Placement Information for Introductory Courses

Please refer to Getting Started in the Major webpage for advice on what to take in your first year.

AP Credit for Advanced Placement

Students with a Biology AP score of 5 and a very strong Biology background who want to consider placing out of either introductory Biology course must obtain permission from the Biology Department. The student should meet with a Biology Faculty member involved with the course they want to place out of, or an advanced course for which that intro course is a pre-requisite.

==>The form below should be submitted to the Department ADC, Leah Davis

For Biology majors, placing out of BIOL-181 must substitute a course from the Organismal Core and placing out of BIOL-191 must substitute a course from the Cellular/Molecular Core. Biology majors placing out of BIOL-181 must take both courses from the Organismal Core. Majors placing out of BIOL-191 must take both courses from the Cellular/Molecular Core. Please see About the Major on the Biology department web site for specific course information.

Note that placing out will not reduce the number of courses required for the major. Majors placing out of BIOL-181 or BIOL-191 are still required to take a minimum of 7 Biology courses (one intro and 6 advanced courses, including one intro lab and 3 advanced lab courses). In the exceptional case of a student having placed out of both intro courses, they must take a minimum of 4 advanced laboratory courses.

Placing out will not reduce the number of courses required for the major. Students placing out of BIOL-181 or BIOL-191, or in exceptional cases both, must take a minimum of four semesters of laboratory work (one intro lab and three upper-level labs or four upper-level labs).

 

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