INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY

College of Science
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City

B.S. Biology
First Year
1st Semester 2nd Semester
GE (AH) 3 GE (AH) 3
GE (SSP) 3 GE (SSP) 3
GE (SSP) 3 GE (MST) 3
Mathematics 17 (Algebra & Trigonometry) 5 Mathematics 53 (Elem. Analysis) 5
Geology 11 (Principles of Geology) 3 Chemistry 16 (General Chemistry) 5
P.E. (2) P.E. (2)
C.M.T. (1.5) C.M.T. (1.5)
17 19
Second Year
1st Semester 2nd Semester
GE (AH) 3 GE (AH) 3
GE (AH) 3 Biology 12 (Fundamentals of Biology II) 5
Biology 11 (Fundamentals of Biology I) 5 Chemistry 31 3
(Elementary Organic Chem.)
Chemistry 26 (Analytical Chemistry) 3 Chemistry 31.1 2
(Elem. Organic Chem. Lab)
Chemistry 26.1 (Analytical Chemistry Lab) 2 Physics 71 (Elementary Physics I) 4
Mathematics 54 (Elementary Analysis II) 5 Physics 71.1 (Elementary Physics I Lab) 1
P.E. (2) Biology 180 or Psych 110 or Stat 101 3
C.M.T. (1.5) P.E. (2)
21 C.M.T. (1.5)
21
Third Year
1st Semester 2nd Semester
GE (SSP) 3 GE (SSP) 3
Biology 101 (Plant Morpho-Anatomy) 3 Biology 120 (General Microbiology) 4
Biology 102 (Comparative Vertebrate 5 Biology 150 (Intro. to Cell & Mol. 4
Anatomy) Biology)
Plant Taxonomy Elective* 4 Animal Taxonomy Elective** 5
Chemistry 40 (Elementary Biochemistry) 3 Physics 72 (Elementary Physics II) 4
Chemistry 40.1 (Elementary Biochemistry 2 Physics 72.1 (Elementary Physics II Lab) 1
Lab)
20 21

Fourth Year
1st Semester 2nd Semester
Biology 121 (Elementary Plant Physiology) 4 GE (MST) 3
Biology 140 (Elementary Genetics) 4 Biology 122 (Animal Physiology) 4
Biology 160 (Fundementals of Ecology) 4 Biological Science Elective 3-5
Biology 130 (Plant Developmental Biology) 4-5 PI 100 3
Biology 132 (Dev. Biology of Vertebrates) (The Life and Works of Jose Rizal)
Biology 200 (Undergraduate Thesis) 2 Biology 196 1
(Undergraduate Seminar)
18-19 Biology 200 (Undergraduate Thesis) 2
16-18
Total # of units: 150-153
* Any of the following: Bio. 111 (Phycology), Bio 112 (Mycology), Bio 114 (Mosses, Hepatics, and Ferns)
and Bio 115 (Taxonomy of Higher Plants)

** Any of the following: Bio. 116 (Invertebrate Zoology), Bio. 116.1 (Invertebrate Zoology, lab),
Bio. 117 (Vertebrate Zoology), Bio. 118 (Entomology), and Bio. 119 (Ichthyology).