Curriculum Map of the B.S. in Biology Program

First Year Second Year
First Sem Second Sem First Sem Second Sem
Subject Title # of Units Subject Title # of Units Subject Title # of Units Subject Title # of Units
 Chem 16 (General Chemistry)  5  Bio 11 (Fundamentals of Biology I)  5 Bio 12 (Fundamentals of Biology II)  5 Bio 101 (Plant Morpho-Anatomy) 3
 Geol 11 (Principles of Geology)  Chem 26 (Analytical Chemistry) Bio 180 (Statistical Methods in Biology) Bio 102 (Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy) 5
 Math 17 (Algebra & Trigonometry)  Chem 26.1 (Analytical Chemistry Lab) Chem 31 (Elementary Organic Chemistry) 3 Chem 40 (Elementary Biochemistry) 3
 GE (AH) Eng 10 (College English)  Math 100 (Introduction to Calculus) Chem 31.1 (Elementary Organic Chemistry Lab) 2 Chem 40.1 (Elementary Biochemistry Lab) 2
GE (SSP) 3 GE (AH) 3 Physics 71 (Elementary Physics 1) 4 GE (AH) Comm 3 (Practical Speech Fundamentals) 3
PE (2) GE (SSP) Kas 1 (Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas at mga Institutong Pilipino) 3 Physics 71.1 (Elementary Physics 1 Lab) 1 GE (MST) STS (Science, Technology and Society) 3
NSTP (1.5) PE (2) GE (AH) 3 PE (2)
    NSTP (1.5) PE (2)     
 Total Credits 19   Total Credits 20    Total Credits  21 Total Credits 19
Third Year     Fourth Year 
First Sem  Second Sem  First Sem  Second Sem
Subject Title # of Units Subject Title # of Units Subject Title  # of Units Subject Title # of Units
Bio 120 (General Microbiology)  4 Bio 121 (Plant Physiology)* 4*  Bio 200a (Undergraduate Thesis I) 2 Bio 196 (Undergraduate Seminar) 1
Bio 140 (Fundamentals of Genetics) Bio 122 (Animal Physiology)* 4*  Biology Specialty Elective 3 Bio 200b (Undergraduate Thesis II)
Bio 150 (Fundamentals of Cell & Molecular Biology) Bio 123 (Fundamentals of Microbial Physiology)* 3*  Science Elective 3 PI 100 (The Life & Works of Jose Rizal)
Bio 191 (Systematics & Evolution) Bio 133 (Developmental Biology) Science Elective 3=5 Biology Specialty Elective
GE (AH) Fil 40 (Wika, Kultura at Lipunan) Bio 160 (Fundamentals of Ecology) GE (SSP) 3 Biology Specialty Elective 4-5
    GE (SSP) Philo 1 (Philosophical Analysis) GE (MST) 3  GE (SSP)  3
    *any two of three physiology courses          
Total Credits 20  Total Credits 20-21 Total Credits  17-19 Total Credits  16-17
Biology Electives Science Electives
Subject Title # of Units Subject Title # of Units
Bio 111 (Phycology) 4
Math 54 (Elementary Analysis II)
5
Bio 112 (Mycology) 4 Physics 72 (Elementary Physics II)
Bio 113 (Fundamentals of Virology) 3 Physics 72.1 (Elementary Physics II Laboratory)
Bio 114 (Mosses, Hepatics & Ferns) 4 MS 102 (The Marine Sciences)
Bio 115 (Taxonomy of Angiosperms) 3 FS 116 (Food Microbiology)
Bio 116 (Invertebrate Biology) 4    
Bio 117 (Vertebrate Biology) 4 Core Courses 97-98
Bio 118 (Insect Biology) 4 The Life & Works of Jose Rizal 3
Bio 119 (Fish Biology) 4 Biology Specialty Electives 10-11 
Bio 121 (Plant Physiology) 4 Science Electives 6-8 
Bio 122 (Animal Physiology) 4 General Education (AH) 15 
Bio 123 (Fundamentals of Microbial Physiology) 3 General Education (SSP) 15 
Bio 125 (Medical Microbiology) 3 General Education (MST)
Bio 134 (General Animal Histology) 3 Physical Education (8) 
Bio 141 (Fundamentals of Microbial Genetics) 3 National Service Training Program (3) 
 Bio 151 (Fundamentals of Immunobiology) 4    
Bio 161 (Field Biology) 5    
Bio 162 (Limnology) 4    
Bio 163 (Fundamentals of Microbial Ecology) 3    
Bio 164 (Biodiversity & Conservation Biology) 3    
Bio 165 (Biogeography) 3    
Bio 170 (Animal Behavior) 3    
Bio 171 (General Parasitology) 4    

Curriculum

Curriculum Revision: 2011