Apr 20, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Biology, BS, Natural History Concentration (Alpine)

Location(s): Alpine


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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.

BS Biology Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)

  • The student will be able to demonstrate an understanding of basic biological concepts, including, but not limited to, evolution via natural selection, cell theory, and the role and function of DNA.
  • The student will be able to demonstrate utilization of various field techniques towards addressing scientific questions in the specific discipline. These field techniques can include, but are not limited to, plant collection and processing, various animal collection techniques, ecological surveying and sampling, and biodiversity indexing.
  • The student will be able to use biological instrumentation to solve biological problems using standard observational strategies.
  • The student will develop writing skills by summarizing and critiquing recent relevant biological literature.

Program Requirements


Core Curriculum: 42

Required Core Courses Major Core: 40

Restrictive Electives in: concentration: 20

Restrictive Electives in: minor: 18

Required Core Courses: 40 Credits


Notes:


**–Select one PHYS 1301  or PHYS 1401

*–Select 8 credit hours from those listed

Notes:


*–choose 16 credit hours

Minor: 18 Credit Hours


Notes:


*–Choose 18 credit hours (9 credits at the advanced level)

Total Hours: 120


Core Curriculum: 42

Required Core Courses Major Core: 40

Restrictive Electives in: concentration: 20

Restrictive Electives in: minor: 18

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