petroleum Geology
  GEOL A437	Depositional Systems and Dynamic Stratigraphy
  GEOL A441	Paleoclimatology
  GEOL A444	The Cryosphere
  GEOL A448	Structural Geology and Geomechanics
  GEOL A454	Glacial and Quaternary Geology
  GEOL A458	Geology of Alaska
  GEOL A461	Geochemistry
  GEOL A463	Environmental Geochemistry
  GEOL A465	Isotope Geochemistry
  GEOL A468	Geomicrobiology
  GEOL A476	Applied Geophysics
  GEOL A477	Integrated Subsurface Mapping and Analysis
  GEOL A480	Geologic Field Methods
  GEOL A481	Alaskan Field Investigations
  GEOL A482	Geologic Field Investigations
  GEOL A490	Advanced Topics in Geology
  GEOL A492	Geology Seminar
  GEOL A495	Geology Internship
  GEOL A498	Student Research
  GEOL A499	Senior Thesis
  MBIO A340	Microbial Biology
  MBIO A342	Experiential Learning: Microbial Biology
  MBIO A410	Microbial Physiology
  MBIO A420	Pathogenic Microbiology
  MBIO A421	Experiential Learning: Pathogenic Microbiology
  MBIO A440	Microbial Diversity
  MBIO A450	Microbial Ecology
  MBIO A451	Microbial Biotechnology
  MBIO A452	Microbial Genetics
  MBIO A453	Experiential Learning: Microbial Ecology
  MBIO/GEOL A468	Geomicrobiology
  PHYS A123 & A123L	College Physics I and College Physics I Laboratory 1
  or PHYS A211 & A211L	General Physics I and General Physics I Laboratory
  PHYS A124 & A124L	College Physics II and College Physics II Laboratory 1
  or PHYS A212 & A212L	General Physics II and General Physics II Laboratory
  PHYS A303	Modern Physics
  Math and Computational Skills
  Complete a minimum of 15 credits from the following:
  CS A109	Computer Programming (Languages Vary)
  or CS A110	Java Programming
  or CSCE A201	Computer Programming I
  CSCE A222	Object-Oriented Programming I
  CSCE A311	Data Structures and Algorithms
  CSCE A351	Automata, Algorithms and Complexity
  CSCE A360	Database Systems
  CSCE A381	Computer Graphics
  CSCE A405	Artificial Intelligence
  CSCE A412	Evolutionary Computing
  GEO A359	Geodesy and Map Projections
  GIS A370	GIS and Remote Sensing for Natural Resources
  GIS A458	Spatial Data Management
  GIS A466	Spatial Analysis
  GIS A467	Image Analysis
  MATH A251	Calculus I
  MATH A252	Calculus II
  MATH A253	Calculus III
  MATH A261	Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
  MATH A265	Fundamentals of Mathematics
  MATH A302	Ordinary Differential Equations
  MATH A305	Introduction to Geometries
  MATH A306	Discrete Methods
  MATH A314	Linear Algebra
  MATH A371	Stochastic Processes
  MATH A401	Introduction to Real Analysis
  MATH A405	Introduction to Abstract Algebra
  MATH A407	Mathematical Statistics
  MATH A410	Introduction to Complex Analysis
  MATH A432	Partial Differential Equations
  STAT A253	Applied Statistics for the Sciences
  or STAT A307	Probability and Statistics
  STAT A308	Intermediate Statistics for the Sciences
  STAT A402	Scientific Sampling
  STAT A403	Regression Analysis
  STAT A404	Analysis of Variance
  STAT A407	Time Series Analysis
  STAT A408	Multivariate Statistics
  Social Sciences
  Complete a minimum of 9 credits from the following:
  ANTH A101	Introduction to Anthropology
  ANTH A202	Cultural Anthropology
  ANTH A205	Biological Anthropology
  ANTH A415	Applied Anthropology
  CEL A292	Introduction to Civic Engagement
  CEL A390	Special Topics in Civic Engagement
  ECON A101	Principles of Microeconomics
  ECON A102	Principles of Macroeconomics
  ECON A210	Environmental Economics and Policy
  ECON A300	The Economy of Alaska
  ECON A321	Intermediate Microeconomics
  ECON A324	Intermediate Macroeconomics
  ECON A435	Natural Resource Economics
  ENVI A470	Environmental Planning and Problem Solving
  ENVI A490	Topics in Environment and Society
  GEOG/INTL A101	Local Places/Global Regions: An Introduction to Geography
  PHIL A303	Environmental Ethics
  SOC A101	Introduction to Sociology
  SOC A404	Environmental Sociology
  Total		80

  1	Students cannot get credit for both PHYS A123/PHYS A123L and PHYS A211/PHYS A211L or PHYS A124/PHYS A124L and PHYS A212/PHYS A212L.

