Biological Sciences Electives for BioE Majors
9 Biological Sciences Elective credits are required for the undergradute B.S. in Bioengineering.
Take 3 courses. At least one must be 200-level or above, and at least one must be 300-level or above.
Note: You may have even more options! Students may take other courses approved by their faculty advisors. Please note that electives may periodically be deleted or created. Students studying abroad may take courses in host institutions that may qualify as electives. Such courses must be approved by the departmental advisor before starting a study abroad program.
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If you have questions, please contact your advisor, visit the Clark School's Office of undergraduate Advising and Academic Support, or e-mail bioe-undergrad@umd.edu.
Animal and Avian Sciences
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
ANSC 101 Principles of Animal Science (3) |
None |
Fall |
ANSC 211 Anatomy of Domestic Animals (4) |
BSCI 105 |
Fall |
ANSC 212 Applied Animal Physiology (3) |
ANSC 211 or equivalent |
Spring |
ANSC 214 Applied Animal Physiology Laboratory (1) |
ANSC 212 |
Spring |
ANSC 220 Livestock Management (4) |
ANSC 101 |
Fall |
ANSC 252 Introduction to the Diseases of Wildlife (3) |
BSCI 105 or equivalent or permission of the Department |
Fall |
ANSC 305 Companion Animal Care (3) |
BSCI 105 |
Spring |
ANSC 315 Applied Animal Nutrition (3) |
ANSC 215 |
Spring |
ANSC 413 Laboratory Animal Management (3) |
None |
Fall |
ANSC 420 Critical Thinking in Animal Science (4) |
ANSC 101, ANSC 220, & (ANSC 240 or ANSC 262) |
Spring |
ANSC 452 Avian Physiology (2) |
Basic course in Animal Anatomy & Physiology |
Spring |
TopBiochemistry
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
BCHM 461 Biochemistry I (3) |
CHEM 243 or CHEM 247 |
Fall and Spring |
BCHM 462 Biochemistry II (3) |
BCHM 461 |
Fall and Spring |
Biology
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
BSCI 105 Principles of Biology I (4) |
None |
Fall, Spring, & Summer |
BSCI 106 Principles of Biology II (4) |
BSCI 105 |
Fall and Spring |
BSCI 120 Insects (3) |
None |
Fall and Spring |
BSCI 201 Human Anatomy & Physiology I (4) |
BSCI 105 or equivalent |
Fall |
BSCI 202 Human Anatomy & Physiology II (4) |
BSCI 201 or permission of the Department |
Spring |
BSCI 222 Principles of Genetics (4) |
BSCI 105, one year of college CHEM |
Fall and Spring |
BSCI 361 Principles of Ecology (3) |
None |
Spring |
BSCI 362 Ecology of Marsh & Dune Vegetation (2) |
BSCI 105 |
Fall |
BSCI 410 Molecular Genetics (3) |
A course in genetics (e.g. BSCI 222), CHEM 233 |
Fall and Spring |
BSCI 412 Microbial Genetics (4) |
BSCI 223, BSCI 222 |
Spring |
BSCI 414 Recombinant DNA Laboratory (3) |
BSCI 222 |
Fall |
BSCI 421 Cell Biology (4) |
BSCI 222, CHEM 233, BSCI 230 |
Fall and Spring |
BSCI 422 Principles of Immunology (4) |
BSCI 223, CHEM 243. Recommended: BCHM 461 |
Fall and Spring |
BSCI 424 Pathogenic Microbiology (4) |
BSCI 223 |
Fall and Spring |
BSCI 425 Epidemiology & Public Health (2) |
BSCI 223 |
Fall and Spring |
BSCI 426 Membrane Biophysics (3) |
BSCI 230, (PHYS 142 or PHYS 122), (MATH 140 or MATH 220) |
Fall |
BSCI 430 Developmental Biology (3) |
BSCI 230, BSCI 222 |
Spring |
BSCI 434 Mammalian Histology (4) |
BSCI 230, BSCI 440 or permission of the Department |
Fall |
BSCI 437 General Virology (3) |
BSCI 222, completion of 60 credits, or permission of the Department |
Fall |
BSCI 440 Mammalian Physiology (4) |
