BA Degree
Additional requirements for the undergraduate Bachelor of Arts in biology include:
- Twenty-four credit hours of 100-level courses.
- It is strongly recommended that BA majors include:
- one year of physics (PHYS 1-2, 5/1005-6)
- one course in mathematics or statistics
*Note: The courses formally known as BISC 3 and 4 are now BISC 6/1006 and 5/1005 respectively.
Mapping Evolutionary Relationships
Three Biology professors are actively involved in Tree of Life research: Jim Clark (above), who studies dinosaurs; Guillermo Orti, who works with fish; and Gustavo Hormiga, who studies spiders. All three hold endowed professorships funded through the philanthropy of the late Robert L. Weintraub, PhD ’38, a GW faculty member and alumnus whose foresight and generosity has significantly advanced the study of evolutionary biology.