Requirements for a
Concentration in Biology
Last update: August 2001
I. Required Biology Courses
- Two introductory biology courses:
- C2005 - Introduction
to molecular and cellular biology I (biochemistry and genetics) or
ENVB 2001 - Environmental & Evolutionary Biology,
AND
- C2006 - Introduction
to molecular and cellular 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:
- W2501 - Contemporary
biology lab (formerly W1501) and W3002
Introduction to animal structure and function
- A five-point lab. Current offerings include:
C3050 - Project laboratory in protein biochemistry
C3052 - Project laboratory in molecular genetics
Note: C3500 (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:
- W3002 - Introduction
to animal structure & function
- W3004 - Cellular
neurobiology
- W3005 - Systems
neurobiology
- W3020 - Molecular evolution
- W3022 -
Developmental biology
-
W3034 -
Biotechnology
- W3073 -
Immunology
-
W3150 - The Cell as a Machine
- W3208 - Introduction
to evolutionary biology
- C3512 - Molecular
biology
- C3799 - Reading in
the molecular biology of cancer
- G4008 - Advanced
seminar in neurobiology
- G4011 - Neural
systems: circuits in the brain
- G4054 - Mammalian
cell genetics
- W4065 - Molecular
biology of disease
- W4205 - Origins of
life
-
W4300 - Drugs and Disease
- G4600 - Signal
transduction
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
- C2407-C2507 - Intensive General
Chemistry 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 (W1201-W1202) and labs
(V1291-V1292) or Honors general physics (V1301-V1302) and labs (V1391-V1392).
- 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 A
(V1102), Calculus IIS (V1106) 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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Dr. Deborah Mowshowitz, dbm2@columbia.edu
Director of Undergraduate Programs
Department of Biological Sciences
Columbia University