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Biology - Integrative Biology Track, BS

General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the three areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.

Program Requirements

  1. Students must complete a minimum of 36 BIOL credit hours 
  2. Students must complete a minimum of 15 credit hours in ancillary coursework. 
  3. Students must complete a minimum of 18 upper division (3000- level and above) BIOL credit hours.
  4. Students must earn a minimum grade of C- (1.7) in all courses that apply to the major and must achieve a minimum cumulative major GPA of 2.0. Courses taken using P+/P/F or S/U grading cannot apply to major requirements.
  5. Students must complete a minimum of 18 upper division (3000-level and above) BIOL credit hours with CU Denver faculty and at least 6 credits must be at 4000-level or higher.

Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations

  1. Courses more than ten years old will not count automatically, but can be evaluated individually for their current relevance to the degree program through a petition process with the Department of Integrative Biology Curriculum Committee. Approval for courses older than ten years is not guaranteed so students may be required to update their knowledge by taking additional courses when past courses are outdated.  
  2. Undergraduate students may count up to six credit hours of independent study or internship (any combination of BIOL 3840 Independent StudyBIOL 3939 InternshipBIOL 4840 Independent Study, BIOL 4880 Directed Research) toward the upper-division Biology electives requirement in the major.
Complete the following required biology courses:20
Organisms to Ecosystems (Gen Bio)
Honors Organisms to Ecosystems (Gen Bio)
Organisms to Ecosystems Lab (Gen Bio)
Honors Organisms to Ecosystems Lab (Gen Bio)
Molecules to Cells (Gen Bio)
Honors Molecules to Cells (Gen Bio)
Molecules to Cells Lab (Gen Bio)
Honors Molecules to Cells Lab (Gen Bio)
Principles of Ecology
Introduction to Evolution
General Cell Biology
General Genetics
Introduction to Molecular Biology
Complete the following required ancillary classes:9
General Chemistry I
Honors General Chemistry I
General Chemistry Laboratory I
Majors General Chemistry I Laboratory
Honors General Chemistry I Laboratory
General Chemistry II
Honors General Chemistry II Lecture
General Chemistry Laboratory II
Majors General Chemistry II Laboratory
Honors General Chemistry II Laboratory
Choose one quantitative class from this list:3-4
Biostatistics
Calculus I
Applied Statistics
Choose one writing intensive class from this list:3
Rhetorics of Medicine & Health
Technical Writing (also satisfies CLAS Communicative Skills requirement)
Writing in the Sciences (also satisfies CLAS Communicative Skills requirement)
Argumentation and Logic (also satisfies CLAS Humanities requirement)
Proposal and Grant Writing (also satisfies CLAS Humanities requirement)
Choose at least one upper division BIOL lab class:3
Human Physiology Lab
Human Anatomy Cadaver Lab
Virtual Human Anatomy Lab
Ecology Laboratory
General Microbiology Lab
Molecular Biology Laboratory
Plant Structure and Development
Flora of Colorado
Advanced Human Anatomy Laboratory
Field Studies
Choose at least two three credit hour 4000 level BIOL classes (must be taken from a UCD faculty) Excludes, BIOL 4840, BIOL 4880 and BIOL 4125.6
Choose any BIOL credits that have not been used anywhere else above to reach 36 total credits in BIOL (courses for non-science majors excluded).
Total Hours44-45

To learn more about the Student Learning Outcomes for this program, please visit our website.

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