LOWER DIVISION PROGRAM

Updated 04/01/2021

(BIOL:BS)

PLEASE READ COURSE DESCRIPTIONS in the UNDERGRADUATE COURSE CATALOG (catalog.fiu.edu). Most elective courses have

prerequisites that must be taken BEFORE you take the elective course. To see your own progress, you can view your Panther Degree Audit from

your My FIU. If you need assistance or have any questions, you are encouraged to see an advisor prior to each registration period by making an

appointment via the Panther Success Network. All Biology faculty members serve as biology career advisors and have designated advising times.

All Science and Math courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or better to satisfy the requirements. The Biological Sciences BS has

enrollment and completion success markers that will be used to monitor your progress in the major. In cases where students are not

making good progress, a change of major may be required.

LOWER DIVISION PROGRAM

UCC –University Core Curriculum (Note: Transfer students with an AA degree from a Florida College System or other Florida State

University are exempt from the UCC).

GLOBAL LEARNING REQUIREMENT at Foundation Level and In-field/Discipline Specific Level (consider using upper

division courses here)

Civic Literacy Requirement (see page 4)

Students entering the University with fewer than 60 hours must complete 9 hours of coursework during the summer

semester

Foreign Language requirement (see page 4)

General Science Requirements (also called Common Prerequisites)

General Science Courses FIU ( ) = credit hours BC or MDC equivalent UM Equivalent

General Biology I and II BSC 2010(3)+Lab(1) BSC 2010+Lab or BOT 1010+Lab BIL 150 +151Lab

BSC 2011(3)+Lab(1) BSC 2011+Lab ZOO 1010+Lab BIL 160 + 161Lab

General Chemistry I and II CHM 1045(3)+Lab(1) CHM 1045+Lab or CHM 1040+Lab CHM 111 + 113Lab

CHM 1046(3)+Lab(1) CHM 1046+Lab CHM 1041+Lab CHM 112 + 114Lab

Organic Chemistry I and II CHM 2210(4)+Lab(1) CHM 2210+Lab CHM 201 + 205Lab

CHM 2211(3)+Lab(1) CHM 2211+Lab CHM 202 + 206Lab

General Physics I and II PHY 2053(4)+2048L(1) PHY 2053+Lab PHY 101 + 106Lab

PHY 2054(4)+2049L(1) PHY 2054+Lab PHY 102 + 108Lab

using algebra and trigonometry

PHY 2048(4)+Lab(1) PHY 2048+Lab

PHY 2049(4)+Lab(1) PHY 2049+Lab

using Calculus 1 and 2.

Mathematics - Students must complete sub-requirements (A) and (B)

(A) Calculus I MAC 2311(4) MAC 2311 MTH 111 or MTH 131

Students should take MAC 1147 as a prerequisite for MAC2311. Only students who have started the MAC1114/MAC1140 sequence at their previous institution, may request

permission from the Math Department to get into the next course in the sequence.

(B) Calculus II MAC 2312(4) MAC 2312 MTH 112 or MTH 132

Statistics I and II STA 3111(3) & 3112(3) Stats designed for Biology students.

STA 2122(3) & 3123(3) Stats designed for Psychology students

Note: Calculus I and Statistics I together do not satisfy the requirement

STUDENTS WHO TAKE STATISTICS I AND II MUST ALSO COMPLETE CALCULUS I

UPPER DIVISION PROGRAM

Required Courses

Prerequisites

Credits

PCB 3043 Ecology (L*)

BSC 2010 + 2011

PCB 3063 Genetics (L*)

BSC 2010

PCB 4023 Cell Biology (L*)

PCB 3063 + CHM 1046

PCB 4674 Evolution

PCB 3043 + PCB 3063

BSC 4931 Senior Seminar

PCB 3043+3063+4023+4674

6 Upper Division Elective Courses - Distribution Requirement - One Elective lecture course in each of the following Areas**

A. Ecology Area

B. Organismal Diversity Area

C. Physiology/Biochemistry Area

D. Structure/Development Area

+ 2 upper division electives in any of

these Areas

Laboratory Requirement - 4 Upper Division Labs (2cr labs=1 lab)

4 or more

Please take labs that support upper division

courses needed for your career goals

College of Arts, Sciences, and Education Requirements

Credit hours of courses outside the major required within the last 60 hours of enrollment

Note: Take these 9 credit hours from upper division courses to help you reach the

45 hours needed for graduation Ex. 35 + 9 = 44 upper division credit hours

Upper Division hours required

Total credit hours required for graduation (University Requirement) 120

** See next page for a list of elective courses to choose from.

Please note that there may be limited course availability in summer.

