Undergraduate Biology Courses                                   

The Department of Biological Sciences offers a diversity of courses for all students. To explore our offerings look at our full Course Listing (from Undergraduate Bulletin); for this academic year see current Class Schedule, or investigate the individual web pages, below.

• Course Offerings and Schedule (LORA)
• Biology Elective Course Offerings (next 2 years)

Please check back here often for any corrections to the Biology course listings.

Biology Courses

* Environmental Studies minor course
** Marine Science course taught at LUMCON (Cocodrie, LA)

Note that most courses have websites on Blackboard. You can browse these by typing in the course name in the Course Catalog box from within Blackboard.

Non-Majors Courses (Common Curriculum)

• BIOL 122 -- Cultural Biology
• BIOL 130 -- Human Ecology *
• BIOL 132 -- Impact of Biology on Society
• BIOL 136 -- Evolution *
• BIOL 138 -- Genetics & Society
• BIOL 142 -- Microbes: friend or foe?
• BIOL 144 -- Ecology of the Mississippi River Delta Region

Biology Core Courses

• BIOL 106 -- Cells & Heredity
• BIOL 108 -- Biology of Organisms Lecture
• BIOL 109 -- Biology of Organisms Lab and Recitation (BIOL 110)
• BIOL 206 -- Cell & Molecular Biology Lecture
• BIOL 207 -- Cell & Molecular Biology Lab and Recitation (BIOL 205)
• BIOL 208 -- Ecology & Evolution *

Biology Elective Courses

• BIOL 300 -- Microbiology with Lab BIOL 301
• BIOL 303 -- Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy with Lab (BIOL 304)
• BIOL 305 -- Histology with Lab (BIOL 306)
• BIOL 308 -- Developmental Biology with Lab (BIOL 309)
• BIOL 312 – Anatomy & Physiology with Lab (BIOL 313)
• BIOL 322 -- Population Genetics
• BIOL 324 – Evolutionary Biology
• BIOL 326 – Molecular Genetics with Lab (BIOL 327)
• BIOL 328 – Genetic Analysis
• BIOL 330 -- Ecology with Lab (BIOL 331)
• BIOL 334 – Biology of Fishes with Lab (BIOL 334)
• BIOL 336 – Animal Behavior
• BIOL 345 – Herpetology with Lab (BIOL 346)
• BIOL 350 – Phycology with Lab (BIOL 351)
• BIOL 355 – Conservation Biology
• BIOL 360 – Cell Biology with Lab (BIOL 361)
• BIOL 363 – Virology
• BIOL 365 – Immunology

Independent Research

• BIOL 400 -- Research Proposal
• BIOL 401 -- Independent Research
• BIOL 402 -- Research Thesis

LUMCON Courses (can be used as Biology electives)

• BIOL 370 -- Intro. to Marine Science **
• BIOL 375 -- Intro. to Marine Zoology **
• BIOL 442 -- Marine Invertebrate Zoology **
• BIOL 444 -- Marine Vertebrate Zoology **
• BIOL 446 -- Marine Ecology **
• BIOL 448 -- Topics in Marine Science **

* Environmental Studies minor course
** Marine Science course taught at LUMCON (Cocodrie, LA)


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