BSCI 230, CHEM 233, or permission of the Department |
Fall and Spring |
BSCI 442 Plant Physiology (4) |
BSCI 105, CHEM 103 |
Fall |
BSCI 444 Neurophysiology Lectures (3) |
BSCI 230, CHEM 233, PHYS 122 |
Fall |
BSCI 445 Neurophysiology (4) |
BSCI 230, CHEM 233, PHYS 122 |
Fall |
BSCI 446 Neural Systems |
BSCI 230 |
Spring |
BSCI 447 General Endocrinology (3) |
BSCI 230, CHEM 233, CHEM 243 |
Fall and Spring |
BSCI 462 Population Ecology (3) |
BSCI 106, MATH 220 |
Fall |
BSCI 464 Microbial Ecology (3) |
BSCI 223, (CHEM 243 or CHEM 245) |
Fall |
BSCI 473 Marine Ecology (3) |
BSCI 224 |
Fall |
BSCI 481 Insect Diversity & Classification (4) |
BSCI 227 or permission of the Department |
Fall |
BSCI 483 Medical & Veterinary Entomology (4) |
BSCI 227 or permission of the Department |
Spring |
BSCI 485 Protozoology (4) |
One year BSCI |
Spring |
BSCI 493 Medicinal & Poisonous Plants (2) |
BSCI 105, CHEM 104 |
Spring |
BSCI 497 Insect Pests of Ornamentals & Turf (3) |
BSCI 227 or permission of the Department |
Fall |
Chemistry
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
CHEM 403 Radiochemistry (3) |
One year of college CHEM, one year of college PHYS |
Fall |
CHEM 460 Structure Determination Using Spectroscopic Methods (3) |
CHEM 243 or CHEM 247 |
Spring |
CHEM 481 Physical Chemistry I (3) |
MATH 141, PHYS 142, (CHEM 113 or CHEM 135 or CHEM 153) |
Fall and Spring |
CHEM 482 Physical Chemistry II (3) |
CHEM 481 |
Fall and Spring |
CHEM 483 Physical Chemistry Laboratory I (2) |
Fall and Spring |
|
CHEM 484 Physical Chemistry Laboratory II (2) |
CHEM 481 & CHEM 483 |
Fall and Spring |
Note: CHEM 135 and 136 may be counted as CHEM 103, and CHEM 231 and 232 may be used to satisfy CHEM 104 requirement.
Geography
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
GEOG 140 Coastal Environments (3) |
None |
Fall |
GEOG 201 Geography of Environmental Systems (3) |
None |
Fall and Spring |
GEOG 211 Geography of Environmental Systems Laboratory (1) |
GEOG 201 or GEOL 100 or GEOL 120 |
Fall and Spring |
GEOG 345 Introduction to Climatology (3) |
None |
Fall |
GEOG 434 The Contemporary City (3) |
None |
Spring |
Geology
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
GEOL 120 Environmental Geology (3) |
None |
Fall and Spring |
GEOL 375 General Oceanography (3) |
None |
Sping |
Hearing and Speech Sciences
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
HESP 202 Introduction to Hearing & Speech Sciences (3) |
None |
Fall and Spring |
HESP 300 Introduction to Psycholinguistics (3) |
HESP 202 |
Fall and Spring |
HESP 305 Anatomy & Physiology of the Speech Mechanism (3) |
HESP 202 |
Fall and Spring |
HESP 311 Anatomy, Pathology & Physiology of the Auditory System (3) |
HESP 202 |
Spring |
HESP 407 Bases of Hearing Science (3) |
HESP 311 |
Fall and Spring |
Health
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
HLTH 140 Personal & Community Health (3) |
None |
Fall and Spring |
HLTH 150 First Aid & Emergency Medical Services (2) |
None |
Fall and Spring |
HLTH 285 Controlling Stress & Tension (3) |
None |
Fall and Spring |
HLTH 471 Women's Health (3) |
Also offered as WMST 471 |
Fall and Spring |
Kinesiology
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
KNES 300 Biomechanics of Human Motion (4) |
BSCI 201, BSCI 202 |
Fall and Spring |
KNES 360 Physiology of ENoneercise (3) |
BSCI 201, BSCI 202, or permission of the Department |
Fall and Spring |
KNES 455 Scientific Bases of Athletic Conditioning (3) |
KNES 360 |
Fall |
