Biology Electives (14 credits): Select 3 courses from the following list in consultation with the advisor (2 must have a lab):
Biology courses at the 200 or 300 level [Biology 307 (Cell Biology) may combine with BMB 310 (Methods in Cell Biology and Biochemistry) to satisfy a lab elective]
Chemistry 315 (Biochemistry) [may combine with BMB 310 (Methods in Cell Biology and Biochemistry) to satisfy a lab elective]
Chemistry 416 (Mechanisms of Drug Action)
Neuroscience 270 (Neuroscience) [may combine with Neuroscience 350 (Neuroscience Research Methods) to satisfy a lab elective]
Senior Research (4 credits):
Normally, students will have two advisors: one who advises the mathematical component of their senior research and one who advises the biological component of their research. Each student will take four credits of seminar, one credit in the spring of their junior year, and three credits in their senior year (all in one semester or divided between fall and spring semesters). Students may petition to substitute Math 451/452 or participation in Research Fellowships/St. Jude Summer Plus program for two terms before junior spring semester for credit for Math 386. See the Math Chair for more details.
Math 386 (Junior Sem) or Math 451/452
Math 485, 486 (Senior Seminar)
Recommended Courses:
If considering grad school in Ecology it is strongly recommended that students take Bio 315, CS 142, and Math 311.
If considering grad school in Mathematics, Biomathematics, or Mathematical Ecology it is strongly recommended that students take Math 201, 261, and 321.
Students should consider Bio 214, or EnvS 160 as a means of fulfilling their F-11 requirement.
Physics 111 + 113L (Fundamentals in Physics I) as appropriate to career goals
Some classes that may be of interest:
Economics 407 (Game Theory)
History 105 (Special Topics: Disease & Epidemics) F2i, F3
History 270 (Global Environmental History) F3, F11
History 307 (Nature & War) F3
International Studies 340, 341 (Global Ecopolitics, Comparative Ecopolitics) F8