Seahawk1 said:

I recently (3 years ago) got a BS in Biology from a major research University in the US. The Biology dept. offered several different degrees, General Bio, Molecular/Cellular Bio, Conservation/Management(ecology basically) and Physiology. Each major had different upper level requirements which overlapped, sort of. I got the General degree as it allowed me to take a broader range of electives that counted towards my degree (for example, 2 courses in Mycology).

All of the degrees I mentioned have the same lower level requirements however. My school is on the quarter system so:
3 quarters of general Bio(at my school it went bio180/200/220+labs) They also offered 101; but that was for English majors and stuff. 3 quarters of general chem(140/141/142+labs). At least 2 quarters of Organic Chem(220/221); but most people did the majors sequence with labs as it was a qual. for any professional school and grad schools so (ochem237/238/239+labs). 3 quarters of Physics(120/121/122+labs), these were the algebra based Physics, you could take the Calc based Physics if you wanted. Math through the 2nd quarter of Calculus.
These were REQUIRED for any Biology degree.

On top of that you also need something like 75credits of gen ed classes, those are easy though. Get those done at a CC. We also had to do one year of foreign language even though I did 3 years in High School. Technically you can test out; but it had been awhile so I just took Norwegian(probably not an option at most Universities).

HTH

oh, if you like nature and shit I'd do Ecology with emphasis on animal physiology for electives.

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