***Refer to course catalog for list of courses not applicable to the upper division Major electives.

Students interested in Teacher Certification should contact the CASE Advising office at 305-348-2978 for the more information about

Biology Secondary Education track.

ELECTIVES COURSES - DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT – Summer 2021 and Fall 2021

(L*)-Indicates that lab is being offered this term along with the lecture

Courses listed may be subject to change. Please confirm course availability by searching for courses

on your MyFIU.

BSC 4473C - Introduction to Scientific Diving Prerequisites: (OCB3043+lab or PCB3043+lab or CHS4600 or OCE3014), open water diving certification,

permission of the instructor, FIU Diving Medical clearance, pass standardized swim test, at least 18 years old. Lab fee of $1,158 applied.

BSC 3941 - Biological Sciences Research Internship: Supervised, practical experience in a professional, laboratory or field setting in which biologists may work.

Instructor permission is required. This does NOT fulfill any lab or elective lecture requirement for Biology Majors or Minors.

• BSC 4996L - Computational Biology Lab of Emerging Infectious Disease: Being offered Summer 2021.

• BSC 3466L - Make Your Mutant (Corequisite: PCB 3063 or BCH 3033): Being offered Fall 2021.

A. ECOLOGY

Summer 2021

Prerequisites (Grades of C or higher in)

BSC

4363

Biodiversity in the Caribbean Basin

BSC2010, BSC2011

OCB

4633

Marine Community Ecology

PCB3043

PCB

3374

Tropical Ecology

PCB3043

PCB

4414

Behavioral Ecology

PCB3043

Fall 2021

BOT

4601

General Plant Ecology GL

PCB3043

BSC

4304

Environments of the Past

BSC

4363

Biodiversity in the Caribbean Basin

BSC2010, BSC2011

OCB

3043

Marine Biology Oceanography (*L)

BSC2010, BSC2011

OCB

4070

Coastal Marine Conservation

OCB3043 or PCB3043

OCB

4104C

Field Methods in Marine Ecology

OCB3043 or PCB3043

OCB

4633

Marine Community Ecology

PCB3043

PCB

3374

Tropical Ecology

PCB3043

PCB

4401

Global Change Ecology: How humans changed the face of Earth

PCB3043

PCB

4414

Behavioral Ecology

PCB3043

Updated 04/01/2021

PCB

4452

Introduction to Wetland Ecology and Management

PCB3043

PCB

4462C

Introduction to Landscape Ecology with GIS

BSC 2010,BSC 2011, Corequisite :PCB 3043

PCB

4467C

Marine Protected Areas GL

BSC2010 and BSC2011

PCB

4932

Topics in Ecology (U02)-Forest of the Future

BSC2010, BSC2010L and BSC2011, BSC2011L

B. ORGANISMAL DIVERSITY

Summer 2021

Prerequisites (Grades of C or higher in)

BSC

4434

Bioinformatics for Biologists

BSC2010, BSC2011, PCB3063

MCB

3020

General Microbiology (*L)

CHM2210, BSC2010, and BSC2011

ZOO

4234

General Parasitology (*L)

BSC 2010, Corequisite: ZOO4234L

Fall 2021

BOT

3154

Local Flora (*L)

BOT1010 or BSC2011, Corequisite: BOT3154L

BOT

3663

Tropical Botany

BSC2011

BSC

4205

Topics in Organismal Diversity (U02)-Great Ape Conservation

BSC2010, BSC2010L and BSC2011, BSC2011L

BSC

4434

Bioinformatics for Biologists

BSC2010, BSC2011, PCB3063

MCB

3020

General Microbiology (*L)

