Auburn Bulletin 2024-2025

Organismal Biology — Ecology, Evolution, and Behavioral Option (ECEB)

Freshman
FallHoursSpringHours
ENGL 1100 English Composition I3ENGL 1120 English Composition II3
CORE FINE ARTS3CORE HISTORY3
CHEM 1030 Fundamentals Chemistry I3CHEM 1040 Fundamental Chemistry II3
CHEM 1031 Fundamental Chemistry I Laboratory1CHEM 1041 Fundamental Chemistry II Laboratory1
BIOL 1020 Principles of Biology3BIOL 1030 Organismal Biology3
BIOL 1021 Principles of Biology Laboratory1BIOL 1031 Organismal Biology Laboratory1
BIOL 2100 Professional Development1 
 15 14
Sophomore
FallHoursSpringHours
Core Humanities3CHEM 2030 Survey of Organic Chemistry3
MATH 1610 Calculus I4BIOL 3030 Evolution and Systematics3
Core Literature3STAT 2510 Statistics for Biological and Health Sciences3
Core Social Sciences3BIOL 3060 Ecology4
BIOL 3000 Genetics3 
BIOL 3001 Genetics Laboratory1 
 17 13
Junior
FallHoursSpringHours
PHYS 1000 Foundations of Physics4Core Social Science or Humanities13
Biology Elective4BIOL 5130 Advanced Plant Physiology, 5131 Advanced Plant Physiology Laboratory, 5210 Microbial Physiology, or 5240 Animal Physiology24
BIOL 3200/3201, BIOL 4010, BIOL 4020, or BIOL 31004Quantitative Biology Elective3
BIOL 4100 Cell Biology3Biology Elective4
 Free Elective3
 15 17
Senior
FallHoursSpringHours
Cell/Mol/Micro Elective or Physiology Elective7BIOL 5650 Animal Behavior3
Eco/Evo/Diversity Elective6BIOL 4950 Senior Seminar1
Core Literature or History33Eco/Evo/Diversity Electives4
BIOL 4AA0 Professional Development II0Quantitative Biology Elective4
 Core Social Science3
 UNIV 4AA0 Achieve the Creed40
 16 15
Total Hours: 122
1

If a LIT sequence is chosen, this course must be a CORE SOCIAL SCIENCE. If a HIST sequence is chosen, this course must be a CORE HUMANITIES.

2

If BIOL 5210 is chosen, an additional 1 credit hour of Cell/Mol/Microbiology or Anatomy & Physiology or Eco/Evo/Diversity elective must be completed to fulfill the 4 hour requirement. 

3

Students must complete a two-course sequence in either HIST or LIT (for example, World History 1 and 2 or American Lit 1 and 2). For complete HIST and LIT sequence options, see the Bulletin.

4

This course must be taken the semester of graduation.