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Undergraduate Studies

Graduate Studies

Research

Continuing Education & Training Programs

Appendix: Personnel & Enrollment

 

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undergrad
 Biology

School of Sciences and Engineering

Professors: A. Main (Chair), S. Zada
Associate Professor: J. Miller
Assistant Professors:  I. El-Darwish, T. Quayle, M. Hassan

Biology is the science that deals with the origin, history, characteristics, and habits of life. The approach in biology education is dynamic with an ever changing attempt to keep the basic programs current with the advances being made in the field. At AUC, as at many colleges and universities, there is a growing tendency to merge what had diverged into widely segregated fields: botany and zoology, classical and modern molecular approach, field and laboratory studies. Today, with recent advances in the fields of biomedicine, molecular biology, and genetics and the growing political interests in the environment and biodiversity, the discipline is growing with increasing opportunities in the job market (and in research grants) for well-trained biologists.

 

 

Bachelor of Science

The undergraduate program at AUC offers interested students a liberal education in biological sciences leading to a Bachelor of Science degree giving graduates the broad background necessary in today's job market or preparing them for graduate and professional schools.

Students with BS degree in biology are securing positions in the growing fields in industry and in academia. The recent advances in biology have created important new industries in genetic engineering, biomedicine, biotechnology, and pharmacology. Students with ambitions beyond the bachelor level are entering graduate schools (in classical and molecular biology) and professional schools (medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine).

Students wishing to receive a bachelor of science degree in biology will be required to take a total of 132 credits:

Core Curriculum (40 credits)
The course selected for the natural science elective may also satisfy a collateral requirement.

Concentration Requirements (47 credits)

BIOL

104

The Unity of Life, 4 cr.

 

105

The Diversity of Life, 4 cr.

 

204

The Principles of Systematics, 4 cr.

 

211

Cell Biology, 4 cr.

 

214

General Botany, 4 cr.

 

221

Genetics, 4 cr.

 

240

Ecology, 4 cr.

 

495

Senior Research Thesis, 2 cr.

 

496

Seminar, 1 cr.

 


Plus one of the following:

BIOL

212

Vertebrate Zoology, 4 cr.

 

213

Invertebrate Zoology, 4 cr.

 


Twelve additional credits from 300- and 400- level courses excluding BIOL 495 and BIOL 496.


Collateral Requirements (40 credits)

CHEM

105/115L

General Chemistry I, 4 cr.

 

106/116L

General Chemistry II, 4 cr.

 

203/213L

Organic Chemistry I, 4 cr.

 

306/316L

Organic Chemistry II, 4 cr.

 

315

Biochemistry, 3 cr.

CSCI

201

Information Technology, 3 cr.

MATH

112

Elementary Statistics, 3 cr.

 

131

Calculus and Analytic Geometry I, 3 cr.

 

132

Calculus and Analytic Geometry II, 3 cr.

PHYS

111/123L

General Physics I, 4 cr.

 

112/124L

General Physics II, 4 cr.

 


Electives (9 credits)

Minor

The program also offers a  minor in Biology to supplement the education of students in related disciplines including but not limited to biometry, biochemistry, biophysics, psychology, and anthropology.

Twenty credits are required for a minor in Biology: BIOL 104 (The Unity of Life), 105 (The Diversity of Life), and three additional 4-credit 200, 300, or 400 level BIOL courses. 

Biology Courses (BIOL)

 CourseNum CourseTitle

100

Introductory Biology

102

Essentials of Environmental Biology

104

Unity of Life

105

Diversity of Life

120

Scientific Thinking

204

Principles of Systematics

211

Cell Biology

214

General Botany

221

Genetics

240

Ecology

301

Animal Physiology

302

Environmental Biology for Engineers

303

Developmental Biology

304

Taxonomy

305

Environmental Biology

306

Environmental Biology of the Red Sea

307

Microbiology 

312

Vertebrate Zoology

313

Invertebrate Zoology

320

Animal Behavior 

340

Quantitative Biology

350

Biotechniques

399

Guided Studies in Environmental Biology

408

Selected Topics in Biology

410

Guided Studies in Biology

411

Molecular Genetics

412

Molecular Cell Biology

415

Immunology

421

Evolution

440

Marine Ecology

445

Desert Ecology

495

Senior Research Thesis

496

Seminar in Biology

 

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