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 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: 3
• BIOL 428 - Biology of Cancer Units: 3
• BIOL 431 - Bioinformatics Units: 4
• 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 - Wildlife Conservation 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  
  • Lower Division General Education Area 1-6 Requirements   
  • Upper Division General Education (UDGE) Requirements  (minimum of 3 units in each Area: UDGE-2  or UDGE-5 , UDGE-3 , and UDGE-4 ) 
• 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  

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