Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences Course Schedule
Schedule
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Summer and Winter Course Policies
Summer and Winter Session Course Policies!
- Summer Session courses shorter than 5 weeks do not count toward the Biological Sciences major or minor.
- Winter Session courses of 2 or more credits do not count toward the Biological Sciences major or minor.
- We strongly encourage students to meet with an advisor before registering for any online, summer or winter session course!
- If you plan to take courses outside of Rutgers-NB, you must complete a SAS transfer credit preapproval form or SEBS transfer credit preapproval form to receive permission to take courses outside of Rutgers-NB!
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The SEBS Experiential Learning Requirement for Biological Sciences
This requirement is a school-specific requirement for SEBS students majoring in Biology. This is not a requirement for the Biological Sciences curriculum. This requirement does not apply to SAS students.
For more information about all of the options to fulfill the requirement, please see: https://sebs.rutgers.edu/experiential-learning/biological-sciences.php.
The Student to Professional Internship Network (SPIN) Option:
The SPIN course is one option for SEBS to fulfill the requirement A SPIN internship is a great way to experience a professional field about which you are curious. Such internships are almost always valuable to students, as you either learn that you love your field of interest or you find out that your desired field is actually not what you would like to do. In either case, the internship provides valuable information.
To learn more about how to find an internship and how to register for the internship credits, please see the SPIN website at SEBSspin.rutgers.edu Please read and follow directions carefully for signing up for SPIN and complete the steps in order.
The Learning Contract
Goals
Once you have found and registered for an internship, it is time to make your learning contract. This is where your academic advisor comes in. What we want to see is that your time in the internship is focused and well spent. To do this, you need to come up with a least three, very specific learning goals. When thinking about your goals, ask yourself "What do I want to be able to do at the end of this internship that I can't currently do?" Think about tasks or skills that you would like to gain. Though this involves learning, try to avoid making a goal that states "I want to learn more about..." as these goals tend to lead to very passive processes.
Steps to meet each goal
Next, each goal needs to have a specific plan to achieve it. If you want to be able to perform a certain task, what is the first step to gaining that task? What is the next step? If you want to learn how to perform a Polymerase Chain Reaction and interpret the results, DO NOT state that you will do a PCR to gain that skill. You MUST think about what the first, second, third, and final steps will be to go from your current state of not having this skill to the final goal of being an expert in this task.
Measure your progress toward each goal
Finally, measure your progress. How are you going to prove to yourself, your supervisor, and your academic advisor that you have these new skills? Will you perform the task for them? Will you document your skills? Will you interpret the results and show them to a variety of experts? Be specific!
Though the Learning Contract does not have to be in the form of a table, the following schematic may help you to visualize the components of a good learning contract:
| Learning Goal | Step-by-step plan | Sample assessment |
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| Learning Goal #1 | How you will acquire the skill or knowledge for goal #1 | A sample assessment of how you are going to demonstrate your new knowledge or skills |
| Learning Goal #2 | How you will acquire the skill or knowledge of goal #2 | A sample assessment of how you are going to demonstrate your new knowledge or skills |
| Learning Goal #3 | How you will acquire the skill or knowledge of goal #3 | A sample assessment of how you are going to demonstrate your new knowledge or skills |
A good time to write your learning contract is during the first week of an internship. Before that time, you may have no idea what you are going to be doing, and the contract would be too vague or unrepresentative of your actual learning tasks. If you wait until after your first week, you may get caught up in performing the assigned tasks in your internship without stepping back and asking yourself "What do I want to get out of this?" Also, you will have already learned so much, that the task of creating the contract may seem silly at this point, as you write down goals that you have already achieved.
Registration Questions
Registration Information
Important Information Regarding General Biology (119:115,116, 117) Registration for Spring 2026!
If General Biology courses close during the registration period, we ask that you please continue monitoring WebReg for openings through the drop/add period of the spring semester. We anticipate additional seats will become available during this time and are monitoring availability. Thank you!
Newly Introduced Electives for the Biological Sciences Major
01:694:395 Biochemistry for the Life Sciences - can't receive credit for this course and any of these: 694:301, 694:407, 115:301, 115:403. 694:301 will no longer be offered after Summer 2024. 694:395 is the recommended course is recommended for Pre-health students and fulfills the 694/115 subject area requirement.
01:694:390 Introductory Computational Biology (3)(S)
01:146:350 Introduction to Light Microscopy Lab (1)(S) - fulfills 1 lab requirement
01:146:481 Protein Dynamics in Cell Biology (3)(S)
01: 447:345 Quantitative Methods in Drug Discovery and Development (1)(F) LAB- fulfills 1 lab requirement
11:680:475 Microbiomes and Health (3)(S)
11:680:481 Microbial Physiology (3)(S)
11:680:490 Molecular Mechanisms of Virulence (3)(S)
01:119:205 Internship in the Life Sciences (3)(F/S) EXP/LAB**
16:137:653(F) 16:137:654(S) 16:137:655(Su) Master of Business and Science (MBS) Externship(3) EXP/LAB***
** A Maximum of 6 credits in total can be applied toward the major from all of the “Out of the Classroom Learning Approved Electives”. A maximum of 3 credits from Internship in the Life Sciences and MBS Externship courses can be applied toward the Bio Major Electives. *** A Maximum of 1 course from the “EXP/ LAB “ options courses may be applied to fulfill a Life Science LAB requirement See biology.rutgers.edu or Biology Advisor for information.
Summer and Winter Session Policy Reminder:
Summer Classes of less than 5 weeks or Winter Session courses of 2 or more credits will not count toward the Biological Sciences major or minor without prior approval. Please meet with an advisor before enrolling in any summer or winter courses to be sure it will count. All courses taken outside of Rutgers must be approved via transfer credit preapproval. Please see the transfer page for more information.