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
- BA
- Credential class
- ceterms:BachelorDegree
- CIP
- 26.1310
- Total credits (published)
- 43
- Credits (computed from items)
- 43
- Catalog edition
- 2025-2026
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 196413
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_196413_a3633d36
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
To Declare the B.A. Major in Biology
major core · 0 items
Core Courses
major core · 0 items
All core courses should be completed by the end of a student’s sophomore year.
major core · 7 items
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 4
- 4
BIO 224 cannot be omitted nor substituted. No transfer credit petitions will be accepted for BIO 224.
0 items
Upper-Division Courses
1 item
- Students in the B.A. program complete an additional 9 credits of upper-division coursework in Biology with a minimum of 3 of the 9 credits being laboratory credits. BIO 460 Research in Biology cannot be applied as a laboratory course, only as an upper-division elective.Not resolved to a course9
Math and Chemistry Requirements
3 items
- CHE 106& CHE 107General Chemistry Lecture Iand General Chemistry Laboratory INot resolved to a course4
- CHE 116& CHE 117General Chemistry Lecture IIand General Chemistry Laboratory IINot resolved to a course4
- CHE 275& CHE 276Organic Chemistry Iand Organic Chemistry I LaboratoryNot resolved to a course5
Or MAT 285 Life Sciences Calculus I and MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics I or APM 391 Prob & Stats I (6-7 credits)
0 items
Or MAT 295 Calculus I and MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics I or APM 391 Prob & Stats I (7-8 credits)
0 items
Source. Syracuse University, catalog 2025-2026 — https://coursecatalog.syracuse.edu/undergraduate/arts-sciences/biology-ba/. Captured page pages/0603.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.