Undergraduate Biology Composite
 Undergraduate Biology

Stony Brook University

Semester Offerings of Biology Courses
This is brief summary of biology course offerings by semester. It is meant as a guide to students. Details may change.
Make sure to see a Biology Advisor early on in your studies to work out the exact details of your biology major.

Abbreviations Used Below:
CRS: Course
DEC: DEC requirement
CRD: Credits
WRT: Courses with writing component
DISCONT: Discontinued course
LECT: Lecture course
LAB: Laboratory course
F: Fall; SP:Spring; SU: Summer

Crs
 Description DEC CRD WRT

F
02

Sp
03

 Su
03		 F
03		 Sp
04		 Su
04		 F
04		 Sp
05 		Su
05		 F
05		 Sp
06		 Su
06		 F
06		 Sp
07		 Su
07		 F
07		 Sp
08		 Su
08		 F
08		 Sp
09
Bio 101
 Human Biology E 3 *     *     *     *     * *   * *   * *
Bio 102
 Biology: A Humanities Approach II (discont) E

3

   *     *           *                  
Bio 103
 Introduction to Biotechnology E

3

       *     *     *     *     *     *  
Bio 104
 How Science Works E

3

                   *     *     *     *  
Bio 111
 The Aquatic World (discont) E 3   *     *     *       *       *        
Bio 113
 General Ecology E 3   *     *     *     * * * * *   * *   *
Bio 115
 Evolution and Society E 3 *     *     *     *           *     *  
Bio 150
 The Living World E 3 * *   * *   * *   * *   * *   * *   * *
Bio 201
 Organisms to Ecosystems (lect/lab; discont) E 4 *     *     *     *     *              
Bio 201
 Organisms to Ecosystems (lect) E 3                                 *   * * *
Bio 202
 Molecular and Cellular Biology (lect/lab; discont) E 4 * *   * *   * *   * *   * *            
Bio 202
 Molecular and Cellular Biology (lect) E 3                                 * * * * *
Bio 203
 Cellular and Organ Physiology (lect/lab; discont) E 4   * *   * *   * *   * *   * *          
Bio 203
 Cellular and Organ Physiology (lect) E 3                                   * *   *
Bio 204
 Scientific Inquiry I (lab)   2                                 *     *  
Bio 205
 Scientific Inquiry II (lab)   2                                   *     *
Bio 206
 Cell & Organ Physiology Seminar (discont)   1     *                                    
Bio 208
 Cell, Brain, Mind H 3 *     *     *     *     *     *     *  
Bio 210
 Human Physiology (discont) E 4     *     *                              
Bio 301
 Sustainability of the LI Pine Barrens H 3                             *           *
Bio 310
 Cell Biology 3   *     *     *     *     *     *     *
Bio 311
 Techniques in Molecular and Cellular Biology 3 P * *   * *   * *   *     *     *     *  
Bio 312
 Bioinformatics 3 P       *     *     *     *     *     *  
Bio 314
 Biological Clocks (discont) 3   *     *                              
BIO 314
Cancer Biology   3                                 *     * *
Bio 315
 Microbiology 3   *     * *   *     * *   * *   * *   *
Bio 316
 Molecular Immunology 3 P   *     *     *     *     *     *     *
Bio 317
 Principles of Cellular Signaling 3 *     *     *     *     *     *     *  
Bio 318
 Bioethics and Policy H

3

 P         *     *     *     *     *     *
Bio 319
 Landscape Ecology Laboratory   3                                       *  
Bio 320
 General Genetics 3   *     * *   *     * *   * *   * *   *
Bio 325
 Animal Development 3   *     *     *     *     *     *     *  
Bio 327
 Developmental Genetics Laboratory 3 P   *     *     *     *     *     *     *
Bio 328
 Mammalian Physiology 3 *   * *     *     *   * *     *     *  
Bio 334
 Principles of Neurobiology 3   *     *     *     *     *     *     *
Bio 335
 Animal Physiology Laboratory 3 P *     *
     *     *     *     *     *  
Bio 338
 Selforganization of the Brain  

3

 P *     *     *     *     *     *     *  
Bio 339
 Molecular Development of the Nervous System 3   *     *     *     *     *     *     *
Bio 340
 Zoology 4 P *     *     *     *     *       *     *
Bio 341
 Plant Diversity 4   *     *           *     *     *     *
Bio 343
 Invertebrate Zoology 4 P *     *   * *   * *   * *   * *     *  
Bio 344
 Chordate Zoology 4 P         *     *     *     * *   *     *
Bio 346
 Aquatic Arthropods & Vertebrates (discont) 4 P   *     *     *     *     *            
Bio 348
 Diversity and Evolution of Reptiles and Amphibians  

3

                     *     *     *     *
Bio 350
 Darwinian Medicine H 3 P *     *     *     *     *     *     *  
Bio 351
 Ecology H 3 *     *     *     *     *     *     *  
Bio 352
 Ecology Laboratory 3 P                   *     *     *        
Bio 353
 Marine Ecology 3 P   *     *     *     *     * *   * *   *
Bio 354
 Evolution 3 P       *           *     *     *     *  
Bio 356
 Applied Ecol & Conserv Biology Laboratory 2 P   *     *     *     *     * *   * *   *
Bio 358
 Biology and Human Social & Sexual Behavior H 3   *     *     *   * * * * *     * *   *
Bio 359
 Behavioral Ecology 3 P   *     *     *     *     *     *     *
Bio 361
 Biochemistry I 3 *     *   * *   * *   * *   * *   * *  
Bio 362
 Biochemistry II 3   *     *     *     *     *     *     *
Bio 365
 Biochemistry Laboratory 2 P *     *     *     *     *     *     *  
Bio 367
 Molecular Diversity Laboratory  

3

 P         *         *     *     *     *  
Bio 371
 Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems   4                                       *  
Bio 380
 Entomology 4 *                                      
Bio 385
 Plant Ecology (offered every other year) H 3 P         *           *                  
Bio 386
 Ecosystem Ecology in a Changing World H 3 P   *     *           *     *     *      
Bio 402
 Seminar in Biology (Cell Signaling and Cancer)