UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MINDANAO
Office of the University Registrar
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY
Approved on June 26, 2003
FIRST YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER
Course No.
BIO 1
CHEM 16
MATH 11
GE
GE
GE
PE 1
NSTP 1
Course Description
General Biology I
General Chemistry I
College Algebra
Course No.
BIO 3
CHEM 17
MATH 14
GE
GE
PE 2/4
Course Description
Foundations of Physical Fitness
National Service Training Program
Lecture
2
3
3
3
3
3
(2)
(3)
Lab
1
2
Units
3
5
3
3
3
3
(2)
(3)
20
Prerequisite/s
Units
5
5
3
3
3
(2)
Prerequisite/s
Bio 1
CHEM 16 & MATH 11
MATH 11
FIRST YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER
NSTP 2
Biodiversity
General Chemistry II
Plane Trigonometry
National Service Training Program
Lecture
3
3
3
3
3
(2)
Lab
2
2
(3)
(3)
19
SECOND YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER
Course No.
Course Description
Lecture
BIO 70
Earth’s Processes & Biological Systems
3
BOT 3
CHEM 31
CHEM 31.1
MCB 1
PHYS 3
GE
PE 2/4
Intermediate Botany
Elementary Organic Chemistry
Elementary Organic Chemistry Laboratory
General Microbiology
General Physics I
2
3
2
2
3
(2)
Lab
Units
3
1
2
1
1
3
3
2
3
3
3
(2)
20
Prerequisite/s
BIO 2 or BIO 3 or BOT 1 &
ZOO 1 & CHEM 16
BIO 2 or BIO 3 or BOT 1
CHEM 17
CHEM 17
MATH 14
SECOND YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER
Course No.
BIO 30
Course Description
Genetics
BIO 150
CHEM 160
ZOO 3
GE
GE
PE 2/3/4
Principles of Ecology
Introductory Biochemistry
Intermediate Zoology
Course No.
BIO 101
FIL 1
STAT 1
Course Description
Introductory Molecular Biology
Sining ng Pakikipagtalastasan
Elementary Statistics
MAJOR
MAJOR
Lecture
2
Lab
1
Units
3
2
3
2
3
3
(2)
1
3
3
3
3
3
(2)
18
1
Prerequisite/s
BIO 2 or BIO 3 or BOT 1 &
ZOO 1
BIO 2 or BIO 3 or BOT 1
CHEM 31 & CHEM 31.1
THIRD YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER
GE
GE
Lecture
3
3
2
3
3
Lab
1
Units
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
21
Prerequisite/s
BIO 30 & CHEM 160
MATH 11
THIRD YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER
Course No.
BIO 120
ENG 10
Course Description
Lecture
2
3
Cell Biology
Writing of Technical/Scientific Papers
MAJOR
MAJOR
MAJOR (BIO 200 Outline)
Lab
1
2
3
3
GE
GE
Units
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
20
Prerequisite/s
BIO 101
Junior Standing
FOURTH YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER
Course No.
BIO 140
BIO 199a
Course Description
Evolutionary Biology
Undergraduate Seminar
ELECTIVE
MAJOR
MAJOR
MAJOR (BIO 200)
Lecture
3
1
Lab
2
3
3
GE
GE
Units
3
1
3
3
3
2
3
3
21
Prerequisite/s
BIO 30
FOURTH YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER
Course No.
BIO 199b
PI 100
Course Description
Undergraduate Seminar
The Life & Works of Jose Rizal
ELECTIVE
MAJOR
MAJOR
MAJOR (BIO 200)
Lecture
1
3
Lab
2
3
GE
Units
1
3
3
3
3
2
3
18
Prerequisite/s
TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS - 157
NOTE: the specification of the domain [i.e., GE (AH), GE (SSP) and GE (MST) of the GE courses for any semester is
intended primarily to help the students keep track of the number of GE units he/she has taken in each domain. Nothing
in this document therefore prevents a student, for example, from taking a GE course in the AH or NSM domain, when the
checklist provides a GE (SSP) course for a particular year or semester, so long as the number of required GE units in each
domain is complied with.
General Education
ARTS and HUMANITIES DOMAIN
(15 units)
AH
AH
AH
AH
AH
1
2
3
4
5
AH 6
AH 7
SOCIAL SCIENCE and PHILOSOPHY
DOMAIN (15 units)
COMM I
COMM II
COMM III
HUM I
HUM II
SSP
SSP
SSP
SSP
SSP
1
2
3
4
5
Visual Comm & Society
Significant Themes in Lit
SSP 6
SSP 7
NATURAL SCIENCE and
MATHEMATICS DOMAIN (15 units)
HIST I
HIST II
SOSC I
SOSC II
PHLO I
MST
MST
MST
MST
MST
1
2
3
4
5
Wika at PagkaPilipino
Hitchiker’s Guide to
Mindanao
MST 6
NASC I
NASC II
MATH I
STS
Biotechnology & Society
Biodiversity Challenge
CELL BIOLOGY MAJOR
A student majoring in Cell Biology must complete 24 units consisting of 19 units in Major Core Courses and
5 units of Other Major Courses. All subjects listed as Major Core Courses are compulsory. For the Major Option, a
student can choose from one of the given alternatives. Finally, any combination of subjects can be taken as electives
as long as they total at least 6 units.
MAJOR CORE COURSES (19 units)
Course No.
