Biology Major
Ecology and Conservation Biology Track
ECOL
SUNY College at Oneonta
Revised: 05/2016
Category
Core Courses
-
Applied
Biology
Course
Track
Requirements
Courses (pre-requisites)
BIOL 180: Cells to Organisms
BIOL 181: Ecology and Evolution (BIOL180/ENVS101/ENVS110)
BIOL 201: Cell and Molecular Biology (BIOL181, CHEM112)
BIOL 212: Genetics (BIOL201) OR BIOL 269: Methods in Population
Genetics (SoS, BIOL181)
BIOL 393: Senior Seminar (SrS, Biology Major)
TOTAL
Select one:
- BIOL 271: Global Study in Conservation and Sustainability (SoS, BIOL181
OR ENVS101)
- BIOL 285: NY Stream Biota: ID and Ecology (SoS, BIOL181)
- BIOL 320: Field Botany (BIOL181, 3 s.h. 200-lvl BIOL)
- BIOL 321: Tropical Biology Field Course (JrS, BIOL181)
- BIOL 333: Ecology of Rocky Mountain Regions (3s.h. BIOL, perm. Instr; Coreq GEOL333)
- BIOL 344: Field Entomology (BIOL181, 3 s.h. 200-lvl BIOL)
- BIOL 396: Directed Research (BIOL181, JrS)
- BIOL 397: Internship (set by College)
- BIOL 399: Independent Study (JrS, perm. Instr.)
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Credits (s.h.)
4
4
4
4
1
17
3
4
4
4
4
4
1-12
1-15
1-6
TOTAL
1-4
3
4
TOTAL
7
BIOL 216: Evolution
BIOL 282: Ecology
OVER
Biology Major
Ecology and Conservation Biology Track
ECOL
SUNY College at Oneonta
Major
Electives
Related Work
TOTAL s.h.
Five BIOL electives, 4 must be from the list below; ≥ 2 electives must be 300-lvl
(May not overlap with core or track requirements or Applied Biology course):
- BIOL 212: Genetics (BIOL 201)
- BIOL 217: Quantitative Biology (BIOL181)
- BIOL 236: Vascular Plant Systematics (SoS, BIOL181)
- BIOL 238: Dendrology (SoS, BIOL181)
- BIOL 244: Entomology (SoS, BIOL181)
- BIOL 250: Natural History of Vertebrates (SoS, BIOL181)
- BIOL 258: Underwater Research Methods (BIOL181; Ability to swim 200
yards and tread water for 10 min.)
- BIOL 259: Marine Biology
- BIOL 269: Methods in Population Genetics (SoS, BIOL181)
- BIOL 271: Global Study in Conserv. and Sust. (SoS, BIOL181 OR ENVS101)
- BIOL 285: NY Stream Biota: ID and Ecology (Sos, BIOL181)
- BIOL 317: Biological Literacy (BIOL 181)
- BIOL 320: Field Botany (BIOL181, 3 s.h. 200-lvl BIOL)
- BIOL 321: Tropical Biology Field Course (JrS, BIOL181)
- BIOL 322: Bryophyte Biology (BIOL181, 3 s.h. 200-lvl BIOL)
- BIOL 333: Ecology of Rocky Mountain Regions (3s.h. BIOL, perm. Instr;
- BIOL 342: Invertebrate Zoology (BIOL181, 3 s.h. 200-lvl BIOL)
- BIOL 344: Field Entomology (BIOL181, 3 s.h. 200-lvl BIOL)
- BIOL 346: Parasitology (BIOL181, 3 s.h. 200-lvl BIOL)
- BIOL 351: Biology of Fish (BIOL181, 3 s.h. 200-lvl BIOL)
- BIOL 356: Animal Behavior (BIOL216 OR BIOL282)
- BIOL 367: Aquatic Pollution (JrS, CHEM112, 6 s.h. BIOL)
- BIOL 370: Animal Physiology (BIOL 201)
- BIOL 375: Physiology of Plants (BIOL 201)
- BIOL 378: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (SoS, BIOL181)
- BIOL 383: Wetlands ENVS & Delineation
- BIOL 384: Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology (SoS, BIOL181, 3 s.h. 200-lvl BIOL)
- BIOL 385: Limnology (JrS, BIOL181/ENVS101, CHEM111)
- BIOL 386: Seminar in Conservation Biology (BIOL282/ENVS101&201)
- BIOL 388: Stream Ecology (BIOL181/ENVS101, CHEM111)
BIOL courses that cannot be used as major electives are BIOL 295-299, BIOL 395399, BIOL 202, BIOL 203, and BIOL 208, BIOL 315
TOTAL
- CHEM 111: General Chemistry I (H.S. Chem)
- CHEM 112: General Chemistry II (CHEM111 C- or better)
- CHEM 221: Organic Chemistry I (CHEM112 C- or better) OR CHEM 226:
Elementary Organic Chemistry (CHEM111 C- or better)
- STAT 101: Introduction to Statistics (3 units Regents math/MATH104)
Select one:
- CHEM 322: Organic Chemistry II (CHEM221 C- or better)
- CHEM 330: Introductory Biochemistry (CHEM226/221 C- or better)
- ENVS 214: Principles of Soil Science (ENVS 101 or 3sh. of 100 level GEOL)
- GEOL 120: Planet Earth
- GEOL 182: Water and the Blue Planet
- PHYS 103: General Physics I (Non-Calculus)
- PHYS 203: General Physics I (MATH173)
TOTAL
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
15-20
4
4
4
3
4
19
59-67