Undergraduate Course Information

Undergraduate students in the life sciences should examine courses from several programs in the College of Science and Technology.

This page contains the complete list of undergraduate courses offered in the Department of Life Sciences. Each entry in this course list includes the following information:

Course Number
Course Title
Credit Hours
Link to Syllabus (pdf file)
Link to Course Web Site (if available)
Tentative Two-Year Course Schedule (NOTE: The schedules on this page are for general planning purposes only and are subject to change.)

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Undergraduate Biology Course List
Undergraduate Biomedical Sciences Course List

Information about current and future course offerings under the Selected Topics and Special Topics titles (course numbers 4590 or 5590) is found on the Selected Topics / Special Topics Page.

The most current information about the present (or upcoming) semester's schedule of courses is available on the Current On-Line Course Schedule.

The Current Undergraduate Catalog contains a description of each undergraduate program, as well as a description of each undergraduate course (including its prerequisites and/or co-requisites).

Information about graduate course offerings in the Department of Life Sciences is found on the Graduate Course Information Page.

Important Notes:

Laboratory Safety Seminar (SMTE 0091) is a co-requisite course for all courses in the Department of Life Sciences that have a laboratory component.

Students in any courses that involve Scientific Diving must comply with the guidelines established by the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Diving Control Board.

Biology Program (BIOL) Undergraduate Course List
Course	Course Title	Credit	Web	Odd-Numbered Years			Even-Numbered Years
Number	Click title for most recent syllabus (pdf)	(SCH)	Link	Spring	Summer	Fall	Spring	Summer	Fall
BIOL 1406	Biology I	4	Web	Odd Spring	Odd Summer	Odd Fall	Even Spring	Even Summer	Even Fall
BIOL 1407	Biology II	4	Web	Odd Spring	Odd Summer	Odd Fall	Even Spring	Even Summer	Even Fall
BIOL 2200	Professional Skills	2	Web	Odd Spring	Odd Summer	Odd Fall	Even Spring	Even Summer	Even Fall
BIOL 2371	Principles of Evolution	3			Odd Summer	Odd Fall		Even Summer	Even Fall
BIOL 2401	Anatomy and Physiology I	4		Odd Spring	Odd Summer	Odd Fall	Even Spring	Even Summer	Even Fall
BIOL 2402	Anatomy and Physiology II	4		Odd Spring	Odd Summer	Odd Fall	Even Spring	Even Summer	Even Fall
BIOL 2416	Genetics	4		Odd Spring		Odd Fall	Even Spring		Even Fall
BIOL 2420	Principles of Microbiology Principles of Microbiology Lab	4		Odd Spring			Even Spring	Even Summer
BIOL 2421	Microbiology	4		Odd Spring		Odd Fall	Even Spring		Even Fall
BIOL 2472	Principles of Botany	4				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIOL 3300	Animal Nutrition	3		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIOL 3345	Cell Physiology	3	Web				Even Spring
BIOL 3403	Molecular Biology	4		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIOL 3410	Cell Biology	4				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIOL 3413	Invertebrate Zoology	4			Odd Summer	Odd Fall		Even Summer	Even Fall
BIOL 3414	Vertebrate Biology	4		Odd Spring		Odd Fall	Even Spring		Even Fall
BIOL 3425	Functional Anatomy	4	Web	Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIOL 3428	Principles of Ecology	4		Odd Spring		Odd Fall	Even Spring		Even Fall
BIOL 3430	Physiology	4	Web			Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIOL 3443	Environmental Biology	4				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIOL 3455	Plant Form and Function	4					Even Spring
BIOL 3471	Padre Island Ecology	4
BIOL 3472	Marine Biology	4
BIOL 3479	Plant Ecology	4		Odd Spring
BIOL 4085	Major Field Test in Biology	0	Web	Odd Spring		Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIOL 4100	Research Ethics and Professionalism	1			Odd Summer			Even Summer
BIOL 4292	Senior Presentation	2	Web	Odd Spring	Odd Summer	Odd Fall	Even Spring	Even Summer	Even Fall
BIOL 4299	Directed Independent Research	1-2		Available any semester: requires administration-approved individual student-faculty Directed Independent Study Contract.
BIOL 4301	Embryology	3				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIOL 4304	Biology of Viruses	3		Odd Spring
BIOL 4319	Marine Mammals	3		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIOL 4326	Toxic and Therapeutic Plants	3
BIOL 4340	Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics	3				Odd Fall
BIOL 4350	Research and Design	1-3
BIOL 4370	Mariculture	3				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIOL 4371	Population Genetics	3		Odd Spring
BIOL 4396	Directed Independent Study	1-3		Available any semester: requires administration-approved individual student-faculty Directed Independent Study Contract.
BIOL 4405	Limnology	4		Odd Spring
BIOL 4406	Immunology	4		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIOL 4407	Biology of the Fungi	4					Even Spring
BIOL 4408	Microbial Diversity and Ecology	4				Odd Fall
BIOL 4409	Field and Sampling Techniques	4			Odd Summer			Even Summer
BIOL 4411	Animal Behavior	4			Odd Summer		Even Spring	Even Summer
BIOL 4413	Entomology	4					Even Spring
BIOL 4422	Plant Taxonomy	4		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIOL 4425	Ornithology	4							Even Fall
BIOL 4428	Fisheries Biology	4					Even Spring
BIOL 4429	Marine Botany	4
BIOL 4431	Mammalogy	4				Odd Fall
BIOL 4432	Ichthyology	4				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIOL 4433	Parisitology	4		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIOL 4435	Biological Microtechniques	4						Even Summer
BIOL 4436	Marine Ecology	4		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIOL 4442	Herpetology	4						Even Summer
BIOL 4444	Estuarine Organisms	4		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIOL 4590	Selected Topics	1-5	Web	Topics vary each semester. Click here for current/future topics.