BIO 102
BIO 121
BIO 130a
ZOO 113
ZOO 120
Course Description
Cytology
Developmental Cell Biology
Advanced Genetics I
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
Animal Physiology
Lecture
2
3
3
3
3
Lab
1
2
2
Units
3
3
3
5
5
Prerequisite/s
BIO 30
BIO 120 or COI
BIO 30
ZOO 1 or BIO 2 or BIO 3
ZOO 113 & CHEM 160
Last modified: 03/18/08
OTHER MAJOR COURSES (5 units)
Course No.
BIO 138
Course Description
Molecular Genetics
BIO 180
BIO 190*
BOT 20
CHEM 160.1
MCB 120
STAT 164
ZOO 115
Lecture
3
Lab
Units
3
Biological Microtechnique
1
2
3
Special Problem
3
Elementary Plant Physiology
2
Introductory Biochemistry
Laboratory
Microbial Physiology
Statistics for the Biological
Sciences
Animal Histology
3
1
3
BOT 1 or BIO 2 or BIO 3 & CHEM
16 or Chem 15
2
2
CHEM 160 (can be concurrent)
3
MCB 1 & CHEM 160
3
3
STAT 1
ZOO 113
3
3
2
Prerequisite/s
BIO 101
BOT 3, ZOO 3, CHEM 31 & CHEM
31.1
1
* BIO 190 - to be taken only as Special Problem Option
MAJOR OPTION (6 units)
Course No.
Course Description
a. BIO 200
Undergraduate Thesis Option, 6 units
b. BIO 200a
Practicum Option, 6 units
c. BIO 190
Special Problem Option, 3 units, plus 3 units of additional major course
d. All Course Option, 6 units of other major courses.
ELECTIVE COURSES (6 units)
Course No.
BIO 191
BOT 110
ENT 101
MATH 26
MCB 102
PSY 101
Course Description
Special Topics
Morphology & Anatomy of Plants
General Entomology
Analytical Geometry & Calculus I
General Virology
General Psychology
Lecture
3
2
2
3
3
3
Lab
STAT 162
Experimental Designs
2
1
3
WLDL 101
ZOO 146
ZOO 148
ZOO 173
Introduction to Philippine Wildlife
Ornithology
Mammalogy
Introduction to Parasitology
2
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
1
1
Units
3
3
3
3
3
3
Prerequisite/s
BOT 1 or BIO 3 or COI
BIO 2 or BIO 3 or ZOO 1
MATH 14
MCB 1
COI
STAT 1 or COI (for graduate
students only)
BIO 2 or BIO 3 or ZOO 1
ZOO 140 or COI
ZOO 140 or COI
ZOO 1 or BIO 2 or BIO 3
ECOLOGY MAJOR
A student majoring in Ecology must complete 24 units consisting of 17 units in Major Core Courses and 7
units of Other Major Courses. All subjects listed as Major Core Courses are compulsory. For the Major Option, a
student can choose from one of the given alternatives. Finally, any combination of subjects can be taken as electives
as long as they total at least 6 units.
MAJOR CORE COURSES (17 units)
Course No.
BIO 151
BOT 150
MCB 150
ZOO 113
ZOO 150
Course Description
Environmental Management
Plant Ecology
Microbial Ecology
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
Animal Ecology
Lecture
3
2
2
3
1
Lab
1
1
2
2
Units
3
3
3
5
3
Prerequisite/s
BIO 150 or COI
BOT 140 or COI
MCB 1
ZOO 1 or BIO 2 or BIO 3
ZOO 1 or BIO 2 or BIO 3
OTHER MAJOR COURSES (7 units)
Course No.
BIO 142
BIO 159
Course Description
Principles of Systematic Biology
Conservation Biology
Lecture
3
2
Lab
1
Units
3
3
BIO 180
Biological Microtechnique
1
2
3
BIO 190*
Special Problems
3
BOT 20
Elementary Plant Physiology
2
1
3
BOT 110
ENT 101
STAT 164
WLDL 101
ZOO 120
ZOO 140
ZOO 146
ZOO 148
ZOO 151
Morphology & Anatomy of Plants
General Entomology
Statistics for Biological Sciences
Introduction to Philippine Wildlife
Animal Physiology
Animal Taxonomy
Ornithology
Mammalogy
Marine Zoology
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
5
Prerequisite/s
BIO 2 or BIO 3 or BOT 1 & ZOO 1
BIO 150 or COI
BOT 3, ZOO 3 & CHEM 31 & CHEM
31.1
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
BIO 2 or BIO 3 & CHEM 16 or CHEM
15
BOT 1 or BIO 3 or COI
BIO 2 or BIO 3 or ZOO 1
STAT 1
BIO 2 or BIO 3 or ZOO 1
ZOO 113 & CHEM 160
BIO 2 or BIO 3 or ZOO 1
ZOO 140 or COI
ZOO 140 or COI
ZOO 140 or COI
* BIO 190 - to be taken only as Special Problem Option
MAJOR OPTION (6 units)
a.
b.
c.
d.
Course No.
Course Description
BIO 200
Undergraduate Thesis Option, 6 units
BIO 200a
Practicum Option, 6 units
BIO 190
Special Problem Option, 3 units, plus 3 units of additional major course
All Course Option, 6 units of other major courses.
ELECTIVE COURSES (6 units)
Course No.
BIO 138
BIO191
BOT 101
MATH 26
STAT 162
ZOO 115
ZOO 145
ZOO 173
Course Description
Molecular Genetics
Special Topics
Phycology
Analytical Geometry & Calculus I
Experimental Designs I
Animal Histology
Herpetology
Introduction to Parasitology
Lecture
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
Lab
1
1
1
2
1
Units
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Prerequisite/s
BIO 101
BOT 1 or BIO 2 or BIO 3
MATH 14
STAT 1 or COI
ZOO 113
ZOO 140
ZOO 1 or BIO 2 or BIO 3
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