Program: BIOG - Bachelor of Science
In addition to providing the required knowledge base, Paul Smith's B.S. program in Biology teaches students how to formulate questions, how to observe and record natural phenomena, how to analyze and evaluate data, and how to draw conclusions from scientific results. In the spirit of our hands-on, experiential approach to learning, Paul Smith's students have full access to a unique “living laboratory” which includes 14,200 acres of college-owned forests, wetlands, lakes, and streams. They are encouraged to study natural habitats and environmental issues first-hand, often within walking distance of their residence halls.
At the end of the program students will be able to:
Degree Requirements:
Minimum 120 credits for B.S. degree with 45 credits in 300/400 level courses and 60 credits in the Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Courses | |
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COM 102 Intro to Communication & Leadership | 3 |
COM 216 Mass Communication | 3 |
EST 200 Intro Nature and Culture | 3 |
GEO 101 General Geography | 3 |
HST 201 History Of The US Through 1887 | 3 |
HST 202 History Of The US 1877 To Present | 3 |
HST 215 The Adirondacks | 3 |
HUM 120 Western Culture | 3 |
NRS 110 Introduction to Environment & Society | 3 |
PSY 101 Psychology | 3 |
PSY 110 Organizational Behavior | 3 |
REC 105 Recreation & Leisure in the US | 3 |
SOC 101 Sociology I | 3 |
SOC 110 Non-Western Cultures | 3 |
Courses | |
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COM 101 Speech | 3 |
COM 201 Interpersonal Communications | 3 |
COM 216 Mass Communication | 3 |
ENG 103 Hearts and Minds: Making Good Arguments | 3 |
ENG 115 Wilderness In American Literature | 3 |
ENG 210 Amer Lit Exploration through Civil War | 3 |
ENG 211 Amer Lit Reconstruction to Vietnam War | 3 |
ENG 220 Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
ENG 350 World Literature | 3 |
EST 200 Intro Nature and Culture | 3 |
EST 220 Introduction to Permaculture | 4 |
FWS 210 Conservation Law Enforcement | 3 |
HOS 270 Hospitality Applications | 6 |
HST 215 The Adirondacks | 3 |
HUM 105 Art Of Film | 3 |
HUM 120 Western Culture | 3 |
HUM 135 Photography | 3 |
HUM 200 Studio Art | 3 |
HUM 270 Ethics | 3 |
LAN 101 Elementary Spanish I | 3 |
LAN 102 Elementary Spanish II | 3 |
LAN 103 Elementary French I | 3 |
LAN 104 Elementary French II | 3 |
LAN 105 Elementary Italian I | 3 |
LAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I | 3 |
LAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II | 3 |
LAN 203 Intermediate French I | 3 |
LAN 204 Intermediate French II | 3 |
MKT 200 Principles of Marketing | 3 |
PSY 102 Psychology Of Personality | 3 |
PSY 210 Human Development | 3 |
REC 133 Environmental Education | 3 |
REC 220 Outdoor Recreation Leadership | 3 |
SOC 115 Adirondack Studies | 3 |
Courses | |
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COM 210 Technical Communications | 3 |
COM 216 Mass Communication | 3 |
ENG 102 Effective College Writing II | 3 |
ENG 103 Hearts and Minds: Making Good Arguments | 3 |
ENG 105 Food Writing | 3 |
ENG 115 Wilderness In American Literature | 3 |
ENG 200 Advanced Composition | 3 |
ENG 210 Amer Lit Exploration through Civil War | 3 |
ENG 211 Amer Lit Reconstruction to Vietnam War | 3 |
ENG 220 Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
EST 220 Introduction to Permaculture | 4 |
HST 201 History Of The US Through 1887 | 3 |
HST 202 History Of The US 1877 To Present | 3 |
REC 133 Environmental Education | 3 |
SOC 210 The Sixties! | 3 |
Courses | |
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BAK 270 International Baking & Pastry | 4 |
COM 201 Interpersonal Communications | 3 |
COM 216 Mass Communication | 3 |
CUL 150 International Cuisine | 4 |
ECN 101 Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECN 102 Microeconomics | 3 |
ECN 200 Principles of Economics | 3 |
ENG 103 Hearts and Minds: Making Good Arguments | 3 |
ENG 105 Food Writing | 3 |
ENG 115 Wilderness In American Literature | 3 |
ENG 210 Amer Lit Exploration through Civil War | 3 |