CHM2210, BSC2010, and BSC2011

OCB

4303

Biology of Marine Mammals

PCB3043 or OCB3043

PCB

4676

Human Evolution

BSC2011 and PCB3063

ZOO

3205C

Invertebrate Zoology

BSC1011

ZOO

3303

Vertebrate Zoology

BSC2010, BSC2011, BSC2010L, BSC2011L

ZOO

4234

General Parasitology (*L)

BSC 2010, Corequisite: ZOO4234L

ZOO

4484

Primate Biology

BSC2010, BSC2011

C. PHYSIOLOGY/BIOCHEMISTRY

Summer 2021

Prerequisites (Grades of C or higher in)

BCH

3033

General Biochemistry (*L)

CHM2211, BSC2010

CHM

4304

Biological Chemistry I (*L)

CHM2211, CHM2211L

MCB

4503

Virology

CHM2210, PCB3063

PCB

3702

Intermediate Human Physiology (*L)

BSC2010 or BSC2011

PCB

4232

Biology of AIDS

BSC2010, BSC2011, CHM1045, CHM1046

PCB

4717

Topics in Physiology/Biochemistry (RVC)-Biology of Stress

BSC2010, BSC2010L and BSC2011, BSC2011L

PCB

4717

Topics in Physiology/Biochemistry (U01)- Urban Vector Biology/Epidemiology

BSC2010, BSC2010L and BSC2011, BSC2011L

Fall 2021

BCH

3033

General Biochemistry (*L)

CHM2211, BSC2010

BOT

4503

Plant Physiology

BSC2010, BSC2010L, BSC2011, CHM2210

BSC

4443

Functional Genomics and Proteomics

PCB3063

CHM

4304

Biological Chemistry I (*L)

CHM2211, CHM2211L

PCB

3702

Intermediate Human Physiology (L*)

BSC2010 or BSC2011

PCB

3703

Human Physiology I (*L)

BSC2010

PCB

4233

Immunology

PCB3063

PCB

4234

Biology of Cancer

PCB3063, PCB3043

PCB

4717

Topics in Physiology/Biochemistry (U01)-Urban Vector Biology/Epidemiology

BSC2010, BSC2010L and BSC2011, BSC2011L

PCB

4717

Topics in Physiology/Biochemistry (U02)-Biochemical Ecology

BSC2010, BSC2010L and BSC2011, BSC2011L

PCB

4724

Comparative Physiology

BSC2010, BSC2011, CHM2210

PCB

4776

Physiological and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Animals

BSC2010, BSC2011, and PCB3043

PCB

4805

Endocrinology

BSC1011, CHM2211, one physiology course

ZOO

4744

Neurobiology

BSC2010 and BSC2011

D.STRUCTURE/DEVELOPMENT

Summer 2021

Prerequisites (Grades of C or higher in)

BSC

4401

Principles of Forensic Biology

BSC2010

BSC

4422

Biotechnology: Applications in Industry, Agriculture and Medicine

PCB

4663

General Human Genetics

PCB3063

ZOO

3731

Human Anatomy (*L)

BSC 2010 or BSC 2023 or PCB 2099 or MCB 2000 or HSC 3549

Corequisite: ZOO3731L

ZOO

3753

Histology (*L)

BSC2010, CHM2210, CHM2211

Updated 04/01/2021

Transfer Students

Transfer students with >60 credits, must take half of their upper division credits at FIU.

A maximum of 60 lower division semester hours taken at a two-year or a four-year institution may be counted toward the degree. A maximum of 30

upper division semester hours taken at a senior institution may be counted toward the degree.

Lower division courses in excess of 60 semester hours may serve to meet specific course requirements for the degree, but credit hours represented by

these courses will not reduce the number of credit hours to be completed at the University.

Foreign Language requirement

FIU Flent/Flex requirement – 2 years of high school foreign language satisfy Flent/Flex

All students graduating from Florida International University must meet the state-mandated foreign language requirement. The FLENT/FLEX

requirement can be met if students have completed two years of the same foreign language in high school prior to their admission to FIU.

