University of Illinois Courses, Schedules & Requirements

Course No.

Cross-list

Course Title

Credit
(hours)

Offered

IB Area or Additional Courses1
IB 100   Biological Sciences. 3 fall and spring  
IB 101   Biological Sciences (with lab) 4 fall and spring  
IB 102   Plants, People, & Environment 3 fall and spring  
IB 103   Plant Biology 4 spring  
IB 104  

Animal Biology
(involves vertebrate dissection in some labs)

 4 fall  
IB 105   Environmental Biology 3 spring  
IB 107   Global Warming, Biofuels, Food 3 fall  
IB 109   Insects and People (lecture only - 3, with lab - 4) 3 or 4 spring  
IB 150   Organismal & Evolutionary Biol

 Integrative Biology Merit Program for Emerging Scholars		 4 fall and spring  
IB 151   Organismal & Evol Biol Lab 1 fall and spring  
IB 199   Undergraduate Open Seminar 0 to 5 variable  
IB 202  

Structure and Function
(involves vertebrate dissection in some labs)

Integrative Biology Merit Program for Emerging Scholars

 4 spring  
IB 203  

Ecology

Integrative Biology Merit Program for Emerging Scholars

 4 fall Meets Advanced Composition Requirement
IB 204  

Genetics (lecture only - 3, with lab - 4)

Integrative Biology Merit Program for Emerging Scholars

 3 or 4 fall  
IB 220 CPSC 270
NRES 270		 Applied Entomology 3 fall  
IB 270   Evolution of Molecules and Cells
(IB Honors students only)		 5 fall  
IB 271   Organismal Biology
(involves vertebrate dissection in some labs; IB Honors students only)		 5 spring Meets Advanced Composition Requirement

IB 302

  

Evolution

 4 spring  
IB 331 ANSC 331 Biology of Reproduction 4 spring AA*
IB 334   Organismal Biology of Plants 3 spring (not offered spring 2008 or 2009) A3
IB 335   Systematics of Plants 4 spring A1*
IB 348 NRES 348 Fish and Wildlife Ecology 3 fall AA
IB 363 ANTH 378 Plants and Their Uses 3 spring

AA
IB 368   Vertebrate Natural History 4 fall

A1*
IB 372   Ecology and Evolution
(IB Honors students only)		 5 fall  
IB 390   Introductory Research 1 to 5 fall and spring  
IB 401  

Introduction to Entomology

(Insect collection for 4 hr)

 3 or 4 fall A1*
IB 402   Molecular Evolution 3 fall A3
IB 403 ANT 446 Behavioral Inference  & Fossils 3 not to be offered in the near future  
IB 404   Comparative Eukaryotic Genomics 2 spring, odd years A3
IB 405   Ecological Genetics 3 fall, even years (not Fall 2008) A2

IB 406

   Evolution of Adaptive Systems 3 fall A1
IB 416 ANSC 446 Population Genetics 3 or 4 fall  
IB 417 ANSC 447 Quantitative Genetics 3 or 4 not to be offered in the near future  
IB 420 CPSC 484 Plant Physiology 3 spring A3
IB 421 BIOP 432 Photosynthesis 3 fall (will be offered Fall 2009) AA
IB 423   Plant Anatomy 4 spring (not offered Spring 2008) A3*
IB 424   Plant Development 4 fall, odd years A3
IB 425   Plant Secondary Metabolism 3 fall, even years AA
IB 426   Env and Evol Physl of Animals 3 fall (not offered fall 2008) A3
IB 427   Insect Physiology 4 spring, even years A3*
IB 428 ANTH 443 Primate Form and Behavior 3(U) - 4(G) spring  
IB 429 ANSC 466
ANTH 442		 Animal Behavior 3 fall A2

IB 430

 PSYC 444
NEUR 444		 Hormones and Behavior 3 not to be offered in the near future  

IB 431

   Behavioral Ecology 3 fall, odd years A2

IB 432

 ANTH 432
NEUR 432
PSYC 432		 Genes and Behavior 3 spring A2
IB 433   Comparative Vertebrate Morphology
(involves vertebrate dissection in some labs)		 5 spring 2009 A1*
IB 437 ANTH 437 Primate Behavioral Endocrinology 3 (U) - 4 (G) not to be offered in the near future
IB 440 CPSC 431
NRES 431		 Plants and Global Change 3 spring (not offered spring 2008, will offer spring 2009) A2
IB 441   Plant Ecology 4(G) or 5(U) fall (not offered fall 2008) A2*
IB 442 NRES 442 Functional Ecology of Trees 3 alternate years (not offered)  
IB 443   Evolutionary Ecology 3 fall, odd years A2
IB 444   Insect Ecology (lecture only - 3, with lab - 4) 3 or 4 fall, even years A2*
IB 445   Chemical Ecology 3 fall, even years A2
IB 446   Tropical Ecology 3 spring, odd years (not offered spring 2009) A2
IB 447   Field Ecology 1 spring  
IB 449   Limnology
(approved for Advanced Composition)		 4(G) - 5(U) fall, odd years A2*
IB 450 CEE 432 Stream Ecology 3 spring, odd years (will offer spring 2009)  
IB 451 CPSC 436
ENVS 420		 Conservation Biology 4 spring, odd years A2*
IB 452 NRES 462 Ecosystem Ecology 3 fall, odd years A2
IB 453 NRES 452 Community Ecology 3 fall, even years A2
IB 454 LAST 401
ANTH 401
HIST 409		 Latin American Ethnobotany 3(U) or 4(G)    
IB 461 NRES 461 Ornithology

