Core Requirements

Biological Sciences majors with an Environmental Biology Option must complete a core which includes the following courses and 15-semester hours of electives selected from the Option Electives list below.

• BIO 1150 - Biology Forum. Credits: 1
• BIO 1500 - General Biology I. Credits: 4
• BIO 1550G - General Biology II. Credits: 4
• BIO 3120 - Molecular and Cellular Biology. Credits: 4
• BIO 3180 - Introduction to Ecology and Evolution. Credits: 4
• BIO 3200 - Genetics. Credits: 4
• BIO 3510 - Plant Physiology. Credits: 4

• or

• BIO 3520 - Animal Physiology. Credits: 4
• BIO 3850 - Environmental Health and Sustainability. Credits: 4
• BIO 4275 - Internship. Credits: 6 or 12

• (See Footnote 2)

• CHM 1310G - General Chemistry I. Credits: 3
• CHM 1315G - General Chemistry Laboratory I. Credits: 1
• CHM 1410 - General Chemistry II. Credits: 3
• CHM 1415 - General Chemistry Laboratory II. Credits: 1
• CHM 2430 - Survey of Organic Chemistry. Credits: 3
• CHM 2435 - Survey of Organic Chemistry Laboratory. Credits: 1
• ECN 2800G - Economics of Social Issues. Credits: 3
• MAT 2110G - Brief Calculus with Applications. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote 1)

• or

• MAT 1441G - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I. Credits: 5

• (See Footnote 1)

• PLS 4763 - Environmental Politics & Policy. Credits: 3

Footnotes:

(Major GPA based on all biological sciences courses taken at EIU)

¹ Students not prepared for this course will be required to take additional prerequisite math classes.

² 12 hours of BIO 4275 is required in the major OR 6 hours of BIO 4275 plus 6 total hours of BIO 3450 Undergraduate Research, BIO 3451 Independent Study, BIO 4444 Honors Independent Study, or BIO 4555 Honors Research. Research/Independent Study coursework hours counted here may not also be counted toward elective credit.