<p>Apparently, the Cornell Undergrad Biology major may be taken in one of two colleges: Agriculture and Life Sciences OR Arts and Sciences. The major requirements are the same in each, but some of the courses taken are a little different based on the requirements of the specific college. Anybody know more?</p>
<p>I decided to take it at CALS (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) because the requirements are different. With CAS (College of Arts and Science) it's roughly 1/3 "liberal arts" classes. With CALS, on the other hand, they require only 3 written communication classes, just one math class, and only 4 humanities courses.</p>
<p>I'm transferring in after just one year of college, and I will already have:</p>
<p>3/4 humanities classes - Art History, Political Science, Cultural Anthropology
2/3 Writing classes - English I and English II
1/1 Math Class - Calculus I</p>
<p>They also require a Chem or Physics class, and 18 credits of science, including biology, which should be no issue for biology majors.</p>
<p>That's why I chose CALS - I'm not into liberal arts, I like focusing on science and not have so many requirements in different areas, that way I can take a few "fun" classes that I want.</p>
<p>CAS also has a foreign language requirement.</p>
<p>In general...go with CAS if you want a liberal art background. Go with CALS if you're into science and math and don't want to take many liberal arts courses.</p>
<p>I'm not positive about this but I think CALS gives you a BS and CAS gives you a BA in biology? Does anyone know about this??</p>
<p>you're right....BS from CALS....BA from CAS</p>
<p>And even if you are a CALS bio major, you can still take something like 55 (?) endowed credits. That's like 13-18 philosophy, literature, language, whatever, courses. More than enough.</p>
<p>Yeah...as a Bio and Society major a majority of my classes were from CAS and I'm nowhere near my 55 (free) credit limit.</p>