Undergraduate Programs
Degree Requirements
As a biology major you can choose a concentration in a number of areas. Each specialized area, listed below, may have its own specific criteria unique to that emphasis of study. Be sure to see an advisor to clarify any questions that you may have. The specialty areas are listed below with links to "Bingo Sheet" requirements that list the general courses and plan of study for that study area.
Graduating?
If you intend to graduate the semester that you are currently registering for you must apply for graduation on your OASIS web site. Graduation applications must be received the semester before you intend to graduate.
General Biology
This major emphasis will give you all the necessary courses and background that you will need to either allow you to go into Graduate School in a specialty area of Biology that you are most interested in (i.e., animal behavior, ecology, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, etc....) or apply to and go to pre-professional schools.
Bingo Sheet. (PDF)
Pre-Medical
The pre-medical studies are basically the same as for the general biology studies, and the bingo sheet is identical. There will be certain courses that you might want to enroll into that will help with foundational basics for medical school, and these can be discussed with your advisor.
Bingo Sheet. (PDF)
Pre-Dental
The pre-dental studies are basically the same as for the general biology and pre-medical studies, and the bingo sheet is identical. There will be certain courses that you might want to enroll into that will help with foundational basics for dental school, and these can be discussed with your advisor.
Bingo Sheet. (PDF)
Biology with Life Science Teaching Certification
This provides the student preparation for a career in teaching and provides the student with a solid foundation in both the biological sciences and teaching techniques. For this degree you will have to fulfill the requirements specified by the IPFW School of Education as well as those of the School of Arts and Sciences. For those students interested in this option you need to make sure that you talk with one of the advisors in Education as well as your advisor in Biology. You will need to learn how to prepare a portfolio in order to obtain your certification in teaching. You will need to take the "Initial Requirements" for education in order to get into the Block 1: Teacher Education sequence and register for EDUA F300, EDUC W200/M101, and EDUC K201 classes.
Bingo Sheet. (PDF)
Medical Technology
This area of study will prepare you for a studies in a medical technology laboratory. In order to complete studies in this area the requirements are basically the same as for the general biology, pre-medical studies, and pre-dental studies, and the bingo sheet is identical. There will be certain courses that you might want to enroll into that will help with foundational basics for medical technology, and these should be discussed with your advisor. The Med-Tech major will first obtain a BS degree in Biology (approximately 4 years) and then apply to the Med-Tech program at Parkview Hospital and attend clinical courses at Parkview for one year. When you complete this program you will have a BS degree in Biology and Med-Tech certification. There is also a 3+1 program and this is offered, which will give you certification for Licenser. The 3 + 1 program does not give you a BS in Biology. The Med-Tech program requires that you take Microbiology (this can be either the BIOL 220 or the BIOL 437 course) and Immunobiology (BIOL 537 with or without the lab, BIOL 565). You will complete the Biology Major requirements and apply for admission to the Parkview Med-Tech Program during the Fall of your final year. The Med-Tech program begins in May after your degree completion and you will take the clinical requirements at Parkview during the next year. Once completed you will have both a BS in Biology and Med-Tech certification.
Bingo Sheet. (PDF)
Pre-Forestry, Pre-Agriculture
These programs are two-year programs and the student will transfer to the Purdue Campus, West Lafayette, after the completion of the 2nd year at IPFW.
Pre-Veterinary
This program is a two-year programs at IPFW and then transfered to the West Lafayette campus for completion of the program requirements.
Pre-Pharmacy
This program is advised through the Arts and Sciences Advising office rather than Biology. For further information please contact 260-481-6160.
260-481-IPFW
Jobs
Pandemic
Contact
Maps