  Pre-Health Professions Option

  Course List

  Code	Title	Credits
  BIOL A108	Principles and Methods in Biology	6
  BIOL A492	Undergraduate Seminar	1
  CHEM A105 & A105L	General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Laboratory	4
  CHEM A106 & A106L	General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Laboratory	4
  PHYS A123 & A123L	College Physics I and College Physics I Laboratory	4
  PHYS A124 & A124L	College Physics II and College Physics II Laboratory	4
  Complete 57 credits of degree electives, of which a minimum of 31 must be upper-division, from the following course lists:		57
  Natural Sciences
  Complete a minimum of 24 credits from the following:
  BIOL A111	Human Anatomy and Physiology I
  BIOL A112	Human Anatomy and Physiology II
  BIOL/CPLX A200	Introduction to Complexity
  BIOL A240	Introductory Microbiology for Health Sciences
  or MBIO A340 & MBIO A342	Microbial Biology and Experiential Learning: Microbial Biology
  BIOL A242	Fundamentals of Cell Biology
  BIOL A243	Experiential Learning: Cell Biology and Genetics
  BIOL A252	Principles of Genetics
  BIOL A288	Principles of Evolution
  BIOL A310	Principles of Animal Physiology
  BIOL A311	Experiential Learning: Animal Physiology
  BIOL A320	Vertebrate Biology
  BIOL A321	Experiential Learning: Vertebrate Biology
  BIOL A408
  BIOL A412	Behavioral Endocrinology
  BIOL A413	Neurophysiology
  BIOL A414
  BIOL A415	Comparative Animal Physiology
  BIOL A417	Applied Kinesiology and Exercise Physiology
  BIOL A452	Human Genome
  BIOL A455	Experiential Learning: Bioinformatics
  BIOL/CHEM/PHYS A456
  BIOL A461	Molecular Biology
  BIOL A463	Molecular Biology of Cancer
  BIOL A464	Metals in Biology
  BIOL A465	Experiential Learning: Molecular Biology
  BIOL/CHEM A471	Immunology
  BIOL A487	Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates
  BIOL A489	Population Genetics and Evolutionary Processes
  BIOL A490	Selected Lecture Topics in Biology
  BIOL A490L	Selected Laboratory Topics in Biology
  BIOL A495A	Internship in the Biological Sciences
  BIOL A498	Individual Research
  BIOM A418	Human Gross Anatomy
  CHEM A312	Quantitative Analysis
  CHEM A321	Organic Chemistry I
  CHEM A322	Organic Chemistry II
  CHEM A323L	Organic Chemistry Laboratory
  CHEM A411	Biophysical Chemistry
  CHEM A441	Principles of Biochemistry I
  CHEM A442	Principles of Biochemistry II
  CHEM A443	Biochemistry Laboratory
  CHEM A492	Undergraduate Seminar
  CHEM A498	Individual Research
  MBIO A410	Microbial Physiology
  MBIO A420	Pathogenic Microbiology
  MBIO A421	Experiential Learning: Pathogenic Microbiology
  MBIO A451	Microbial Biotechnology
  MBIO A452	Microbial Genetics
  MBIO A462	Virology
  Social Sciences
  Complete a minimum of 15 credits from the following:
  ANTH A101	Introduction to Anthropology
  ANTH A205	Biological Anthropology
  ANTH A452	Culture and Human Biodiversity
  ANTH A455	Culture and Health
  ANTH A490	Selected Topics in Anthropology
  ECON A101	Principles of Microeconomics
  ECON A102	Principles of Macroeconomics
  HS A210	Introduction to Environmental Health
  HS A220	Core Concepts in the Health Sciences
  HS A230	Introduction to Global Health
  HS A326	Introduction to Epidemiology
  HS A370	Medical Sociology
  HS A492	Senior Seminar: Contemporary Health Policy
  KIN A383	Movement Theory and Motor Development
  KIN A384	Cultural and Psychological Aspects of Health and Physical Activity
  PHIL A302	Biomedical Ethics
  PSY A111	Introduction to Psychology
  PSY A143	Death and Dying
  PSY A150	Lifespan Development
  PSY A200	Introduction to Behavior Analysis
  PSY A260	Statistics for Psychology
  PSY A260L	Statistics for Psychology Lab
  PSY A261	Research Methods in Psychology
  PSY A261L	Research Methods in Psychology Laboratory
  PSY A316	Motivation and Emotion
  PSY A345	Abnormal Psychology
  PSY A366	Sensation and Perception
  PSY A367	Cognitive Psychology
  PSY A368	Personality
  PSY A370	Behavioral Neuroscience
  PSY A375	Social Psychology
  PSY A398	Individual Research
  PSY A400	Strategies of Behavior Change
  PSY A412	History of Psychology
  PSY A425	Clinical Psychology
  PSY A428	Evolutionary Psychology
  PSY A442	Psychopathology of Childhood and Adolescence
  PSY A447	Behavioral Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder
  PSY A450	Adult Development and Aging
  PSY A455	Interventions for Challenging Behavior
  PSY A485	Health Psychology
  PSY A498	Individual Research
  PSY A499A	Developing Psychological Research
  SOC A370	Medical Sociology
  Math and Computational Skills
  Complete a minimum of 9 credits from the following:
  MATH A221	Applied Calculus for Managerial and Social Sciences
  or MATH A251	Calculus I
  MATH A252	Calculus II
  MATH A253	Calculus III
  MATH A261	Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
  MATH A265	Fundamentals of Mathematics
  MATH A302	Ordinary Differential Equations
  MATH A305	Introduction to Geometries
  MATH A306	Discrete Methods
  MATH A314	Linear Algebra
  MATH A371	Stochastic Processes
  MATH A401	Introduction to Real Analysis
  MATH A405	Introduction to Abstract Algebra
  MATH A407	Mathematical Statistics
  MATH A410	Introduction to Complex Analysis
  MATH A432	Partial Differential Equations
  MATH A490	Selected Topics in Mathematics
  MATH A498	Individual Research
  STAT A253	Applied Statistics for the Sciences
  or STAT A307	Probability and Statistics
  STAT A308	Intermediate Statistics for the Sciences
  STAT A402	Scientific Sampling
  STAT A403	Regression Analysis
  STAT A404	Analysis of Variance
  STAT A407	Time Series Analysis
  STAT A408	Multivariate Statistics
  Total		80

