Biology Foundation Depth Course List

Biology Foundation - DEPTH Courses 

The following courses are approved for the DEPTH Course requirement for each approved Biology BREADTH course for the Biology & Society major.

Courses taken to fulfill the Biology Foundation DEPTH requirement must include as a prerequisite a course you have completed as part of the Biology Foundation BREADTH requirement. Please note that a year of introductory biology courses will not count as a prerequisite for the depth requirement. All courses should be 2000 level or above, at least 3-credits, and taken for a letter grade, receiving at least a C- as the final grade. Independent Studies and Lab courses cannot be used to fulfill major requirements.

NOTE: There may be more courses that meet the DEPTH requirement that are not represented on this list. Please contact the Biology & Society Office, bsoc@cornell.edu, or the Director of Undergraduate Studies, sts-bsoc-dus@cornell.edu, with any questions about the DEPTH requirement.

Anatomy and Physiology

ANSC 2400 Biology of Reproduction

  • Depth course: 
    • ANSC 5450 Reproductive Physiology and Management of Dairy Cattle

BIOAP 3110 Principles of Animal Physiology

  • Depth course: 
    • BIOAP 4140 Principles of Pharmacology

NS 3410 Human Anatomy and Physiology

  • Depth course: 
    • BIOAP 4140 Principles of Pharmacology

Animal Behavior

ANTHR 2310 Natural History of Chimpanzees and the Origins of Politics

  • No depth courses found.

BIONB 2210 Neurobiology and Behavior – Intro to Behavior

  • Depth courses:
    • BIONB 4220 Modeling Behavioral Evolution
    • BIONB 4260 Animal Communication
    • BIONB 4560 Neural Control of Food Intake and Energy Metabolism
    • BIONB 4729 Visual Ecology
    • HD 3220 Hormones and Behavior

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology

BIOMG 3300 Principles of Biochemistry, Individualized Instruction

  • Depth courses:
    • BIOMG 3800 Advanced Genetics and Genomics
    • BIOMG 4000 Genomics
    • BIOMG 4311 Proteins: Structure, Function and Evolution
    • BIOMG 4320 Survey of Cell Biology
    • BIOMG 4380 RNA in Biology and Medicine
    • BIOMG 4390 Molecular Basis of Disease
    • BIOMG 4610 Development and Evolution
    • NS 3310 Human Nutrition and Nutrient Metabolism (Not open to 1st and 2nd year students)
    • NS 4300 Proteins, Transcripts, and Metabolism: Big Data in Molecular Nutrition
    • BIOMI 4090 Principles of Virology
    • BIONB 3950 Molecular and Genetic Approaches to Neuroscience
    • BIONB 4300 Experimental Molecular Neurobiology

BIOMG 3310 Principles of Biochemistry: Proteins and Metabolism

  • Depth course:
    • BIOMG 4000 Genomics
    • BIOMG 4311 Proteins: Structure, Function and Evolution
    • BIOMG 4320 Survey of Cell Biology
    • BIOMG 4380 RNA in Biology and Medicine
    • BIOMG 4390 Molecular Basis of Disease
    • BIOMG 4610 Development and Evolution
    • NS 3310 Human Nutrition and Nutrient Metabolism (Not open to 1st and 2nd year students)
    • NS 3320 Methods in Nutritional Sciences
    • BIONB 4300 Experimental Molecular Neurobiology

BIOMG 3350 Principles of Biochemistry: Proteins, Metabolism and Molecular Biology

  • Depth courses:
    • BIOMG 4000 Genomics
    • BIOMG 4311 Proteins: Structure, Function and Evolution
    • BIOMG 4320 Survey of Cell Biology
    • BIOMG 4380 RNA in Biology and Medicine
    • BIOMG 4390 Molecular Basis of Disease
    • BIOMG 4610 Development and Evolution
    • PLBIO 4000 Concepts and Techniques in Computational Biology

NS 3200 Introduction to Human Biochemistry

  • Depth courses:
    • NS 3310 Human Nutrition and Nutrient Metabolism (Not open to 1st and 2nd year students)
    • NS 4300 Proteins, Transcripts, and Metabolism: Big Data in Molecular Nutrition
    • NS 4410 Nutrition and Disease

Biological Diversity

BIOEE 2740 The Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Paleontology and Evolution

  • Depth courses:
    • BIOEE 4700 Herpetology, Lectures
    • BIOEE 4760 Ichthyology: Biology of Fishes, Lectures
    • BIOEE 4795 Vertebrate Paleontology: Dinosaurs and Other Stories from Deep Time

BIOEE 3730 Biodiversity and Biology of the Marine Invertebrates

  • No Depth courses found.

BIOEE 4750 Ornithology, Lectures

  • No Depth courses found.

BIOEE 4760 Ichthyology: Biology of Fishes, Lectures

  • No Depth courses found.

