Dec 10, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Biology, BS, Natural History Concentration (RGC)

Location(s): RGC-Eagle Pass, RGC-Del Rio, RGC-Uvalde


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The Biology program in Alpine focuses on an organismal approach to the life sciences, emphasizing integrated ecological and co-evolutionary studies of plants and animals through field work in the Chihuahuan Desert region. It offers broad training in aspects of biology and prepares students for advanced specialty disciplines.

This concentration focuses on biological natural history with a field emphasis and encourages students to learn from the Chihuahuan Desert and natural lab that surrounds the campus at Alpine.

Program Requirements


Core Curriculum: 42

University Requirement: 1

BS Requirements: 9

Required Core Courses: 33 Credits


Choose 8 hours from:


2000-level biology courses

Concentration: 32 Credit Hours


Choose from the following:


4-6 hours from Botany electives: BIO 3405 - AgrostologyBIO 3602 - Plant TaxonomyBIOL 4405 - Plant Physiology or BIOL 4408 - Morphology of Vascular Plants

4 hours from Vertebrate Zoology electives: BIO 3407 - Vertebrate Natural HistoryBIOL 4402 - Ichthyology,  BIO 4403 - Herpetology or BIO 4404 - Ornithology

4-6 hours from Invertebrate Zoology electives:  BIO 3310 - Applied EntomologyBIO 3408 - Invertebrate ZoologyBIOL 4414 - Forensic Entomology or BIOL 4602 - Arachnida of the Trans Pecos

3-6 hours from advanced Biology electives: any 3000 or 4000 level Biology courses

General Electives: 3 Credits


Total Hours: 120


Core Curriculum: 42

University Requirement: 1

BS Requirements: 9

Major Required Courses: 33

Natural History Concentration: 32

Electives: 3

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