Bachelor of Science in Biology
Biology (BIOLBS01) 2007-08
This degree major is designed for students pursuing careers that involve the study of life; it is especially appropriate for those contemplating graduate work in the biological sciences. This option gives the student a broad background involving coursework in most of the major areas of biology, without requiring specialization in any one particular field. Students in this option have more elective courses in their major than in the other, more specialized, options, which enables them to partially concentrate their studies in a particular area if they so choose. This option requires approximately 79-83 units in the major, of which 37-39 are in lower division and 42 are in upper division.
Roadmap to graduation for Biology Majors
Lower Division:
BIOL 211A,B, 260; CHEM 111A,B; MATH 119A or 122, 119B or 123; PHYS 100 A,B. The following courses do not meet any specific or elective requirements for this major: BIOL 153, 200, 200L, 204, 205, 207, 208, MICR 101, and 200.
Upper Division:
Both CHEM 320A,B or all four of 322A,B, 323A,B; at least 34 units in biological science including BIOL 312, 340, 345, 345L, 350, 370; one of BIOL 313, 316, 324; one of BIOL 427, 439; and 9 additional units selected from upper division courses in the Department of Biological Sciences. At least two of the courses selected to fulfill these additional units must have numbers between 410-499. Either CHEM 441A,B or 448 will count toward these additional 9 units. Up to 6 of these additional units may be substituted from courses in other departments in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics upon approval by the undergraduate advisor. Students contemplating graduate work should consider taking 1-3 units of BIOL 496. The following courses do not meet any specific or elective requirements for this major: BIOL 301, 303, 304, 306, 309I, MICR 300I, and NSCI 492.
