Bio-150 students peer-evaluate research posters

 

The Major

The Department graduates approximately 30 majors per year; approximately 40% of our majors go on to graduate school and about 15% enter one of the health professions. Our graduates have been recent awardees of both NSF and HHMI Predoctoral Fellowships, Rhodes Scholarships, Fulbright and Watson Fellowships, and our faculty members have secured grant support for teaching and research from NSF, NIH, and other agencies.

For detailed information about the requirements of a biology major at Grinnell, please visit the College Catalog

Cognate Credit

Up to four credits of advanced work in a related field may be applied toward the biology major. The current list of courses approved for cognate credit includes: ANT 221 or 325; BCM 262; PSY 336; Sci-350 (Freedom & Authority: Control of Reproduction); and ENV 395 (topic changes from year to year, so check with the department).

Fall 2011

  • BIO-150-01: Introduction to Biological Inquiry, "Microbes on the Move" - L. Bowers
  • BIO-150-02: Introduction to Biological Inquiry, "Effect of Climate Change on Organisms" - K. Jacobson
  • BIO-150-03: Introduction to Biological Inquiry, "Animal Locomotion" - E. Queathem
  • BIO-150-04: Introduction to Biological Inquiry, "Language of Neurons" - C. Lindgren
  • BIO-251-01: Molecules, Cells & Organisms, with Lab - L. Gregg-Jolly
  • BIO-251-02: Molecules, Cells & Organisms, with Lab - Staff
  • BIO-251-02: Molecules, Cells & Organisms, with Lab - B. DeRidder
  • BIO-251-04: Molecules, Cells & Organisms, with Lab - Staff
  • BIO/CSC-295-01: Special Topic, "Bioinformatics" - V. Praitis and S. Rebelsky
  • BIO-305-01: Evolution of the Iowa Flora, with Lab - V. Eckhart
  • BIO-339-01: Biogeochemistry, with Lab - P. Jacobson
  • BIO-380-01: Molecular Biology, with Lab - L. Bowers
  • BIO-395-01: Special Topic, "Virology" - Staff

Spring 2012

  • BIO-150-01: Introduction to Biological Inquiry, "Biological Responses to Stress" - L. Gregg-Jolly
  • BIO-150-02: Introduction to Biological Inquiry, "Sex Lives of Plants" - V. Eckhart
  • BIO-150-03: Introduction to Biological Inquiry, "Plant Genetics and the Environment" - B. DeRidder
  • BIO-150-04: Introduction to Biological Inquiry, "Introduction to Biological Inquiry: Genes, Drugs and Toxins." - D. Kuzmanovic
  • BIO-150-05: Introduction to Biological Inquiry, "Sexy Beast" - J. Brown
  • BIO-240-01: Animal Behavior, with Lab - J. Brown
  • BIO-252-01: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, with Lab - J. Brown
  • BIO-252-02: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, with Lab - E. Queathem
  • BIO-252-03: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, with Lab - V. Eckhart
  • AMS/ANT/BIO 295.XX – Racing through Genetics - Gibel Mevorach and Gregg-Jolly
  • BIO 295.XX Biophysics - D. Kuzmanovic
  • BIO-334-01: Plant Physiology, with Lab - B. DeRidder 
  • BIO-345-01: Advanced Genetics, with Lab - V. Praitis
  • BIO-363-01: Neurobiology, with Lab - C. Lindgren
  • BIO-365-01: Microbiology, with Lab - L. Bowers