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The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Biological Sciences educates students broadly in biology. Students explore the structure, function, behavior, and evolution of cells, organisms, populations, and ecosystems. The B.S. in Biological Sciences differs from the B.S. in Zoology primarily in the emphasis on animals in Zoology.
There are five different ways to meet the requirements for a B.S. in Biological Sciences, each with its own degree code. Students studying for a degree in Biological Sciences can opt for a general curriculum (BLS) or can choose to focus in a particular area by selecting one of four areas of concentration: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCD), Integrative Physiology and Neurobiology (IPN), Human Biology (HB), or Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (EEC). All of these curricula lead to a variety of overlapping post-graduation school and career options; we encourage you to look at the differences in course requirements and select a curriculum that best matches your academic interests.
Students in all of these curricula take the same core courses in introductory biology, chemistry, physics, and calculus and must meet the same General Education Requirements. The curricula differ in more advanced course requirements and electives. For example, MCD requires an advanced cell biology course and a course in recombinant DNA technology, IPN requires a neurobiology course and an endocrinology course, HB requires two semesters of human anatomy and physiology as well as microbiology, EEC requires a field ecology course, an evolution course, and a course in conservation biology, and BLS requires students to choose one course in each of four areas: animals, plants, organismal function, and ecology and evolution.
There are other differences as well, including a list of electives specific to each curriculum. For details, you can click on the requirements for the curricula in which you are interested (links are above), print them out, and look at them side-by-side. The online degree audits (links are above) may also be helpful. For a quick comparison, try our new Curricula Comparison Tool -- this is in development, so if you come across what you think is an error, please let us know via e-mail.
All Biological Sciences curricula have been revised for students entering in Fall 2009 (and later) to reflect changes in the General Education requirements for new students. This need not affect continuing students. Incoming freshmen choose a curriculum with an 097 number -- these include the newly revised General Education Program. New transfers to NCSU currently have the option of choosing from any of the above curricula, in consultation with an academic adviser.
The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Biological Sciences educates students broadly in biology. Students explore the structure, function, behavior, and evolution of cells, organisms, populations, and ecosystems. The B.S. in Biological Sciences differs from the B.S. in Zoology primarily in the emphasis on animals in Zoology.
There are five different ways to meet the requirements for a B.S. in Biological Sciences, each with its own degree code. Students studying for a degree in Biological Sciences can opt for a general curriculum (BLS) or can choose to focus in a particular area by selecting one of four areas of concentration: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCD), Integrative Physiology and Neurobiology (IPN), Human Biology (HB), or Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (EEC). All of these curricula lead to a variety of overlapping post-graduation school and career options; we encourage you to look at the differences in course requirements and select a curriculum that best matches your academic interests.
Students in all of these curricula take the same core courses in introductory biology, chemistry, physics, and calculus and must meet the same General Education Requirements. The curricula differ in more advanced course requirements and electives. For example, MCD requires an advanced cell biology course and a course in recombinant DNA technology, IPN requires a neurobiology course and an endocrinology course, HB requires two semesters of human anatomy and physiology as well as microbiology, EEC requires a field ecology course, an evolution course, and a course in conservation biology, and BLS requires students to choose one course in each of four areas: animals, plants, organismal function, and ecology and evolution.
There are other differences as well, including a list of electives specific to each curriculum. For details, you can click on the requirements for the curricula in which you are interested (links are above), print them out, and look at them side-by-side. The online degree audits (links are above) may also be helpful. For a quick comparison, try our new Curricula Comparison Tool -- this is in development, so if you come across what you think is an error, please let us know via e-mail.
All Biological Sciences curricula have been revised for students entering in Fall 2009 (and later) to reflect changes in the General Education requirements for new students. This need not affect continuing students. Incoming freshmen choose a curriculum with an 097 number -- these include the newly revised General Education Program. New transfers to NCSU currently have the option of choosing from any of the above curricula, in consultation with an academic adviser.
| Dr. William Grant Coordinator, B.S. in BioSci Department of Biology 2712 Bostian Hall 919-515-3341 |
Jenny Ellerbe Coordinator of Advising Department of Biology 2712 Bostian Hall 919-513-2450 |
Kathy Muldowney BioSci Undergrad Student Services Department of Biology 2712 Bostian Hall 919-515-3109 |
| bill_grant@ncsu.edu | jenny_ellerbe@ncsu.edu | kathy_muldowney@ncsu.edu |
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