ENG 211 Amer Lit Reconstruction to Vietnam War | 3 |
ENG 350 World Literature | 3 |
EST 220 Introduction to Permaculture | 4 |
FOR 280 Woodlot Management | 3 |
FOR 285 Urban Forestry Issues | 2 |
FWS 210 Conservation Law Enforcement | 3 |
HOS 270 Hospitality Applications | 6 |
HST 215 The Adirondacks | 3 |
HUM 120 Western Culture | 3 |
LAN 101 Elementary Spanish I | 3 |
LAN 102 Elementary Spanish II | 3 |
LAN 103 Elementary French I | 3 |
LAN 104 Elementary French II | 3 |
LAN 105 Elementary Italian I | 3 |
LAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I | 3 |
LAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II | 3 |
LAN 203 Intermediate French I | 3 |
LAN 204 Intermediate French II | 3 |
MGT 200 Principles of Management | 3 |
MGT 201 Business Law | 3 |
MGT 250 Sustainable Practices Entrepreneurship | 3 |
MKT 200 Principles of Marketing | 3 |
POL 200 Origins of American Gov and Politics | 3 |
POL 202 Politics Of The Environment | 3 |
PSY 102 Psychology Of Personality | 3 |
PSY 110 Organizational Behavior | 3 |
REC 105 Recreation & Leisure in the US | 3 |
SOC 101 Sociology I | 3 |
SOC 110 Non-Western Cultures | 3 |
SOC 115 Adirondack Studies | 3 |
SOC 210 The Sixties! | 3 |
SOC 220 Social Research | 3 |
SRV 101 Surveying II: Surveying Automation | 3 |
SRV 270 Law and Land Surveying | 3 |
SUS 120 Sustainable Community Agriculture | 3 |
Courses | |
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BIO 345 Animal Physiology | 3 |
BIO 355 Plant Physiology | 3 |
CHM 330 Biochemistry | 3 |
Courses | |
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BIO 310 BiologicalEffect of Environmental Toxins | 3 |
BIO 355 Plant Physiology | 3 |
BIO 364 Ornithology | 4 |
BIO 375 Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
BIO 376 Environmental Microbiology | 4 |
BIO 381 Parasites,Vectors and Diseases | 3 |
BIO 410 Animal Behavior | 3 |
BIO 476 Winter Ecology | 4 |
COM 310 Facilitation & Reporting | 3 |
COM 320 Creating and Communicating Value | 3 |
COM 340 Reporting & Writing Environmental News | 3 |
ENG 340 Contemporary Environmental Writers | 3 |
ENG 400 Writing On Nature And The Environment | 3 |
ENV 400 Ecological Restoration | 3 |
ENV 420 Environmental Impact Assessment | 3 |
ENV 455 Sustainable Development | 3 |
EST 320 Global Environmental Studies Seminar | 3 |
FOR 330 Soils and Hydrology | 4 |
FOR 340 Forest Management | 4 |
FWS 320 Techniques In Wildlife Management | 4 |
FWS 331 Fisheries Techniques | 3 |
FWS 395 Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences Externship | 3 |
FWS 480 Fisheries Biology And Management | 3 |
HUM 310 Adirondack Fiction | 3 |
HUM 320 Latin American & Caribbean Studies | 3 |
MAT 335 Financial Decision Making | 3 |
MGT 303 Semester In Residency - Management | 6 |
MGT 306 Business Ethics & Decision Making | 3 |
MGT 360 Applications in Entrepreneurship | 3 |
NRS 300 Ecological Restoration | 3 |
NRS 331 Land Use Planning | 3 |
PRK 360 Diversity & Inclusion By Design | 3 |
PRK 475 Park & Recreation Design | 3 |
PSY 300 Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
PSY 310 Cognitive Psychology | 3 |
PSY 330 Clinical Practice | 3 |
REC 395 Rec Adv Travel Externship | 6 |
RES 431 Cultural Enology | 3 |
SOC 303 Semester in Residence - LAS | 6 |
SOC 325 Women and Leadership | 3 |
SOC 340 Quebec and Canadian Studies | 3 |
Courses | |
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BIO 375 Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
BIO 376 Environmental Microbiology | 4 |
BIO 380 Internationl Winter Ecology | 3 |
BIO 382 Internationl Marine & Freshwater Ecology | 4 |
BIO 472 Paleoecology | 3 |
BIO 476 Winter Ecology | 4 |
ENV 361 Limnology | 4 |
ENV 362 The Science of Climate Change | 3 |
ENV 471 Stream Ecology And Management | 3 |
ENV 473 Wetlands Ecosystems And Management | 3 |
FOR 310 Forest Ecology | 3 |
FOR 360 Fire Ecology and Management | 3 |
NRS 432 Landscape Ecology | 3 |
OR
Courses | |
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BIO 345 Animal Physiology | 3 |
BIO 355 Plant Physiology | 3 |
CHM 330 Biochemistry | 3 |
OR
