Biology B.S. and Medical Technology Major (4+1 Program)

Program: B.S.
Department of Biology
College of Arts and Sciences

Science Building 330 ~ 260-481-6305 ~ ipfw.edu/bio

B.S. in Biology and Medical Technology Major (4+1 Program)

Under this plan, you will meet all the requirements for the bachelor’s degree in Biology. In your senior year, you will seek admission to an approved hospital school of medical technology and complete one year of technical experience at that location during the following year. Registration for the medical technology courses will be done through IPFW. Upon successful completion of the hospital-school year, you will petition IPFW to add this major in Medical Technology to your Biology degree. If the hospital school year is not successfully completed, the Medical Technology major will not be added to the Biology degree.

IPFW General Education Requirements: 33

General Education Requirements

College of Arts and Sciences Requirements

English Writing and Speaking

See Arts and Sciences Part A for Speaking requirement

ENG W233 - Intermediate Expository Writing Cr. 3.

Foreign Language

Requirements in Arts and Sciences Part B Credits: 8

Core (Major) Courses

BIOL 11700 - Principles of Ecology and Evolution Cr. 4.
BIOL 11900 - Principles of Structure and Function Cr. 4.
BIOL 12000 - Biology Resource Seminar Cr. 1.
BIOL 21700 - Intermediate Ecology Cr. 3.
BIOL 21800 - Genetics and Molecular Biology Cr. 4.
BIOL 21900 - Principles of Functional Biology Cr. 4.
BIOL 49100 - Senior Biology Seminar Cr. 1-3. Note: Effective Fall 2014, 3 credits are required

Supporting Courses

Calculus and Statistics

The following calculus and statistics course pattern is typical. Course substitutions are possible with advisor approval. Please note that most graduate programs require a full year of calculus.

Biology Elective Courses Credits: 16

In the interest of broadly training our majors, students are required to take at least one course with laboratory from each of the A and B elective course lists below. The A elective courses focus on topics regarding the intact organism and its interaction with the environment, and so are organismal, population, community, and ecosystem in nature. The B elective courses focus on processes acting within the organism, and thus detail molecular, cellular, and organ-system mechanisms.

A-Electives

(organismal, population, community and ecosystem)

BIOL 33500 - Animal Behavior Cr. 3.
separate laboratory available (BIOL 336)
BIOL 34500 - Vertebrate Biology Cr. 4.
includes laboratory
BIOL 43400 - Marine Community Ecology Cr. 3.
includes laboratory
BIOL 44500 - Aquatic Biology Cr. 3.
includes laboratory
BIOL 50100 - Field Botany Cr. 4.
includes laboratory
BIOL 50200 - Conservation Biology Cr. 3.
BIOL 50500 - Biology of Invertebrate Animals Cr. 3.
includes laboratory
BIOL 51810 - Biomedicine Cr. 3.
BIOL 52000 - Contemporary Parasitology Cr. 3.
BIOL 54110 - Invasion Biology Cr. 3.
BIOL 54300 - Population Ecology Cr. 4.
includes laboratory
BIOL 55600 - Physiology I Cr. 3.
separate laboratory available (BIOL 55800)
BIOL 57810 - Biology Of Disease Vectors Cr. 3.
BIOL 57900 - Fate of Chemicals in the Environment Cr. 4.
includes laboratory
BIOL 58000 - Evolution Cr. 3.
BIOL 58200 - Ecotoxicology Cr. 3.
BIOL 58600 - Topics in Behavior and Ecology Cr. 3.
BIOL 59800 - Biology of Fish Cr. 4.
includes laboratory
ENTM 20600 - General Applied Entomology Cr. 2.
separate laboratory available (ENTM 207)
ENTM 20700 - General Applied Entomology Laboratory Cr. 1.
FNR 22500 - Dendrology Cr. 3.
includes laboratory
FNR 50500 - Molecular Ecology and Evolution Cr. 3.
FNR 52300 - Aquaculture Cr. 3.

B-Electives

(molecular, cellular and organ-system)

BIOL 21500 - Basic Human Anatomy Cr. 4.
BIOL 31500 - Developmental Anatomy Cr. 4.
BIOL 35000 - Plant Physiology Cr. 4.
BIOL 38100 - Cell Biology Cr. 3.
BIOL 43700 - General Microbiology Cr. 4.
BIOL 50600 - Human Molecular Genetics Cr. 3.
BIOL 50900 - Molecular Biology and Applications Cr. 3.
BIOL 51500 - Molecular Genetics Cr. 3.
BIOL 51600 - Molecular Biology of Cancer Cr. 3.
BIOL 52410 - Bacterial Diversity and Systematics Cr. 3.
BIOL 53300 - Medical Microbiology Cr. 3.
BIOL 53700 - Immunobiology Cr. 3.
BIOL 54000 - Biotechnology Cr. 3.
BIOL 54400 - Principles of Virology Cr. 3.
BIOL 55110 - Proteins: Structure and Functions Cr. 3.
BIOL 55900 - Endocrinology Cr. 3.
BIOL 56500 - Immunobiology Lab Cr. 1.
BIOL 56600 - Developmental Biology Cr. 3.
BIOL 56700 - Laboratory in Developmental Biology Cr. 1.
BIOL 57710 - Emerging Infectious Diseases Cr. 3.
BIOL 58400 - Molecular Biology and Applications Laboratory Cr. 1.

Free Electives

Sufficient additional credits to bring the total to 120.

Total Credits: 120 credits

Hospital Program Credits: 32

Total Credits for B.S. in Biology and Medical Technology (4+1 Program): 152 credits.