Biology Option

Description

The purpose of the Biology Option is:

  • Provide students from other Programs at the University with an understanding of biological processes on which many of the applications of their respective programs of study are based.
  • Provide students from other programs with a general view of biology for them to be able to implement creative initiatives in the course of their future activities.
  • Play a role in students obtaining solid knowledge of Biology through basic theoretic-practical courses offered by the Department of Biological Sciences.
  • Play a role in students’ success in Graduate programs in other areas that require proper training in Biology.

Program Structure

The program may be completed taking at least 17 credits of courses in the Department of Biological Sciences, as follows: One mandatory course and four or five elective courses in Biology.

Courses

Cursos Obligatorios

BIOL-1300Organisms Biology - Theory

3

BIOL-1391

MBIO-1100Biologia Celular-Teoría

3

Cursos Electivos

BIOL-1310Poisonous Animals

3

BIOL-2200Genetics - Theory

3

BIOL-2201Genetics - Laboratory

1

BIOL-2202Evolution - Theory

3

BIOL-2203Evolution - Laboratory

3

BIOL-2300Microbiology - Theory

3

BIOL-2301Microbiology - Laboratory

1

BIOL-2302Invertebrates - Theory

3

BIOL-2303Invertebrates - Laboratory

1

BIOL-2304Botany - Theory

3

BIOL-2305Botany - Laboratory

1

BIOL-2308Ecology - Theory

3

BIOL-2309Ecology - Laboratory

1

BIOL-3202Phylogenesis Systematics - Theory

3

BIOL-3203Phylogenesis Systematics - Laboratory

1

BIOL-3300Animal Physiology - Theory

3

BIOL-3301Animal Physiology - Laboratory

3

BIOL-3302Plant Physiology - Theory

3

BIOL-3303Plant Physiology - Laboratory

1

BIOL-3304Development Biology - Theory

3

BIOL-3305Development Biology - Laboratory

3

BIOL-3312Systematic Botany - Theory

3

BIOL-3313Systematic Botany - Laboratory

1

BIOL-3314Animal Behavior

3

BIOL-3315Animal Behavior - Laboratory

1

BIOL-3318

BIOL-3319

BIOL-3320Entomology-Theory 

3

BIOL-3321Entomology Laboratory 

1

BIOL-3324Conservation Biology - Laboratory

3

BIOL-3325Conservation Biology - Laboratory

1

BIOL-3326Ornithology – Theory

3

BIOL-3327Ornithology – Laboratory

3

MBIO-2102Biología Molecular - Teoría

3

MBIO-2103Biología Molecular - Laboratorio

1

BIOL-2310Vertebrates - Theory

3

BIOL-2311Vertebrates - Laboratory

1

BIOL-1323AGenetic Atlas of the Human Species

3

BIOL-1324A

3

BIOL-1325BPlants and Humans

3

  • Students interested in taking advanced Biology courses will have to meet the corresponding prerequisites or get special authorization from the professor in charge of the course and their counselor.
  • The comprehensive training courses offered by the Department of Biological Sciences may be validated for students with this Option, such as: Biodiversity, Conservation and Development (BIOL 1324A), Genetics, Technology and Society (BIOL1210B, Plants and Man (BIOL 1325B). In each case, they should check with the counselor.
  • Some subjects (mandatory or elective) that have laboratory classes may be taken with or without the respective laboratory complement, at the option of the student and subject to authorization by the counselor and/or professor in charge of the course.

Further information:

Contact: Jorge Alberto Molina Escobar

Contact Position: Coordinador Académico Departamento de Biología

Contact e-mail: coordinacionbiologia@uniandes.edu.co

Liaison at the School or Department