Courses | |
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BIO 206 Invertebrate Zoology | 3 |
BIO 361 Entomology | 4 |
BIO 362 Ichthyology | 3 |
BIO 363 Mammalogy | 4 |
BIO 364 Ornithology | 4 |
BIO 366 Herpetology | 4 |
BIO 381 Parasites,Vectors and Diseases | 3 |
BIO 410 Animal Behavior | 3 |
BIO 457 Aquatic Invertebrate | 3 |
FOR 110 Dendrology | 3 |
FOR 380 Understory And Ground Cover Flora | 3 |
FWS 220 Adirondack Raptors | 3 |
FWS 270 Natural History of North American Verteb | 3 |
Courses | |
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BIO 375 Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
BIO 376 Environmental Microbiology | 4 |
BIO 380 Internationl Winter Ecology | 3 |
BIO 382 Internationl Marine & Freshwater Ecology | 4 |
BIO 472 Paleoecology | 3 |
BIO 476 Winter Ecology | 4 |
ENV 361 Limnology | 4 |
ENV 362 The Science of Climate Change | 3 |
ENV 471 Stream Ecology And Management | 3 |
ENV 473 Wetlands Ecosystems And Management | 3 |
FOR 310 Forest Ecology | 3 |
FOR 360 Fire Ecology and Management | 3 |
NRS 432 Landscape Ecology | 3 |
Courses | |
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BIO 206 Invertebrate Zoology | 3 |
BIO 361 Entomology | 4 |
BIO 362 Ichthyology | 3 |
BIO 363 Mammalogy | 4 |
BIO 364 Ornithology | 4 |
BIO 366 Herpetology | 4 |
BIO 381 Parasites,Vectors and Diseases | 3 |
BIO 410 Animal Behavior | 3 |
BIO 457 Aquatic Invertebrate | 3 |
FOR 110 Dendrology | 3 |
FOR 380 Understory And Ground Cover Flora | 3 |
FWS 220 Adirondack Raptors | 3 |
FWS 270 Natural History of North American Verteb | 3 |
Courses | |
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BIO 375 Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
BIO 376 Environmental Microbiology | 4 |
BIO 380 Internationl Winter Ecology | 3 |
BIO 382 Internationl Marine & Freshwater Ecology | 4 |
BIO 472 Paleoecology | 3 |
BIO 476 Winter Ecology | 4 |
ENV 361 Limnology | 4 |
ENV 362 The Science of Climate Change | 3 |
ENV 471 Stream Ecology And Management | 3 |
ENV 473 Wetlands Ecosystems And Management | 3 |
FOR 310 Forest Ecology | 3 |
FOR 360 Fire Ecology and Management | 3 |
NRS 432 Landscape Ecology | 3 |
OR
Courses | |
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BIO 345 Animal Physiology | 3 |
BIO 355 Plant Physiology | 3 |
CHM 330 Biochemistry | 3 |
OR
Courses | |
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BIO 206 Invertebrate Zoology | 3 |
BIO 361 Entomology | 4 |
BIO 362 Ichthyology | 3 |
BIO 363 Mammalogy | 4 |
BIO 364 Ornithology | 4 |
BIO 366 Herpetology | 4 |
BIO 381 Parasites,Vectors and Diseases | 3 |
BIO 410 Animal Behavior | 3 |
BIO 457 Aquatic Invertebrate | 3 |
FOR 110 Dendrology | 3 |
FOR 380 Understory And Ground Cover Flora | 3 |
FWS 220 Adirondack Raptors | 3 |
FWS 270 Natural History of North American Verteb | 3 |
Courses | |
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BIO 375 Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
BIO 376 Environmental Microbiology | 4 |
BIO 380 Internationl Winter Ecology | 3 |
BIO 382 Internationl Marine & Freshwater Ecology | 4 |
BIO 472 Paleoecology | 3 |
BIO 476 Winter Ecology | 4 |
ENV 361 Limnology | 4 |
ENV 362 The Science of Climate Change | 3 |
ENV 471 Stream Ecology And Management | 3 |
ENV 473 Wetlands Ecosystems And Management | 3 |
FOR 310 Forest Ecology | 3 |
FOR 360 Fire Ecology and Management | 3 |
NRS 432 Landscape Ecology | 3 |
OR
Courses | |
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BIO 345 Animal Physiology | 3 |
BIO 355 Plant Physiology | 3 |
CHM 330 Biochemistry | 3 |
OR
Courses | |
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BIO 206 Invertebrate Zoology | 3 |
BIO 361 Entomology | 4 |
BIO 362 Ichthyology | 3 |
BIO 363 Mammalogy | 4 |
BIO 364 Ornithology | 4 |
BIO 366 Herpetology | 4 |
BIO 381 Parasites,Vectors and Diseases | 3 |
BIO 410 Animal Behavior | 3 |
BIO 457 Aquatic Invertebrate | 3 |
FOR 110 Dendrology | 3 |
FOR 380 Understory And Ground Cover Flora | 3 |
FWS 220 Adirondack Raptors | 3 |
FWS 270 Natural History of North American Verteb | 3 |
Dr. Jorie Favreau
Pickett Hall 107