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Biomedical Sciences Program (BIMS) Undergraduate Course List
Course	Course Title	Credit	Web	Odd-Numbered Years			Even-Numbered Years
Number	Click title for most recent syllabus (pdf)	(SCH)	Link	Spring	Summer	Fall	Spring	Summer	Fall
BIMS 2171	Medical Terminology	1	Web			Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIMS 2172	Introduction to Biomedical Careers	1
BIMS 2200	Professional Skills	2	Web	Odd Spring	Odd Summer	Odd Fall	Even Spring	Even Summer	Even Fall
BIMS 3102	Essentials Laboratory for Clinical Laboratory Science	1				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIMS 3103	Essentials Laboratory for Forensic Science (for Fall 2008 see BIMS 3102)	1				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIMS 3202	Essentials for Applied Laboratory Sciences	2				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIMS 3300	Animal Nutrition	3		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIMS 3320	Survey of Forensic Science	3				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIMS 3325	Professional Practice in Forensic Science	3		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIMS 3401	Pathophysiology	4				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIMS 3403	Molecular Biology	4		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIMS 4111	Contemporary Scientific Readings	1
BIMS 4170	Biomedical Seminar	1
BIMS 4182	Seminar – Clinical Correlations	1			Odd Summer			Even Summer
BIMS 4295	Biomedical Practicum	2				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIMS 4297	Professional Practicum I	2		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIMS 4299	Directed Independent Research	1-2		Available any semester: requires administration-approved individual student-faculty Directed Independent Study Contract.
BIMS 4311	Biology of Cancer	3						Even Summer
BIMS 4323	Neurobiology	3		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIMS 4325	Clinical Chemistry I	3				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIMS 4326	Clinical Chemistry II	3		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIMS 4327	Introduction to Toxicology	3			Odd Summer			Even Summer
BIMS 4330	Biological Basis of Aging, (Honors Program Version)	3
BIMS 4331	Clinical Immunology I	3				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIMS 4332	Clinical Immunology II	3		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIMS 4333	Medical Entomology	3		Odd Spring
BIMS 4334	Human Genetics	3					Even Spring
BIMS 4335	Endocrinology	3	Web	Odd Spring
BIMS 4365	Hematology I	3				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIMS 4366	Hematology II	3		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIMS 4370	Medical Bacteriology	3		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIMS 4374	Medical Microbiology	3				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIMS 4375	Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis	3
BIMS 4378	Advanced Medical Microbiology	3				Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIMS 4380	Introduction to the Clinical Laboratory Profession	3		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIMS 4382	Advanced Medical Laboratory Procedures	3		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIMS 4384	Professional Skills for Clinical Laboratory Scientists	3			Odd Summer			Even Summer
BIMS 4396	Directed Independent Study	1-3		Available any semester: requires administration-approved individual student-faculty Directed Independent Study Contract.
BIMS 4406	Immunology	4		Odd Spring			Even Spring
BIMS 4410	Histology	4	Web			Odd Fall			Even Fall
BIMS 4590	Selected Topics	1-5	Web	Topics vary each semester. Click here for current/future topics.
BIMS 4598	Professional Practicum II	5			Odd Summer			Even Summer
BIMS 4599	Professional Practicum III	5			Odd Summer			Even Summer

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