KSAWorks
KSAWorks
Knowledge • Skills • Abilities
Program checklist · Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Biological Sciences
Total credits (published)
16
Catalog edition
Catalog 2026-27
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Research and teaching interests of the faculty include animal behavior, anatomy, biomechanics, cell biology, development, ecology, evolution, gene regulation, human physiology, invasion biology, invertebrates, microbiology, molecular ecology, neurobiology, plant diversity, plant genetics, race and biology, and symbiosis.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
166939
CourseShelf checklist
CK_166939_b8595498_1
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements for the Major

major core · 0 items

    Biological Sciences:

    1 item
    1. BIOL 145
      Introductory Biology With Laboratory
      As published: “Introductory Biology With Laboratory 1”
      or: BIOL-160 Integrated Introduction to Biology and Chemistry with Laboratory
      4

    One of the following 200-level core courses in ecology/evolutionary biology:

    major core · 1 item
    1. BIOL 223
      Ecology with Laboratory
      As published: “Ecology with Laboratory 2”
      or: BIOL-226 Evolution with Laboratory: Making Sense of Life
      4

    One of the following 200-level core courses in organismal biology:

    major core · 1 item
    1. BIOL 241
      Comparative Animal Physiology with Laboratory
      As published: “Comparative Animal Physiology with Laboratory 2”
      or: BIOL-224 Plant Biology with Laboratory
      4

    One of the following 200-level core courses in cell/molecular biology:

    major core · 4 items
    1. BIOL 210
      Molecular Genetics with Laboratory
      As published: “Molecular Genetics with Laboratory 2”
      or: BIOL-220 Cell Biology with Laboratory
      or: BIOL-227
      4
    2. One additional 200-level core course in any category, listed above 2
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. One elective course at the 200 or 300 level in Biological Sciences 3
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    4. Two elective courses at the 300 level in Biological Sciences
      Not resolved to a course
      8

    Required Courses Outside of Biological Sciences:

    2 items
    1. CHEM 150
      General Chemistry: Foundations
      or: CHEM-160 Integrated Introduction to Biology and Chemistry
      4
    2. One course in either calculus or statistics (e.g. MATH-101, MATH-102, MATH-203, STAT-140, STAT-242, BIOL-234, etc.) 4
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Requirements for the Minor

    1 item
    1. 16 credits in Biological Sciences at the 200 and/or 300 level 1,2
      Not resolved to a course
      16
    Source. Mount Holyoke College, catalog Catalog 2026-27 — http://catalog.mtholyoke.edu/areas-study/biological-sciences/. Captured page pages/0080.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.