Biology, B.S.

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(120 units)

Lower Division Requirements in the Major - 8 units

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

Upper Division Requirements in the Major - 39 units

1. Required Biology Courses - 14 units

BIOL 300 - Cell Biology Units: 4
BIOL 302 - Genetics Units: 4
BIOL 303 - Evolutionary Biology Units: 3
BIOL 499 - Senior Capstone in Biology Units: 3

2. Electives in Biology - 25 units

Use the appropriate graduation roadmap for guidance in selecting a minimum of 25 units of biology courses from 300 and 400 levels, two of which must be lab courses.

BIOL 301 - Microbiology Units: 4
BIOL 304 - Comparative Animal Physiology Units: 3
BIOL 310 - Vertebrate Biology Units: 4
BIOL 311 - Plant Biology Units: 4
BIOL 312 - Marine Biology Units: 4
BIOL 313 - Conservation Biology (Cross-listed as ESRM 313) Units: 4
BIOL 315 - Introduction to Biophysics (Cross-listed as PHYS 315) Units: 4
BIOL 316 - Invertebrate Zoology Units: 4
BIOL 317 - Parasitology Units: 4
BIOL 318 - Medical Mycology Units: 4
BIOL 319 - Plant Systematics and Identification Units: 4
BIOL 335 - The Biosphere Units: 3 *
BIOL 345 - Science and Public Policy (Cross-listed as POLS 345) Units: 3 *
BIOL 389 - The Science of Art and the Art of Science (Cross-listed as ART 389) Units: 3
BIOL 400 - Molecular Biology Units: 4
BIOL 401 - Biotechnology and Recombinant DNA Techniques Units: 5
BIOL 406 - Evolutionary Biogeography Units: 3
BIOL 407 - Behavioral Ecology Units: 3
BIOL 416 - Radiobiology and Radionuclides (Cross-listed as PHYS 416) Units: 3
BIOL 420 - Cellular and Molecular Immunology Units: 4
BIOL 421 - Virology Units: 3
BIOL 422 - Plant Physiology Units: 4
BIOL 423 - Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Units: 3
BIOL 424 - Human Physiology Units: 3
BIOL 425 - Human Genetics Units: 3
BIOL 426 - Hematology Units: 4
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 *
BIOL 434 - Introduction to Biomedical Imaging (Cross-listed as HLTH 434, PHYS 434) Units: 4 *
BIOL 450 - Ichthyology: The Biology of Fishes Units: 4
BIOL 451 - Ornithology Units: 4
BIOL 452 - Entomology Units: 4
BIOL 453 - Methods in Population and Community Ecology Units: 4
BIOL 464 - Medical Instrumentation (Cross-listed as PHYS 464) Units: 4
BIOL 490 - Special Topics Units: 1-3
Students may count 3-4 units from the following courses towards the 25 units of electives:
CHEM 250 - Quantitative Analysis Units: 3
CHEM 251 - Quantitative Analysis Laboratory Units: 1
CHEM 301 - Environmental Chemistry - Atmosphere and Climate Units: 3
CHEM 302 - Environmental Chemistry - Soil and Water Units: 4
CHEM 318 - Biological Chemistry Units: 3
CHEM 460 - Biochemistry I Units: 4
ESRM 328 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Units: 3
GEOL 122 - Historical Geology Units: 3
GEOL 321 - Environmental Geology Units: 4
No more than 2 units taken from the following can be counted towards the 25 units of electives:
BIOL 492 - Internship Units: 2-3
BIOL 494 - Independent Research Units: 1-3
BIOL 497 - Directed Study Units: 1-3

Required Supporting and Other GE Courses - 73 units

1. Chemistry - 16 units

A year-long organic chemistry sequence with laboratory taken at a community college may be accepted for the Biology major in lieu of CHEM 311, 312, 314, 315

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 314 - Organic Chemistry II Units: 3
CHEM 315 - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory Units: 1

2. Physics - 8 units

5. American Institutions Requirement - 6 units

Note:

Courses with * are double-counted toward GE credits.