This is a sample academic plan for students entering on the 2025-2026 catalog. Students should meet with an academic advisor prior to registration to formulate their own plan. Please tap the button following each course to view course description and prerequisites or see the UH Hilo Catalog for more course information.
Students are required to take three (3) Writing Intensive courses to satisfy GE requirements. Please see the WI website for the list of certified courses.
Students should choose one Physics course with the corresponding lab:
PHYS 151-151L or PHYS 170-170L
Students should choose either: 1) BIOL 470 and BIOL 471 , or 2) BIOL 495 .
BIOL 101 and BIOL 101L are non-major courses and do not count toward the major or minor in Biology.
Students should begin Chemistry courses their freshmen year if they plan to complete their academic program in four years. Chemistry courses are often prerequisites for required biology classes.
Students must earn a minimum grade of “C-” in all required and prerequisite courses.
Students must earn at least a 2.0 GPA in courses required for the major.
BIOL 171-172 are offered every semester and can be taken in either order.
The upper division credits needed for graduation for all degrees in Biology are met in the process of completing these degrees.
Many upper-level Biology courses are writing intensive and therefore offer the opportunity to complete that university requirement. In those courses students write a series of laboratory reports demonstrating their ability to perform experiments and to organize, analyze, and interpret the quantitative results of experimental work.