4

 spring A1*
IB 462   Mammalogy
(involves vertebrate dissection in some labs)		 5 fall, odd years A1*
IB 463   Ichthyology 4 fall, even years A1*
IB 464   Herpetology 4 spring, even years   A1*
IB 466   Invertebrate Zoology 4 spring, odd years A1*
IB 467   Principles of Systematics 4 fall, odd years AA*
IB 468   Insect Classification and Evol 4 fall, odd years AA*
IB 469   Evolutionary Survey of Plants 4 fall A1*
IB 470   Field Botany 5 summer, even years A1*
IB 471   General Mycology 4 fall, even years A1*
IB 472 CPSC 462 Plant Molecular Biology 1 fall (1st half), even years A3
IB 473 CPSC 467 Plant Genomics 1 fall (2nd half), even years A3
IB 474 CPSC 468 Plant Proteomics 1 fall (1st half), even years A3
IB 475 CPSC 469 Plant Metabolomics 1 fall (2nd half), even years A3
IB 477 CPSC 466 Concepts and Tools of Genomics 3 not to be offered in the near future
IB 480 PATH 523 Ecological Parasitology 3 alternate years (not offered) AA
IB 481   Biology of Disease Vectors 4 spring, even years A2*
IB 482 CPSC 479 Insect Pest Management 4 fall, odd years A2*
IB 483 CPSC 475
NRES 443		 Insect Pathology 4 every 3rd year (Spring 2009) A2*
IB 484 CPSC 477 Biological Control 3 spring, odd years A2*
IB 485 CHLH 461
ENVS 431		 Environmental Toxicology 3 spring A2
IB 486 VB 534 Pesticide Toxicology 3(U) or 4(G) spring, odd years A2
IB 487 ANSC 448
STAT 458		 Math Modeling in Life Sciences 3 or 4 spring  
IB 490   Independent Study 1 to 5 fall, spring, and summer  
IB 491 ANSC 449
CPSC 448
GEOG 468		 Biological Modeling 3(U) or 4(G) fall  
IB 492 CPSC 449
GEOG 469
NRES 469		 Spatial Ecosystem Modeling 3(U) or 4(G) spring  
IB 493 NRES 493 Statistical Ecology 4 fall, odd years  
IB 494 HIST 465 History of Biology 2 to 4 not to be offered in the near future  
IB 495 PHIL 473 Philosophy of Biology 3 or 4 not to be offered in the near future  
IB 496   Special Courses 1 to 5(U) or
1 to 4(G) 		   
IB 504   Genomic Analysis of Insects 3 spring, odd years  
IB 505 CPSC 567 Bioinformatics and Systems Biology 2 fall (2nd half)
IB 506 ANSC 542 CPSC 569 Applied Bioinformatics 4  
IB 507 ANSC 545 Statistical Genomics   spring
IB 508 PATH 528 Multivariate Biostatistics 4 fall  
IB 510   Discussions in Plant Biology 0 or 1 fall and spring  
IB 513   Disc in Plant Physiology 1 fall and spring  
IB 514   Disc in Systematic Biology 1 fall and spring  
IB 516 NRES 516 Ecosystem Biogeochemistry 4 spring, odd years  
IB 518   Disc in Plant Ecol 1 fall and spring  
IB 519   Disc in Photosynthesis 0 or 1 fall and spring  
IB 524 CPSC 588
HORT 588		 Plant Biochemistry 4 fall, odd years  
IB 526   Seminar in Entomology 0 or 1 fall and spring  
IB 542 CPSC 538 Environmental Plant Physiology 4    
IB 543 ANTH 543 Seminar in Primate Ecology 2 or 4 fall, even years  
IB 545   Fish and Wildlife Ecol Seminar 2    
IB 546   Topics in Ecology & Evolution 1 fall and spring  
IB 552   Concepts in Ecology 2 fall and spring  
IB 590   Individual Topics 2 to 12 fall, spring, summer  
IB 591 PATH 591 Design/Analysis Biomed Exper 4 spring  
IB 592 CHLH 590
PATH 524		 Biostatistics 4 fall  
BIOL 599   Thesis Research 0 to 16 fall, spring, summer  
ENT 599   Thesis Research 0 to 16 fall, spring, summer  
PBIO 599   Thesis Research 0 to 16 fall, spring, summer  

1IB Area or Additional Courses as it relates to the undergraduate degree in Integrative Biology. A1 = Area I course (Organismal & Evolutionary Biology), A2 = Area II course (Behavior, Ecology & the Environment), A3 = Area III course (Integrative Anatomy, Physiology, & Molecular Biology), and AA = additional approved IB course.
* indicates a laboratory or field component.
# (G) = graduate credit, (U) = undergraduate credit