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Bachelor of Science in Biology

Employers in the STEM field are looking for innovators and critically-thinking problem solvers. The biology bachelor’s program encourages students to develop these skills both academically and pragmatically in the classrooms and in the laboratories.

The program delves broadly and deeply into the science of living systems while maintaining the solid foundation in chemical and physical sciences necessary for innovative research and development in the health sciences. Students will have the opportunity to do original research with Stevens faculty in modern cancer research, drug discovery, medicinal chemistry, and antimicrobial research.

Compared to many undergraduate biology programs, the Stevens biology bachelor’s program retains a distinctive institutional focus on quantitative skills by incorporating rigorous mathematics and physical science training. This approach ensures a high degree of comfort with the molecular underpinnings of biological phenomena and well positions our graduates for careers in research and industry that increasingly value these skills.

Biology Curriculum

Term I

CAL 103Writing and Communications Colloquium

3
CH 115General Chemistry I

3
CH 117General Chemistry Laboratory I

1
CH 179Career Pathways in Chemical and Biological Sciences

1
MA 121Differential Calculus

2
MA 122Integral Calculus

2

CS 105Introduction to Scientific Computing

3
Or
CS 115Introduction to Computer Science

4

PEP 111Mechanics

3

Term II

BIO 281Biology and Biotechnology

3
CAL 105CAL Colloquium: Knowledge, Nature, Culture

3
CH 116General Chemistry II

3
CH 118General Chemistry Laboratory II

1
CH 189Seminar in Chemistry and Biology

1

MA 125Vectors and Matrices

2
And
MA 126Multivariable Calculus I

2

PEP 112Electricity and Magnetism

3

Term III

BIO 381Cell and Molecular Biology

4
CH 243Organic Chemistry I

3
CH 245Organic Chemistry Lab I

1
HUM
Humanities

3
MA 221Differential Equations

4
PEP 221Physics Lab I for Scientists

1

Term IV

BIO 382Biological Systems

4
CH 244Organic Chemistry II

3
CH 246Organic Chemistry Laboratory II

1
CH 301Professional Ethics in Chemical Research

1

MA 222Probability and Statistics

3
Or
ENGR 241Probability and Statistics with Data Science Applications

4

PEP 222Physics Lab II for Scientists

1
HUM
Humanities

3

Term V

BIO 484Molecular Genetics

4

BT 243Macroeconomics

3
Or
BT 244Microeconomics

3

CH 362Instrumental Analysis I - Spectroscopy and Chromatography

4
CH 580Biochemistry I - Cellular Metabolism and Regulation

3
HUM
Humanities

3

Term VI

CH 461Instrumental Analysis II - Electrochemistry

4
Or
CH 321Thermodynamics

3

CH 398Research Proposals for Undergraduate Research

1
CH 581Biochemistry II: Biomolecular Structure and Function

3
G.E.
General Elective

3
HUM
Humanities

3
Technical Elective

3

Term VII

CH 496Chemistry Project I

3
Or
CH 498Chemical Research I

3

G.E.
General Elective

3
HUM
Humanities

3
Technical Elective

3
Technical Elective

3

Term VIII

CH 497Chemistry Project II

3
Or
CH 499Chemical Research II

3

PEP 242Modern Physics

3
G.E.
General Elective

3
HUM
Humanities

3
Technical Elective

3

Note:

 

General Education Electives:  Chosen by the student, can be any approved 3 or 4 credit course including ones needed towards a minor, major concentration; research course; independent study; language course or course taken during an international experience.

Technical elective: can be selected from available CH and BIO 4XX and 5XX that are not part of your degree program (examples include CH520 Advanced Physical Chemistry, CH 550 Spectra and Structure, BIO 568 Computational Biology, BIO 526 Cancer Biology, BIO 584 Pathophysiology, etc.).  If you see a course in another department that you are interested in taking and is related to biology, please contact your academic advisor.

Humanities requirements can be found in the College of Arts and Letters, Humanities Requirements.