Biology and Mathematics, BS (Boston)

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Introduction to College

One of:
- BIOL 1000 — Biology at Northeastern
- INSC 1000 — Science at Northeastern

Experiential Learning Introduction

EESC 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
MATH 3000 — Co-op and Experiential Learning Reflection Seminar 1

Biology Core Courses

All of:
- BIOL 1107 — Foundations of Biology
- BIOL 1108 — Lab for BIOL 1107
BIOL 2299 — Inquiries in Biological Sciences
All of:
- BIOL 2301 — Genetics and Molecular Biology
- BIOL 2302 — Lab for BIOL 2301
One of:
- BIOL 2309 — Biology Project Lab
- BIOL 2407 — Computational Project Lab
All of:
- BIOL 3611 — Biochemistry
- BIOL 3612 — Lab for BIOL 3611

Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Elective

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- BIOL 2327 — Human Parasitology
- BIOL 3401 — Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
- BIOL 3413 — Current Topics in Organismal and Population Biology
- BIOL 3427 — Microbial Evolution
- BIOL 3451 — Avian Biology
- BIOL 5585 — Evolution
- All of:
  - EEMB 2302 — Ecology
  - EEMB 2303 — Lab for EEMB 2302
- EEMB 2400 — Introduction to Evolution
- EEMB 2610 — Plant Biology
- All of:
  - EEMB 2700 — Marine Biology
  - EEMB 2701 — Lab for EEMB 2700
- EEMB 3460 — Conservation Biology
- EEMB 3466 — Disease Ecology
- EEMB 3600 — Animal Behavior

Intermediate/Advanced Biology Electives

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
BIOL 2327 to BIOL 3999
BIOL 4705 to BIOL 5999

One of:
- Any BIOL course numbered 2327–3999
- Any BIOL course numbered 4705–5999

Supporting Courses for Biology

From the catalog
A grade of D or better is required in CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162.

All of:
- CHEM 1161 — General Chemistry for Science Majors
- CHEM 1162 — Lab for CHEM 1161
- CHEM 1163 — Recitation for CHEM 1161
All of:
- CHEM 2311 — Organic Chemistry 1
- CHEM 2312 — Lab for CHEM 2311
All of:
- CHEM 2313 — Organic Chemistry 2
- CHEM 2314 — Lab for CHEM 2313
From the catalog
Writing
One of:
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
- ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
One of:
- ENGW 3307 — Advanced Writing in the Sciences
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Calculus 1

MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

Calculus 2 and Calculus 3

MATH 1342 — Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering
MATH 2321 — Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering

Physics

All of:
- PHYS 1161 — Physics 1
- PHYS 1162 — Lab for PHYS 1161

Required Mathematics Courses

MATH 1365 — Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning
MATH 2341 — Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering
MATH 3081 — Probability and Statistics

Mathematics Electives

From the catalog
Complete three of the following:
MATH 3001 to MATH 4899

One of:
- MATH 2331 — Linear Algebra
- Any MATH course numbered 3001–4899

Capstone

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- BIOL 4701 — Biology Capstone
- BIOL 4900 — Biology Research Capstone
- BIOL 4971 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
- MATH 4020 — Research Capstone
- MATH 4025 — Applied Mathematics Capstone
- MATH 5131 — Introduction to Mathematical Methods and Modeling

Biology/Mathematics Integrative Courses

From the catalog
Complete two of the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- BINF 6200 — Bioinformatics Programming
- BINF 6310 — Introduction to Bioinformatics
- BIOL 3405 — Neurobiology
- BIOL 5581 — Biological Imaging
- BIOL 5591 — Advanced Genomics
- All of:
  - CS 2000 — Introduction to Program Design and Implementation
  - CS 2001 — Lab for CS 2000
- All of:
  - CS 2100 — Program Design and Implementation 1
  - CS 2101 — Lab for CS 2100
- EEMB 5130 — Population Dynamics
- MATH 4581 — Statistics and Stochastic Processes
- MATH 7343 — Applied Statistics

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3315 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under biology-and-mathematics-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.