Institute of Biology College of Science University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City BS BIOLOGY CURRICULUM (Effective AY 2011-2012) FIRST

YEAR, First Semester GE (AH) GE (SSP) Math 17 (Algebra & Trigonometry) Chem 16 (General Chemistry) Geol 11 (Principles of Geology) PE NSTP 3 3 5 5 3 (2) (1.5) 19 FIRST YEAR, Second Semester GE (AH) GE (SSP) Chem 26 (Analytical Chemistry) Chem 26.1 (Analytical Chemistry Lab) Bio 11 (Fundamentals of Biology I) Math 53 (Elementary Analysis I) PE NSTP 3 3 3 2 5 4 (2) (1.5) 20

SECOND YEAR, First Semester GE (AH) Chem 31 (Elementary Organic Chem.) Chem 31.1 (Elem. Organic Chem Lab.) Bio 12 (Fundamentals of Biology II) Bio 180 (Statistical Methods in Biology) Phys 71 (Elementary Physics 1) Phys 71.1 (Elementary Physics 1 Lab) PE 3 3 2 5 3 4 1 (2) 21

SECOND YEAR, Second Semester GE (AH) GE (MST) Chem 40 (Elementary Biochemistry) Chem 40.1 (Elementary Biochemistry Lab) Bio 101 (Plant Morpho-Anatomy) Bio 102 (Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy) PE 3 3 3 2 3 5 (2) 19

THIRD YEAR, First Semester GE (AH) Bio 120 (General Microbiology) Bio 150 (Fundamentals of Cell & Molecular Biology) Bio 191 (Systematics & Evolution) Bio 140 (Fundamentals of Genetics) 3 4 5 3 5 20

THIRD YEAR, Second Semester GE (SSP) Bio 160 (Fundamentals of Ecology) Physiology Elective* Physiology Elective* Bio 133 (Developmental Biology) 3 5 4 3-4 5 20-21

FOURTH YEAR, First Semester GE (SSP) GE (MST) Biology Specialty Elective** Bio 200a (Undergraduate Thesis I) Science Elective*** Science Elective*** 3 3 3 2 3 3-5 17-19

FOURTH YEAR, Second Semester GE (SSP) PI 100 (The Life and Works of Jose Rizal) Bio 196 (Undergraduate Seminar) Bio 200b (Undergraduate Thesis II) Biology Specialty Elective** Biology Specialty Elective** 3 3 1 2 3 4-5 16-17

* Any of the following Physiology courses: Bio 121 (Plant Physiology), Bio 122 (Animal Physiology), Bio 123 (Microbial Physiology) ** Any of the following: Bio 111 (Phycology), Bio 112 (Mycology), Bio 113 (Fundamentals of Virology), Bio 114 (Mosses, Hepatics and Ferns), Bio 115 (Taxonomy of Angiosperms), Bio 116 (Invertebrate Biology), Bio 117 (Vertebrate Biology), Bio 118 (Insect Biology), Bio 119 (Fish Biology), Bio 121 (Plant Physiology), Bio 122 (Animal Physiology), Bio 123 (Microbial Physiology), Bio 125 (Medical Microbiology), Bio 134 (General Animal Histology), Bio 141 (Fundamentals of Microbial Genetics), Bio 151 (Fundamentals of Immunobiology), Bio 163 (Fundamentals of Microbial Ecology), Bio 164 (Biodiversity and Conservation Biology), Bio 171 (General Parasitology) *** Any of the following: Math 54 (Elementary Analysis II), Phys 72 (Elementary Physics II), Phys 72.1 (Elementary Physics II Laboratory), MS 102 (The Marine Sciences), FS 116 (Food Microbiology)