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 | ||
| A.1 or A.2 in GE PHYS 100A or 151 MATH 119A or 122 |
3 4 3-4 |
A.1 or A.2 in GE Critical Thinking BIOL 211 CHEM 111A |
3 3 4 5 |
| Total Units | 10-11 |
Total Units | 15 |
| Semester 3 | Semester 4 | ||
BIOL 212 |
4 3-4 3 5 |
BIOL 213 PHYS 100B or 152 GE Class GE Class |
4 4 3 3 |
| Total Units | 15-16 |
Total Units | 14 |
| Semester 5 | Semester 6 | ||
| CHEM 322A & 323A BIOL 340 BIOL 260 GE Class |
4 3 3 3 |
BIOL 370 CHEM 322B & 323B GE Class |
4 4 3 |
| Total Units | 13 |
Total Units | 11 |
| Semester 7 | Semester 8 | ||
| GE Class BIOL 312 or 350 (can be sooner/later) BIOL 440L (offered in Fall only) |
3 3 3 |
CHEM 441A Upper Division Major Elective* Upper Division Major Elective* GE Capstone Course |
3 3-5 3 3 |
| Total Units | 9 |
Total Units | 12-14 |
| Semester 9 | Semester 10 | ||
| CHEM 441B Upper Division Major Elective* Upper Division Major Elective* GE Class |
3 3-5 3 3 |
BIOL 480 (can be 1 sem. earlier) |
1 3 3 3-5 |
| Total Units | 12-14 |
Total Units | 10-12 |
* A student may use 3 units of BIOL 496 towards the five elective courses but only with prior permission of the advisor for this option.
* Upper division electives: BIOL 416, 430, 431, 433, 443, 445, 447, 472, 473, 477, MICR 211, CHEM 547.
