A total of sixty-two (62) credits as follows:
- Required Mathematics and Computer Science courses (22 credits):
- MATH 122 (Integral Calculus)
- MATH 123 (Sequences & Series)
Note that MATH 123 is a 2 credit course that can be taken concurrently with MATH 122. - MATH 251 (Differential Equations)
- MATH 211 (Intro Statistical Methods & Applications)
- MATH 214 (Discrete Math Modeling with Biological Applications)
- MATH 315 (Continuous Math Modeling with Biological Applications)
- Required Biology courses (14 credits):
- BIOL 130, 131L, 140, 141L (Intro Bio Sequence)
- One of the following courses:
- BIOL 300 + 300L (Evolution)
- BIOL 304 + 304L (Genetics)
- BIOL 305 + 305L (Population Genomics)
- BIOL 315 + 315L (Ecology)
- BIOL 348 + 348L (Wildlife Biology)
- BIOL 358 + 358L (Plant Genetics & Sustainable Agriculture)
- Math Electives (8 credits): Select 2 additional courses from all MATH courses at the 200-level or higher in consultation with the advisor (1 of the courses must be at the 300- or 400- level; MATH 211, 214, 251, and 315 cannot count towards this requirement).
- COMP 142 (Computer Science II: Object-Oriented Programming) can count as a 200-level course
- Four credits of MATH 451/452 (Math Research) can count as a 400-level course
- Biology Electives (14 credits): Select 3 courses from all Biology courses at the 300-level in consultation with the advisor (2 of those courses must have an associated lab). The following combinations of courses can count as an elective with a lab:
- BIOL 307 (Cell Biology) + BMB 310 (Methods in Cell Biology and Biochemistry)
- BIOL 312 (Environmental Issues: South Africa) + BIOL 314 (Environmental Field Study: Namibia)
- CHEM 315 (Biochemistry) + BMB 310 (Methods in Cell Biology and Biochemistry)
- Four credits of BIOL 451/452 (Biology Research)
- Senior Research (4 credits): Students will complete a capstone research project in which they use mathematical, computational, and statistical methods to model biological phenomenon. 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).
- One credit of MATH 386 (Junior Sem)
Students may petition to substitute one credit of MATH 451/452 or participation in Research Fellowships/St. Jude Summer Plus program for this requirement if they have engaged in the corresponding research for at least two terms before their junior spring semester. Additionally, students studying abroad during the spring semester of their junior year may petition to substitute one study abroad course for this requirement. - Three credits of MATH 485, 486 (Senior Seminar)
- One credit of MATH 386 (Junior Sem)
Recommended Courses:
- If considering grad school in Ecology it is strongly recommended that students take BIOL 315, COMP 142, and MATH 305.
- If considering grad school in Mathematics, Biomathematics, or Mathematical Ecology it is strongly recommended that students take MATH 201, 261, and 321.
- PHYSC 111 + 113L (Fundamentals in Physics I) as appropriate to career goals
- Some classes that may be of interest:
- ECON 407 (Game Theory)
- HIST 105 (Special Topics: Disease & Epidemics) F2i, F3
- HIST 270 (Global Environmental History) F3, F11
- HIST 307 (Nature & War) F3
- INTS 340, 341 (Global Ecopolitics, Comparative Ecopolitics) F8
- PHIL 230 (Environmental Ethics)
- PHIL 303 (Medical Ethics) F1