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Forms

General Forms

Major and Minor Declaration

  • Major Declaration
  • Minor Checklist

Petitions

  • General Petition Form (fillable)
  • Transfer Credit Evaluation (fillable)

Research Petitions

  • BIO 198X, BIO 199X Out-of-Department Directed Reading/Research Petition (fillable)
  • Summer Research Petition (fillable)

Please submit your completed forms here: Biology Form Submission

 

Questions? Please email Patricia at ayalamac [at] stanford.edu (ayalamac[at]stanford[dot]edu)

Major and Minor Requirement Checklists

  • General Major
  • Biochemistry/Biophysics Subplan
  • Cellular, Molecular, and Organismal Biology Subplan
  • Computational and Systems Biology Subplan
  • Ecology, Evolution, and Environment Subplan
  • Microbial Sciences Subplan
  • Neurosciences Subplan
  • Biology Minor Requirements

Reference Documents

  • B.S. Handbook
  • Faculty Advisors
  • Sponsor Handout
  • Choosing between BIO 199, BIOHOPK 199H, BIO 199X
  • Studying Away from Stanford
  • Approved Out-of-Department Electives

Honors Forms

  • Honors Proposal Form (fillable)
  • Honors Thesis Template (Word doc)
  • Thesis Submission Instructions 
  • Thesis Release Form (fillable)
  • Oral Presentation Application (webform)
  • Honors Poster Guildelines
  • Biology Honors Handbook
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Phone: 650-723-2413
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