• Required major courses: BIOL 114 GE: Introductory Biology I, BIOL 115 GE: Introductory Biology II, BIOL 200 General Ecology, BIOL 315 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy OR BIOL 320 Plant Morphology, BIOL 331 Genetics, BIOL 340 Animal Physiology OR BIOL 422 Plant Physiology, BIOL 407 Organic Evolution, BIOL 495 Seminar I, BIOL 496 Seminar II

Plus 18 additional SH of biology electives distributed among 4 course clusters, as follows:
• Fundamental Cluster - 3 SH from BIOL 316 Principles of Systematics, BIOL 428 Biogeography, BIOL 464 Population Genetics
• Organismal Cluster - 6 SH from BIOL 220 Field Botany, BIOL 221 Field Zoology, BIOL 325 Ornithology, BIOL 350 Animal Behavior, BIOL 416 Parasitology, BIOL 421 Introductory Mycology, BIOL 425 Herpetology, BIOL 442 Biology of Aquatic Macrophytes, BIOL 448 Biology of Aquatic Insects, BIOL 450 Field Entomology, BIOL 451 General Entomology, BIOL 462 Mammalogy, BIOL 466 Marine Ichthyology, BIOL 493 Biology of Topical Ecosystems, BIOL 494 Research in Biology, BIOM 461 Marine Botany, BIOM 462 Marine Invertebrates, BIOM 468 Marine Ornithology, BIOM 471 Biology of Molluscs, BIOM 473 Marine Mammals of the Atlantic, BIOM 479 Ecology of Marine Plankton, BIOM 487 Tropical Invertebrates, BIOM 488 Coastal Vegetation
• Physio./Pathological/Morph. Cluster - 3 SH from BIOL 311 Embryology, BIOL 321 Plant Pathology, BIOL 322 Plant Responses to Environmental Stress, BIOL 431 Ecological Physiology, BIOL 452 Insect Morphology, BIOL 453 Insect Physiology, BIOL 458 Wildlife Disease, BIOM 403 Comparative Physiology of Marine Organisms, BIOM 464 Developmental Biology of Marine Organisms
• Ecology Cluster - 6 SH from BIOL 413 Predator-Prey Relationships, BIOL 423 Plant Ecology, BIOL 426 Wildlife Biology, BIOL 440 General Aquatic Ecology, BIOL 443 Stream Ecology, BIOL 445 Ecology of Fishes, BIOL 457 Behavioral Ecology, BIOL 463 Conservation Biology, BIOM 460 Marine Ecology, BIOM 465 Management of Wetland Wildlife, BIOM 483 Wetland Ecology
• Corequisite courses:
CHEM 121, 123, 124, 126, 233, 234, 235, 236; PHY 131, 132; 3 courses in mathematics or 2 in MATH and 1 in computer science, from the following: MATH 110, 130, 131, 135, 140, 141, 311, 411, CPSC 101 (one MATH must be 135, 140 or 141; MATH 090, 100, 101, and 105 are NOT ACCEPTED); GEOG 120
• A minimum grade of "C" is required in all required and corequisite courses.
• Required quality point average: 2.5 or greater in Biology courses. At least one-half of the credit hours required in biology must be completed at ESU.

Coordinator: Terry Master email: tmaster@po-box.esu.edu phone: (570) 422-3709