Course variations

Course summary

This program is recommended for those students who desire a strong foundation in evolution and the conceptual explanatory core of biology, as well as those whose interests are at the interface between organisms and their environments — that is, ecology. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology students are well-prepared for advanced graduate education in the Biological sciences and for careers in Environmental Biology research in teaching and in natural resources assessment and management.

Program modules

BIOL 100 General Biology for Non-Majors, BIOL 103 Biology Laboratory, BIOL 121 (Formerly BIOL 109) Human Nutrition, BIOL 113 Life in the Ocean, BIOL 120 Plants and People, BIOL 122 Desert Plants, BIOL 148 Natural History of the Desert Southwest, BIOL 189 Fundamentals of Life Science, BIOL 196 Principles of Modern Biology I, BIOL 197 Principles of Modern Biology II, BIOL 208 Introduction to Human Genetics, BIOL 220 Introduction to Ecological Principles, BIOL 223 Human Anatomy and Physiology I, BIOL 224 Human Anatomy and Physiology II, BIOL 251 General Microbiology, BIOL 300 Principles of Genetics, BIOL 301 Fossil Record, BIOL 302 Evolutionary Survey of Vascular Plants, BIOL 304 Molecular Genetics, BIOL 305 Introduction to Conservation Biology, BIOL 320 Invertebrate Zoology, BIOL 341 Principles of Ecology, BIOL 345 Urban Horticulture, BIOL 348 Introduction to Human Anatomy, BIOL 351 Microbiology.

Entry requirement for international students

Students to be admitted should have graduated or will graduate from an accredited or approved high school and do not have any transferable college credits, and may fulfill the following admission requirements; Earn a 2.50 grade point average (GPA) in the following high school academic units: Emphasis on composition, rhetoric, and American, English, and world literature, Algebra or higher level mathematics, including first- and second-year algebra, geometry, analytic geometry, trigonometry, pre calculus, probability and statistics, and other advanced mathematics, World history, geography, U.S. history, economics, government and law. Biology, chemistry, or physics, with at least two years in a laboratory science. A combined score from the SAT Critical Reading and Math sections of at least a 1040, or an ACT composite score of at least 22, or a Nevada Advanced High School Diploma. All applicants whose native language is not English MUST take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). A score of 500 or better is required for general admission (173 on computer-based test or 61 on IBT), 525 or better to major in Hotel Administration (195 or higher on computer-based test or 70 on IBT).

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS

Department name

College of Sciences, School of Life Sciences