KNES 461 ENoneercise & Body Composition (3) |
KNES 360 |
Fall and Spring |
Landscape Architecture
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
LARC 320 Principles of Site Engineering (3) |
LARC
221 and permission of the Department of LARC program. |
Fall |
LARC 450 Environmental Resources (3) |
NRSC 200 or permission of the Department of department |
Fall |
Natural Resource Sciences
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
NRSC 105 Soil & Environmental Quality (3) |
None |
Fall and Spring |
NRSC 200 Fundamentals of Soil Science (4) |
One semester of CHEM or permission of the Department |
Spring |
NRSC 411 Principles of Soil Fertility (3) |
NRSC 200 or equivalent |
Spring |
NRSC 414 Soil Morphology, Genesis, & Classification (4) |
NRSC 200 |
Fall |
NRSC 415 GIS Application in Soil Science (4) |
NRSC 200 |
Spring |
NRSC 421 Soil Chemistry (4) |
NRSC 200 |
Spring |
NRSC 423 Soil-Water Pollution (3) |
NRSC 200, one semester of organic chem or permission of the Department |
Fall |
Natural Resources Management
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
NRMT 450 Wetland Ecology (3) |
BIOM 301 or permission of the Department |
Fall |
NRMT 460 Principles of Wildlife Management (3) |
Two semesters of lab BSCI |
Spring |
NRMT 461 Urban Wildlife Management (3) |
None | Fall |
Nutrition and Food Science
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
NFSC 100 Elements of Nutrition (3) |
None |
Fall and Spring |
NFSC 112 Food: Science & Technology (3) |
None |
Fall |
NFSC 250 Science of Food (4) |
NFSC 111, CHEM 103, CHEM 113 & permission of the Department |
Spring |
NFSC 412 Food Processing Technology (4) |
CHEM 243, NFSC 431, NFSC 434, ENBE 414. Recommended: MATH 220 |
Spring |
NFSC 421 Food Chemistry (3) |
BCHM 461 |
Fall |
NFSC 422 Food Product Research & Development (3) |
Permission of the Department, senior standing, for FDSC majors only. |
Fall |
NFSC 423 Food Chemistry Laboratory (2) |
NFSC 421 |
Fall |
NFSC 430 Food Microbiology (2) |
BSCI 223 or equivalent |
Spring |
NFSC 431 Food Quality Control (4) |
None |
Spring |
NFSC 434 Food Microbiology Laboratory (2) Also ANSC 434 |
NFSC 430 |
Spring |
NFSC 440 Advanced Human Nutrition (4) |
(NFSC 100 or NFSC 200), BCHM 462, BSCI 440 |
Fall |
NFSC 450 Food & Nutrient Analysis (3) |
(NFSC 100 or NFSC 200), BCHM 461 |
Spring |
Plant Sciences
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
PLSC 100 Introduction to Horticulture (4) |
None |
Fall and Spring |
PLSC 101 Introductory Crop Science (4) |
None | Fall |
PLSC 203 Plants, Genes and Biotechnology (3) |
BSCI 103 or BSCI 105 |
Spring |
PLSC 400 Environmental Plant Physiology (3) |
None |
Spring |
PLSC 432 Greenhouse Crop Production (3) |
NRSC 201 and PLSC 202. Pre- or corequisite: BSCI 442 |
Spring |
Psychology
Course (Credits) |
Prerequisite |
Semester(s) Offered |
PSYC 221 Social Psychology (3) |
PSYC 100 |
Fall and Spring |
PSYC 301 Biological Basis of Behavior (3) |
PSYC 100, BSCI 105 |
Fall and Spring |
PSYC 310 Perception (3) |
PSYC 100 or permission of the Department |
Fall |
PSYC 341 Introduction to Memory & Cognition (3) |
PSYC 100 |
Fall and Spring |
PSYC 355 Child Psychology (3) |
PSYC 100 |
Fall and Spring |
PSYC 357 Psychology of Adulthood & Aging (3) |
PSYC 100 |
Fall and Spring |
PSYC 403 Animal Behavior (3) |
PSYC 206, PSYC 301 |
Spring |
PSYC 404 Introduction to Behavioral Pharmacology (3) |
PSYC 200, (PSYC 206 or PSYC 301 or PSYC 400) |
Fall |
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