  General Sciences Option

  Course List

  Code	Title	Credits
  BIOL A108	Principles and Methods in Biology	6
  CHEM A105 & A105L	General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Laboratory	4
  CHEM A106 & A106L	General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Laboratory	4
  GEOL A111 & A111L	Physical Geology and Physical Geology Laboratory	4
  GEOL A221	Historical Geology	4
  PHYS A123 & A123L	College Physics I and College Physics I Laboratory	4
  or PHYS A211 & A211L	General Physics I and General Physics I Laboratory
  PHYS A124 & A124L	College Physics II and College Physics II Laboratory	4
  or PHYS A212 & A212L	General Physics II and General Physics II Laboratory
  BIOL A492	Undergraduate Seminar	1
  Complete an additional 49 credits of degree electives. The credits may come from the following course lists:		49
  Environmental Sciences Option Course Lists (see above)
  Pre-Health Professions Option Course Lists (see above)
  ASTR A103	Solar System Astronomy
  ASTR A103L	Solar System Astronomy Laboratory
  ASTR A104	Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology
  ASTR A104L	Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology Laboratory
  EE/PHYS A314	Electromagnetics
  EE/PHYS A324	Electromagnetics II
  PHYS A311	Intermediate Classical Mechanics
  PHYS A320	Simulation of Physical Systems
  PHYS A403	Quantum Mechanics
  PHYS A413	Statistical and Thermal Physics
  PHYS A498	Individual Research
  At least two of the following disciplines must be represented at the upper-division level: astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics, physics, statistics
  Total		80

  A minimum of 120 credits is required for the degree, of which 42 credits must be upper-division.

Minor in Neuroscience (New!)

This interdepartmental/multidisciplinary minor is designed to give students a foundation in the many different fields of neuroscience. This minor takes an integrative approach to prepare students for careers in neuroscience in order to meet workforce demands within academia, medicine, industry, government and legal services.

A total of 18 Credits is required for the minor.

• Neuroscience Minor

  Required Courses

  • PSY A370 Behavioral Neuroscience
  • BIOL A413 Neurophysiology and/or BIOL A412 Behavioral Endocrinology

  Electives

  • PSY A316 Motivation and Emotion
  • PSY A345 Abnormal Psychology
  • PSY A468 Learning and Behavior
  • PSY A468L Learning and Behavior Lab
  • PSY A366 Sensation and Perception
  • PSY A367 Cognitive Psychology
  • PSY A428 Evolutionary Psychology
  • PSY A498 Independent research
  • BIOL A111 Anatomy and Physiology I
  • BIOL 311 Experiential Learning: Animal   Physiology
  • BIOL A412 Behavioral Endocrinology
  • BIOL A413 Neurophysiology
  • BIOL A414 Chronobiology
  • BIOL A252 Principles of Genetics
  • BIOL A498 Independent research
  • BIOL A452 Human genome
  • MBIO A340 Microbiology
  • Chem A441 Principles of Biochem 1
  • Chem A442 Principles of Biochem 2
  • Chem A498 Independent research
  • Phil A309 Mind and Machines
  • Kin A383 Movement Theory and Motor Development
  • Kin A384 Cultural and Psychological Aspects of Health and Physical Activity
  • ATA A331 Human Factors in Aviation
  • ATP A433 Aerospace Physiology
  • ANTH A205 Biological Anthropology
  • BA A490A Artificial Intelligence –   Business Applications

 For more information regarding this minor, please contact Dr. Christopher Jung.