Union College · Bachelor's · 2026-2027 catalog
Biological Sciences, B.S.
Every requirement for the Biological Sciences, B.S. at Union College, from the catalog, as a checklist.
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120credit hours to graduate
8requirement groups
32courses named
Requirements
Required courses
- BIO 103
- BIO 104
- BIO 205
- BIO 206
Sub-cellular 300-level lab course (at least one)
about 3 credit hours
- any 1 of
BIO 352BIO 354BIO 355BIO 358BIO 363BIO 368BIO 380BIO 384
Organismal 300-level lab course (at least one)
about 3 credit hours
- any 1 of
BIO 314BIO 315BIO 317BIO 319BIO 326BIO 330BIO 332BIO 336BIO 353BIO 362BIO 375
Population or community lab course (at least one)
about 3 credit hours
- any 1 of
BIO 320BIO 322BIO 324BIO 325BIO 350BIO 350TBIO 352T
Remaining biology courses to total ten (three more courses; five of the ten must be 300-level or abo
about 12 credit hours
- 12 credits in BIO · Excludes BIO 050, BIO 058, BIO 088, BIO 094, BIO 108 and BIO 109, which do not count toward the major.
Introductory chemistry
about 3 credit hours
Four additional 100-level or above math and science courses
about 16 credit hours
- 16 credits in MTH, CHM · Four courses chosen with an academic adviser, drawn from Mathematics, Environmental Sciences, Statistics, Chemistry, Geo
General education and electives
about 68 credit hours
- 68 credits any course · Your catalog lists its general-education core on a separate page. These are the about 68 credits left after your major's
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