Biology, B.A. - 120 units

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Summary of Units:

Biology Core Courses	23
Electives in Biology	20
Required Courses from Other Disciplines	11-12
Additional General Education and Graduation Requirements	65-66
Total Units	120

Note: BIOL 150 /CHEM 150 or MATH 230 /PHIL 230 is recommended to meet GE Area A3.

Biology Core Courses - 23 units

Note: BIOL 200 and BIOL 201 should be completed as early as possible.

BIOL 200 - Principles of Organismal and Population Biology Units: 4
BIOL 201 - Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology Units: 4
BIOL 300 - Cell Biology Units: 4
BIOL 302 - Genetics Units: 4
BIOL 303 - Evolutionary Biology Units: 3
BIOL 433 - Ecology and the Environment Units: 4

Electives in Biology - 20 units

A minimum of 20 units of biology electives must be completed from the following list of courses. At least two electives 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 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 320 - Deep-Sea Biology And Ecology Units: 3
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: 4
BIOL 406 - Evolutionary Biogeography Units: 3
BIOL 407 - Behavioral Ecology 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 435 - Ethnobotany Units: 3
BIOL 436 - Computational Biology (Cross-listed as COMP 436) 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 454 - Conservation Genetics Units: 4
BIOL 470 - Plant Pathology Units: 4
BIOL 471 - Soil Science Units: 4
BIOL 473 - Sustainable Agriculture Units: 4
BIOL 475 - Apiculture and Bee Biology Units: 3
BIOL 476 - Apiculture And Bee Biology Lab Units: 1
BIOL 477 - Sustainable Insect Husbandry Units: 4
BIOL 490 - Special Topics Units: 1-3
BIOL 491 - Special Laboratory Topics Units: 1-3
BIOL 499 - Senior Capstone In Biology Units: 3
A maximum of 4 units from the following may be counted towards the 20 units of electives:
BIOL 492 - Internship Units: 2
BIOL 494 - Independent Research Units: 1 - 3
BIOL 495 - Agriculture Internship Units: 2 - 3
BIOL 496 - Biology Seminar Units: 1
BIOL 497 - Directed Study Units: 1 - 3

Required Courses from Other Disciplines - 11-12 units

Note: CHEM 121 and CHEM 122 should be completed as early as possible.

CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I Units: 4
CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II Units: 4
Complete one from the following:
BIOL 203 - Statistics for Biologists Units: 3
MATH 105 - Pre-Calculus Units: 4
MATH 150 - Calculus I Units: 4

General Education and Graduation Requirements - B.A.

To graduate, students must complete 120 units minimum (21 units must be upper division), including the following General Education Requirements (GE) and Graduation Requirements not met within the major:

American Institutions Requirements
GE Requirements
- General Education Area A-F Requirements
- Upper Division General Education (UDGE) Requirements (minimum of 3 units in each Area: UDGE-B , UDGE-C , and UDGE-D )
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) (C- or better grade)
Language Requirement (C- or better grade)
Multicultural Perspectives (MP) Requirement
Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation