• General Option | Suggested Course Sequence: Plan A | Plan B
  This option is for students who do not plan to attend a professional graduate school upon graduation and are not planning to enter a field associated with natural resources. This option provides flexibility in the choice of electives.

• Pre-graduate/Pre-professional Option | Suggested Course Sequence: Plan A or B
  This option is for students who plan to enter a graduate or professional school after graduation from CMU.
  

• Microscopy Option | Suggested Course Sequence: Plan A or B
  This option is for students who plan a career as a biological microscopist. Research laboratories, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, chemical companies, food processing laboratories and forensic laboratories are areas in which opportunities exist for microscopists.
  

• Natural Resources Option | Suggested Course Sequence: Plan A | Plan B
  This option is for students who plan to enter an area of natural resource management, wildlife biology, nature interpretation or museum science.
  

• Biology/Biomedical Sciences Major (B.S.) | Suggested Course Sequence: Generic Plan
  This major is designed for students interested in pursuing professional programs in human and/or animal medicine or biomedical research. This course of study is designed to satisfy the prerequisites for admission into professional programs as well as provide students with the breadth and depth of scientific concepts in biology, chemistry and physics to perform well on required admission exams for professional programs such as the MCAT, DAT or GRE.
  

• Biology Minor
• Natural Resources Minor
• Science Minor

For more Detailed information about these programs go to Interdisciplinary Programs.

• Biology Major (B.S. in Ed., Elementary Education)
• Science Major (B.S. in Ed., Elementary Education)
• Biology Minor (B.S. in Ed., Elementary Education and Elementary Education Special Education Emphasis)
• Biology Major (B.S. in Ed., Secondary and Secondary Special Education Emphasis)
• Biology Minor (B.S. in Ed., Secondary and Secondary Special Education Emphasis)

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