Mar 22, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

BIO 407H Honors Directed Study in Biology

3 Credit(s)


This course is for Biology majors who are also in the Commonwealth Honors Program and are working on completing their Honors thesis in the discipline of Biology under the direction of a faculty member in the Department of Biology.  It is preceded by a 1.5 credit course (Honors Seminar I, IDS600H) in which students work extensively on project development. Students wishing to register for this course must make prior arrangements with the Department Chairperson and the faculty member overseeing their thesis writing. Minimum of 9 hours per week. Open only to Senior Biology Majors unless a student is in the Nuclear Medicine Technology Concentration.  Honors students with an NMT concentration may register for this course as juniors.

Prerequisites: IDS600H.

Co-requisite: IDS601H. Open only to students in the Commonwealth Honors Program.  Open only to Biology seniors unless the student is pursuing a concentration in Nuclear Medicine Technology, in which case, the student may be a junior. Department Chairperson permission required.