Program: General Biology Track, B.A. - University of Kentucky

Apr 12, 2025

2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin

This is the default option for students who do not declare another track.

Choose 13-15 credit hours from the upper-level electives listed below.

Biology

BIO 3XX
BIO 4XX
BIO 5XX
BIO 6XX

Anthropology

ANT 332 - HUMAN EVOLUTION Credit(s): 3

Chemistry

CHE 226 - ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Credit(s): 3
CHE 232 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II Credit(s): 3
CHE 233 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II Credit(s): 1
CHE 440G - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY Credit(s): 3
CHE 446G - PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY FOR ENGINEERS Credit(s): 3
CHE 532 - SPECTROMETIC IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANIC MOLECULES Credit(s): 2
CHE 533 - ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY Credit(s): 2
CHE 550 - BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY I Credit(s): 3
CHE 552 - BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY II Credit(s): 3
CHE 558 - HORMONE RECEPTORS AND CELL SIGNALS Credit(s): 3
CHE 565 - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY Credit(s): 3
CHE 441 - PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY Credit(s): 2

Geology

EES 401G - INVERTEBRATE PALEOBIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION Credit(s): 3

Psychology

PSY 459 - NEUROPHARMACOLOGY: DRUGS AND BEHAVIOR Credit(s): 3

Statistics

(Biology usually accepts only one of the following for each student)

STA 570 - BASIC STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
STA 580 - BIOSTATISTICS I Credit(s): 3
Other STA courses may be accepted at the discretion of your advisor.

Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies

WRD 305 - WRITING PUBLIC SCIENCE Credit(s): 3
WRD 310 - WRITING IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES Credit(s): 3

College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

ABT 460 - INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR GENETICS Credit(s): 3
OR
AGR 460 - INTRO MOLECULAR GENETICS Credit(s):
OR
ASC 460 - INTRO MOLECULAR GENETICS Credit(s):
OR
ENT 460 - INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR GENETICS Credit(s): 3
ASC 364 - REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY OF FARM ANIMALS Credit(s): 4
ASC 378 - ANIMAL NUTRITION AND FEEDING Credit(s): 3
ENT 310 - INSECT PESTS OF FIELD CROPS Credit(s): 3
ENT 320 - HORTICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ENT 460 - INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR GENETICS
OR
ABT 460 - INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR GENETICS
ENT 502 - FOREST ENTOMOLOGY Credit(s): 3
OR
FOR 502 - FOREST ENTOMOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ENT 561 - INSECTS AFFECTING HUMAN & ANIMAL HEALTH Credit(s): 3
ENT 564 - INSECT TAXONOMY Credit(s): 4
ENT 568 - INSECT BEHAVIOR Credit(s): 3
FOR 340 - FOREST ECOLOGY Credit(s): 4
FOR 370 - WILDLIFE BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT Credit(s): 4
FOR 435 - CONSERVATION BIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
FOR 502 - FOREST ENTOMOLOGY
OR
ENT 502 - FOREST ENTOMOLOGY
FOR 530 - FRESHWATER ECOLOGY Credit(s): 3
FOR 510 - HERPETOLOGY Credit(s): 4
FSC 530 - FOOD MICROBIOLOGY Credit(s): 5
NRE 420G - TAXONOMY OF VASCULAR PLANTS Credit(s): 4
NRE 450G - BIOGEOCHEMISTRY Credit(s): 3
PLS 320 - WOODY HORTICULTURAL PLANTS Credit(s): 4
PLS 330 - HERBACEOUS HORTICULTURAL PLANTS I Credit(s): 2
PLS 332 - HERBACEOUS HORTICULTURAL PLANTS II Credit(s): 2
PLS 366 - FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL SCIENCE Credit(s): 4
PLS 450G - BIOGEOCHEMISTRY Credit(s): 3
PLS 502 - ECOLOGY OF ECONOMIC PLANTS Credit(s): 3
PLS 566 - SOIL MICROBIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
PLS 567 - METHODS IN SOIL MICROBIOLOGY Credit(s): 1
PPA 400G - PRINCIPLES OF PLANT PATHOLOGY Credit(s): 3

College of Medicine

ANA 410G - NEUROBIOLOGY OF BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD DISORDERS Credit(s): 3
ANA 442 - MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ANA 511 - INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN ANATOMY Credit(s): 5
ANA 512 - MICROSCOPY AND ULTRASTRUCTURE Credit(s): 4
ANA 516 - SELECTED TOPICS IN ADVANCED NEUROSCIENCE Credit(s): 3
Some other anatomy courses at the 500-level are acceptable, but they are usually restricted to professional students.
BCH 401G - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOCHEMISTRY Credit(s): 3
MI 494G - IMMUNOBIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
OR
BIO 494G - IMMUNOBIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
MI 595 - IMMUNOBIOLOGY LABORATORY Credit(s): 2
MI 598 - CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
OR
PAT 598 - CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
PGY 412G - HUMAN REPRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Credit(s): 4
PGY 412G is acceptable as an elective for upper level biology credit ONLY IF a student DOES NOT complete BIO 350 . It DOES NOT substitute for BIO 350 or BIO 430G .
PGY 431 - INTRODUCTION TO NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY Credit(s): 3
PGY 417 - GENOMICS AND EPIGENETICS Credit(s): 2
PGY 512 - EVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE Credit(s): 3
PGY 560 - PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: INTEGRATIVE STUDY IN PHYSIOLOGY AND MEDICINE Credit(s): 1
PGY 502 - SYSTEMS, CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY Credit(s): 5
TOX 509 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND REGULATORY TOXICOLOGY Credit(s): 2
Unacceptable courses often mistakenly thought to be acceptable. These courses are not acceptable electives for Biology majors:
ANA 209 - PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN ANATOMY Credit(s): 3
PGY 206 - ELEMENTARY PHYSIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
Other courses may be accepted at the discretion of the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Biology.