Biology Program

The study of life, its origins, diversity and intricacies.

4-Year Graduation Road Map for Bachelor of Science in Biology with an Emphasis in Biotechnology

First Year (29 Units)

Fall (14 Units)

BIOL 200 Principles of Organismal and Population Biology; GE Category B-2 (4)
CHEM 121 General Chemistry I; GE Category B-1 (4)
GE Category C-3a Language (3)
GE Category A-1 (3)

Spring (15 Units)

BIOL 201 Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology (4)
CHEM 122 General Chemistry II (4)
MATH 150 Calculus I; GE Category B-3 (4)
GE Category A-3 (3)

Second Year (27 Units)

Fall (13 Units)

BIOL 300 Cel Biology (4)
BIOL 203 Quantitative Methods for Biology; GE Category B-3, B-4 (3)
CHEM 311 Organic Chemistry I (3)
GE Category D (3)

Spring (14 Units)

BIOL 302 Genetics (4)
BIOL 301 Microbiology (4)
CHEM 318 Biological Chemistry (3)
GE Category C-1 (3)

Third Year (32 Units)

Fall (16 Units)

BIOL 400 Molecular Biology (4)
BIOL Elective (3)
Title V American Institutions Requirement (3)
GE Category D (3)
GE Category A-2 (recom'd ENGL 330* Writing in the Disciplines, UDID) (3)

Spring (16 Units)

GE Category D (3)
BIOL Elective (3)
GE Category C-2 (3)
GE Category C-3b (3)
BIOL 420 Cellular and Molecular Immunology (4)

Fourth Year (32 Units)

Fall (18 Units)

BIOL 404 Plant and Animal Tissue Culture (3)
Title V American Institutions Requirement (3)
GE Category D (3)
BIOL 492 Internship (2)
BIOL Elective (3)
BIOL 405 Biochemical Engineering

Spring (14 Units)

BIOL 401 Biotechnology and Recombinant DNA Techniques (5)
BIOL Elective (3)
BIOL 499 Senior Capstone (3)
GE Category E (3)

Note:
UDID-GE: Upper-division interdisciplinary general education.

An organic chemistry course taken at a community college may be accepted for the Biology major in lieu of CHEM 311.

To meet the requirement of 12 units of biology electives, one could also take three 4-unit biology elective courses.