BIOMI 2900 General Microbiology Lectures

  • Depth Courses:
    • BIOMI 3210 The Gut Microbiome
    • BIOMI 3940 Applied and Food Microbiology
    • BIOMI 4040 Pathogenic Bacteriology (3 credit)
    • BIOMI 4090 Principles of Virology
    • BIOMI 4300 Computational Approaches for Microbial Systems
    • BIOMI 4850 Bacterial Genetics (3 Credit)

BIOSM 3210 Anatomy and Function of Marine Vertebrates

  • No depth courses found.

BIOSM 3740 Field Ornithology

  • No depth courses found.

ENTOM 2120 Insect Biology

  • Depth courses:
    • ENTOM 3150 Spider Biology
    • ENTOM 3310 Insect Diversity and Evolution
    • ENTOM 3440 Insect Conservation Biology
    • ENTOM 4830 Insect Physiology

PLSCI 2410 Introductory Plant Diversity and Evolution

  • Depth courses:
    • PLSCI 2430 Ecology and Evolution of Plants
    • PLSCI 2480 Vascular Plant Systematics
    • PLSCI 3420 Plant Physiology, Lectures
    • PLSCI 4020 Plant Propagation
    • PLSCI 4480 Plant Evolution and the Fossil Record

PLSCI 2480 Vascular Plant Systematics

  • No depth courses found.

PLSCI 3010 Biology and Management of Plant Diseases

  • Depth course:
    • PLSCI 5020 Systems Epidemiology for Plant Pathology

PLPPM 4300 Mycology

  • No Depth courses found.

Genetics and Development

BIOMG 2800 Lectures in Genetic and Genomics

  • Depth courses:
    • BIOMG 3800 Advanced Genetics and Genomics
    • BIOMG 3850 Developmental Biology
    • BIOMG 4000 Genomics
    • BIOMG 4311 Proteins: Structure, Function and Evolution
    • BIOMG 4320 Survey of Cell Biology
    • BIOMG 4390 Molecular Basis of Disease
    • BIOMG 4610 Development and Evolution

NTRES 2830 DNA, Genes and Genetic Diversity

  • No Depth courses found.

PLSCI 2250 Plant Genetics

  • No Depth courses found.

Neurobiology

BIONB 2220 Neurobiology and Behavior II:  Introduction to Neuroscience

  • Depth courses:
    • BIONB 3215 Gender and the Brain
    • BIONB 3220 Hormones and Behavior
    • BIONB 3280 Biopsychology of Learning and Memory
    • BIONB 3300 Introduction to Computational Neuroscience
    • BIONB 3920 Drugs and the Brain
    • BIONB 3950 Molecular and Genetic Approaches to Neuroscience
    • BIONB 4320 Neural Circuits for Motor Control in Health and Disease
    • BIONB 4370 Neural Circuits of Motivated Behavior
    • BIONB 4550 Molecular and Neural Basis of Decision Making
    • BIONB 4560 Neural Control of Food Intake and Energy Metabolism
    • BIONB 4740 Neural Dynamics of Learning, Memory and Decision Making
    • BIONB 4750 Sleep – Evolution and Neural Basis
    • BIONB 4910 Principles of Neurophysiology

Nutrition

NS 1150 Nutrition, Health, and Society

  • Depth courses:
    • NS 2750 Human Biology and Evolution
    • NS 3060 Nutrition and Global Health
    • NS 3150 Obesity and the Regulation of Body Weight (also Psych 3150)
    • NS 3200 Introduction to Human Biochemistry
    • NS 3310 Nutrient Metabolism
    • NS 3320 Methods in Nutritional Sciences
    • NS 3410 Human Anatomy and Physiology
    • NS 3450 Nutritional and Physiochemical and Biological Aspects of Food
    • NS 4200 Diet and the Microbiome
    • NS 4250 Nutrition Communications and Counseling
    • NS 4300 Proteins, Transcripts, and Metabolism: Big Data in Molecular Nutrition
    • NS 4410 Nutrition and Disease
    • NS 4500 Public Health Nutrition

NS 1220 Nutrition and the Life Cycle

  • Depth courses:
    • NS 2750 Human Biology and Evolution
    • NS 3060 Nutrition and Global Health
    • NS 3150 Obesity and the Regulation of Body Weight
    • NS 3200 Introduction to Human Biochemistry
    • NS 3220 Maternal and Child Nutrition
    • NS 3310 Nutrient Metabolism
    • NS 3320 Methods in Nutritional Sciences
    • NS 3410 Human Anatomy and Physiology
    • NS 3450 Nutritional and Physiochemical and Biological Aspects of Food
    • NS 4200 Diet and the Microbiome
    • NS 4250 Nutrition Communications and Counseling
    • NS 4300 Proteins, Transcripts, and Metabolism: Big Data in Molecular Nutrition
    • NS 4410 Nutrition and Disease
    • NS 4420 Implementation of Nutrition Care
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