This degree program requires 82-84 units in the major, of which 39-41 are in lower division and 43 are in upper division, and 34 units of general education beyond the units in the major. The nine required units of category B, Natural Science and Mathematics, as well as the six floating units in general education, are included within the major units. That leaves no more than four units of open electives needed to reach the minimum of 120 units required for this degree. This road map assumes the student enters CSULB without needing remedial courses and ready to start the calculus sequence. Students not at that level will need additional time to finish the program.
| Course | Units |
Course | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Composition or Oral Communication MATH 119A or 122 (GE B.2) CHEM 111A (GE B.1.b) BIOL 211 |
3 3-4 5 4 |
Oral Communication or Composition MATH 119B or 123 CHEM 111B Critical Thinking |
3 3-4 5 3 |
| Total Units | 15-16 |
Total Units | 14-15 |
| Semester 3 | Semester 4 | ||
BIOL 212 |
4 4 3 3 |
BIOL 213 CHEM 322B, 323B BIOL 260 GE Course |
4 4 3 3 |
| Total Units | 14 |
Total Units | 14 |
| Semester 5 | Semester 6 | ||
| PHYS 100A BIOL 340 or 350 BIOL 370 BIOL 312 GE Course |
4 3 4 3 3 |
PHYS 100B BIOL 350 or 340 BIOL 427 GE Course GE Capstone Course |
4 3 4 3 3 |
| Total Units | 17 |
Total Units | 17 |
| Semester 7 | Semester 8 | ||
| GE Course GE Capstone BIOL 439 BIOL 425, 447, 450 or 451 Upper Division Major Elective* |
3 3 4 3 3-4 |
GE Capstone Course BIOL 425, 447, 450 or 451 Upper Division Major Elective* Upper Division Major Elective* BIOL 480 |
3 3 3-4 3-4 1 |
| Total Units | 16-17 |
Total Units | 13-15 |
*Upper Division Major electives may be chosen from any upper division courses in the department other than BIOL 303, 304, 306, 309I, 401; MICR 300I; or NSCI 492.
