Biology, General Option

Biology Core

• BIOL054 HM - Experimental Biology Laboratory
• BIOL154 HM - Biostatistics
• BIOL101 HM - Comparative Physiology
• BIOL108 HM - Ecology and Environmental Biology
• BIOL109 HM - Evolutionary Biology
• BIOL113 HM - Molecular Genetics
• CHEM056 HM - Organic Chemistry I
• CHEM058 HM - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
• CHEM105 HM - Organic Chemistry II

Biology Electives

• Eleven credits of advanced biology, selected by the student and advisor. Electives must include:

   

  At least two Harvey Mudd laboratory courses, selected from:

• BIOL103 HM - Comparative Physiology Laboratory
• BIOL110 HM - Experimental Ecology Laboratory
• BIOL111 HM - Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory
• BIOL184 HM - Biochemistry Laboratory

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  and

   

  One Harvey Mudd seminar-style course (requiring student presentations and reading from the primary literature), some examples include:

• BIOL121 HM - Marine Ecology
• BIOL129 HM - Topics in Human Evolution
• BIOL183 HM - Topics in Physiology
• BIOL185 HM - Special Topics in Biology (most offerings)
• BIOL189 HM - Topics in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (most offerings)

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  Related non-biology technical courses may be substituted for advanced biology courses with permission of the department. With prior departmental permission, up to two credits of Biology 197 may count as Biology Electives.

• BIOL197 HM - Directed Reading in Biology

Colloquium

Four semesters of Biology Colloquium:

• BIOL191 HM - Biology Colloquium

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  The colloquium requirement is waived for any semester during which a student is away on a study abroad program.

Capstone Project

• Two semesters (at least 6 credits total) of Senior Thesis Research:

   

• BIOL193 HM - Senior Thesis Research: Biology

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  or

   

• BIOL195 HM - Intensive Research in Biology

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  Or an approved biology-related Clinic:

   

• CSCI183 HM - Computer Science Clinic I and
• CSCI184 HM - Computer Science Clinic II

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  or

   

  Two from:

• ENGR111 HM - Engineering Clinic I
• ENGR112 HM - Engineering Clinic II
• ENGR113 HM - Engineering Clinic III

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  or

   

• MATH193 HM - Mathematics Clinic (taken twice)

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  or

   

• PHYS193 HM - Physics Clinic and
• PHYS194 HM - Physics Clinic