Biology: Medical Imaging Emphasis, B.S.

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(120 units)

Common Lower Division Requirements for All Emphases of the Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology - 8 units

BIOL 200 - Principles of Organismal and Population Biology Units: 4 *
BIOL 201 - Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology Units: 4 *

Additional Lower Division Requirements in the Major - 8 units

BIOL 210 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Units: 4
BIOL 211 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Units: 4

Upper Division Requirements in the Major - 38 units

1. Required Biology and Physics Courses - 30 units

BIOL 300 - Cell Biology Units: 4
BIOL 301 - Microbiology Units: 4
BIOL 302 - Genetics Units: 4
BIOL 400 - Molecular Biology Units: 4
BIOL 416 - Radiobiology and Radionuclides (Cross-listed as PHYS 416) Units: 3
BIOL 434 - Introduction to Biomedical Imaging (Cross-listed as HLTH 434, PHYS 434) Units: 4 *
BIOL 464 - Medical Instrumentation (Cross-listed as PHYS 464) Units: 4
BIOL 499 - Senior Capstone in Biology Units: 3

2. Electives in Biology and Physics - 8 units

Select from the following list of courses:

BIOL 315 - Introduction to Biophysics (Cross-listed as PHYS 315) Units: 4
BIOL 401 - Biotechnology and Recombinant DNA Techniques Units: 5
BIOL 420 - Cellular and Molecular Immunology Units: 4
BIOL 421 - Virology Units: 3
BIOL 423 - Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Units: 3
BIOL 424 - Human Physiology Units: 3
BIOL 425 - Human Genetics Units: 3
BIOL 427 - Developmental Biology Units: 4
BIOL 428 - Biology of Cancer Units: 3
BIOL 431 - Bioinformatics Units: 4 *
BIOL 432 - Principles of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Units: 3 *
BIOL 433 - Ecology and the Environment Units: 4 *
PHYS 445 - Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition (Cross-listed as COMP 445, MATH 445) Units: 3 *

No more than 2 units taken from the following can be counted towards the 8 units of electives:

PHYS 492 - Internship Units: 3 (Recommended for students pursuing a career in medical imaging).
BIOL 494 - Independent Research Units: 1-3
or
PHYS 494 - Independent Research Units: 1-3
BIOL 497 - Directed Study Units: 1-3
or
PHYS 497 - Directed Studies Units: 1-3

Required Supporting and Other GE Courses - 66 units

1. Chemistry - 15 units

An Organic Chemistry I-equivalent course with laboratory taken at a community college may be accepted for the Biology major in lieu of CHEM 311 and CHEM 312 .

CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I Units: 4 *
CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II Units: 4 *
CHEM 311 - Organic Chemistry I Units: 3
CHEM 312 - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory Units: 1
CHEM 318 - Biological Chemistry Units: 3

2. Mathematics - 4 units

MATH 150 - Calculus I Units: 4 *

3. Physics - 8 units

Select one of the following combinations:

PHYS 100 - Introduction to Physics I Units: 4 *
PHYS 101 - Introduction to Physics II Units: 4 *
or
PHYS 200 - General Physics I Units: 4 *
PHYS 201 - General Physics II Units: 4 *

4. Other Required GE Courses in Categories A-D - 33 units

Category A 9
(For A3, recommend MATH 230 - Logic and Mathematical Reasoning )
Category C 12
Category D 12
Category E covered by a required GE course for the degree program

5. American Institutions Requirement - 6 units

Note:

Courses with * are double-counted toward GE credits.