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 |
3 3-4 5 |
| Total Units | 15-16 |
Total Units | 11-12 |
| Semester 3 | Semester 4 | ||
BIOL 212 |
4 3-4 3 |
BIOL 213 CHEM 448 or 322B, 323B GE Course |
4 3-4 3 |
| Total Units | 10-11 |
Total Units | 10-11 |
| Semester 5 | Semester 6 | ||
| BIOL 260 PHYS 100A GE Course GE Course |
3 4 3 3 |
BIOL 312 or 340 PHYS 100B GEOL 102 & 104 or 105 GE Course |
3 4 4 3 |
| Total Units | 13 |
Total Units | 14 |
| Semester 7 | Semester 8 | ||
| GE Course BIOL 350 or 312 BIOL 345 and 345L or 370 GE Capstone Course |
3 3 4 3 |
GE Course BIOL 312 or 350 BIOL 370 or 345 and 345L GE Course |
3 3 4 3 |
| Total Units | 13 |
Total Units | 13 |
| Semester 9 | Semester 10 | ||
| GE Capstone Course BIOL - Ecology and Environ Sci** BIOL 313, 316 or 324 BIOL 456 |
3 3-4 4 3 |
GE Capstone Course BIOL 480 BIOL 427 Upper Division Major Elective * |
3 1 4 3-4 |
| Total Units | 13-14 |
Total Units | 11-12 |
*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.
**Ecology/Environmental Science electives: BIOL 450, 451, 452, 454A, 454B, 457, or 459.