Transfer students may also qualify for an exemption with ANY of the following:

▪ Appropriate accelerated credit mechanisms (e.g., AP, A-Level, IB, CLEP)

▪ Transfer credits from a post-secondary institution,

▪ Two consecutive semesters of one language (levels 1 & 2)

▪ One intermediate or advanced level language course

▪ A passing TOEFL score for admission to the University

▪ Foreign Credentials (e.g High School transcript from Non-English speaking country)

▪ A previously earned Bachelor’s degree (regionally accredited)

▪ An AA degree earned at a FL public institution prior to 1989

Students that do not qualify for any of the above exemptions must complete the foreign language requirement here at FIU, using one

of the following options:

▪ Two introductory level courses (levels 1 & 2)

▪ One intermediate or advanced level course

▪ CLEP (Spanish, French and German only)

▪ FLATS (visit https://info.flats.byu.edu/list-of-languages/ to view the complete list of FLATS exams)

Civic Literacy Requirement: Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year and thereafter, all first-time-in-college baccalaureate seeking students entering a State

University System institution must demonstrate civic literacy by satisfying the State of Florida’s, civic literacy requirement. Students at FIU can satisfy the civic literacy

requirement by successful completion of any one of AMH2020 or POS2041, or by achievement of the standard score on one of the following assessments:

a. Advanced Placement (AP) — Government & Politics: United States (Min score of 3)

b. Advanced Placement (AP) — United States History (Min score of 4)

c. CLEP — American Government (Min. score of 50)

d. Florida Civic Literacy Test (CIV 2222) — (Min. score of 60). CIV 2222 will be proctored and administered through the University Testing Centers at MMC and

BBC. This test will be offered to FIU students free of charge on specified dates each semester. Students who choose to test outside of the designated dates may test

on a walk-in basis. Sign up to take the CIV 2222 test at FIU.

Students are strongly encouraged to fulfill this requirement before the end of their first year. No baccalaureate seeking student admitted during the 2018-2019 school

year and thereafter, may graduate from FIU without first having met this requirement.

Minor in Biology

• BSC 2010/BSC 2010L and BSC 2011/BSC 2011L

• One upper-division course (3000-level or above) in three of the following areas: A. Ecology, B. Organismal Diversity, C. Physiology/Biochemistry, or

D. Structure/Development

• One of these elective courses must be at the 4000 level or higher

• One course must include a lab

• Minimum 10 upper-division biology credits

*The following courses also satisfy the areas listed above: A. PCB 3043 Ecology, B. PCB 4674 Evolution, C. PCB 4023 Cell Biology, D. PCB 3063 Genetics

Pre-Medical, Dental, Optometry, Physician Assistant, Pharmacy, Podiatry and Veterinary Curricula

Students who have fulfilled the requirements for the BS in Biology will also have satisfied most of the course requirements for admission to the above mentioned

professional schools. Interested students should consult a Pre-Medical Advisor (DM 337; 305-348-0515; [email protected]) for arranging a curriculum to enhance

their potential to gain admission to these professional schools.

Enrollment Status – for continuous enrollment in a semester, dropping courses can change enrollment status. Contact the

Registrar for more details. Contact Financial Aid for various regulations.

Full time = 12 to 18 credits. Normal load = 15 credits; registration for more than 18 credits requires Dean Designee Approval.

Half time = 6-11 credits; Less than Half time = 5 credits or less.

ZOO

4733

Survey of Regional Anatomy

BSC2011, BSC2011L, CHM1046, CHM1046L, PHY2054 or PHY2049

Fall 2021

BSC

4422

Biotechnology: Applications in Industry, Agriculture and Medicine (*L)

PCB

4253

Developmental Biology

PCB3063 or BCH3033

PCB

4663

General Human Genetics

PCB3063

ZOO

3713C

Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

BSC2010, BSC2011

ZOO

3731

Human Anatomy (*L)

BSC 2010 or BSC 2023 or PCB 2099 or MCB 2000 or HSC 3549

Corequisite: ZOO3731L

ZOO

3753

Histology (*L)

BSC2010, CHM2210, CHM2211

ZOO

4733

Survey of Regional Anatomy

BSC2011, BSC2011L, CHM1046, CHM1046L, PHY2054