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| Biology Concentration - Requirements |
I. Required Biology Courses
A grade of C- or better must be earned and revealed on your transcript
for any course -- including the first semester -- to be counted towards
the major or concentration requirements. The grade of P is not
acceptable, but a course that was taken P/D/F may be counted if and
only if the P is uncovered by the Registrar's deadline.
Students may substitute Barnard College courses only with prior permission from an Advisor.
- Two introductory biology courses:
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C2005 - Introductory Biology I: Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology or ENVB 2001 - Environmental & Evolutionary Biology, AND
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C2006 - Introductory Biology II: Cell Biology, Development & Physiology
- One lecture course from this list of core courses:
- One of these two options to fulfill the lab requirement:
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W2501 - Contemporary biology lab (formerly W1501) and W3002 Introduction to animal structure and function
A 3 pt. Barnard lab course maybe substituted for W3002.
- A five-point lab. Current offerings include:
C3052 - Project laboratory in molecular genetics
W3040- Project laboratory in developmental biology
W3050 - Project laboratory in protein biochemistry
Note: Biol W1015 or W1130 or W3500 (Independent research) may not be used to fulfill the laboratory requirement for the concentration.
- One or two additional biology lecture courses, level 3000 or above, to reach the total of 22 points required for the concentration. Either W2501 or a five-point lab course, but not both, may count towards the 22 point total. Current offerings include the core courses listed above and the following:
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C3512 - Molecular biology
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C3799 - Readings-Molecular Biology of Cancer
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W3002 - Introduction to animal structure & function
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W3004 - Neurobiology I: Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology
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W3005 - Neurobiology II: Development & Systems
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W3006 - Physiology
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W3022 - Developmental Biology
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W3034 - Biotechnology
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W3041 - Cell Biology
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W3073 - Cellular and Molecular Immunology
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W3208 - Introduction to Evolutionary biology
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W3990 - Readings in Cell Biology
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W4011 - Neural Syst: Circuits in the Brain
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W4200 - Biotechnology: Biopharmaceutical Dev & Reg
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W4300 - Drugs and Disease
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W4400 - Biological Networks
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W4510(CHBC) - Molecular Systems Biology I
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G4008 - Advanced seminar in neurobiology
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G4044 - Advanced Topics is Cell Biology
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G4095 - Chemical Genomics
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G4260 - Proteomics Lab
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G4305 - Seminar in Biotechnology
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G4600 - Signal transduction
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G6002 (sec 2) - Protein Thermodynamics(counts as 1/2 course)
Every effort is made to keep this list up to date. However, last min. changes do occur. See recent changes for new course updates.
Note: SCNC & HPSC courses do not count towards the Major even if listed under Biology courses on Bio web site.
II. Required Science and Math Courses
- One of the following three groups of Chemistry courses:
- C1403-C1404-C1504 - General Chemistry and Lab C3443-C3444-C3543 - Organic Chemistry and Lab
- C1604-C2507 - Second Semester General Chemistry (Intensive) and Intensive Lab
C3443-C3444-C3543 - Organic Chemistry and Lab
- C2507 - Intensive General Chemistry Lab
C3045-C3046-C3543 - Intensive Organic Chemistry and Lab
- Two semesters of physics are required, including the accompanying labs. The usual choices are General physics (V1201-V1202) and labs (V1291-V1292). The 1400 sequence is recommended if you plan to take 3 terms of physics. Higher level of physics sequence are acceptable too.
- The math requirement can be fulfilled by taking any of these:
- Two semesters of calculus
- One semester of calculus plus one semester of statistics, with advisor's permission
- For students with AP credit, completion of Calculus II (V1102), Calculus III (V1201) or Honors mathematics III (V1207) is sufficient; however, students with AP credit are encouraged to take additional courses in math or statistics at Columbia.
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