37-38 hours of biology (BIO) courses, including:

BIO 111 - Introduction to Environmental Biology (4 cr)
BIO 112 - Introduction to Cell Biology (4 cr)
BIO 204 - Botany (4 cr)
or BIO 316 - Virology (3 cr)
or BIO 207 - Microbiology (4 cr)
BIO 225-226 - Human Anatomy and Physiology (4, 4 cr)
BIO 319 - Genetics (4 cr)

One additional laboratory course (4 cr) at the 300 or 400 level, choose from:

BIO 302 - Embryology
BIO 306 - General Ecology
BIO 405 - Molecular Biology
BIO 422 - Neuroscience

BIO 420 - Senior Paper (1 cr)

BIO electives (at least 9 cr)#

CHM 111, 221, 222 - General and Organic Chemistry (4, 4, 4 cr)

PHY 181-182 - General Physics (4, 4 cr)
or PHY 202-202 - College Physics (4, 4 cr)

MAT 105 or PSY 205 - Statistics (3 cr)


# Electives may include additional laboratory courses or the following non-laboratory courses. These courses include:

BIO 218 - Introduction to Nutrition (3 cr)
BIO 315 - Immunology (3 cr)
BIO 316 - Virology (3 cr)
BIO 317 - Biochemistry (3 cr)
BIO 331 - Biomedical Ethics (3 cr)
BIO 421 - Advanced Genetics (3 cr)
BIO 491 - Special Study (1-3 cr)
BIO 492 - Practicum (1-4 cr)
BIO 494 - Honors Biology (1-3 cr)
BIO 495 - Independent Study (1-3 cr)

Approved BIO courses at the AuSable Institute of Environmental Studies may also be used as BIO electives. For more information go to www.ausable.org.

In addition to the specified courses for a biology major, the student seeking certification to teach biology must take the following courses: BIO 204, 302, 317; SCS 105, 215; and two courses from MAT 105, 120, 161, 162. In addition, they must take the professional education requirements. Biology education students may omit either the humanities focused option or a social science option from their core requirement. Biology education students are also exempt from the nine credits of biology electives.

NOTE: Chapter 354, "Preparation of Professional Educators," was enacted in 2000 in Pennsylvania. This law mandates certain regulations in the preparation of professional educators in the state. Students are responsible to be certain they are meeting regularly with their advisors in the Biology Department and the Education Department in regard to this legislation. Certification will normally take summer courses or a ninth semester of work. Geneva College is not responsible for students who will not be certified because of failure to meet certification requirements at the time of graduation.