Biology Program

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

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

First Year (22 Units)

Fall (11 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 A-3 (3)

Spring (11 Units)

BIOL 201 Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology (4)
CHEM 122 General Chemistry II (4)
Title V American Institutions Requirement (3)

Second Year (21 Units)

Fall (12 Units)

BIOL 300 Cell Biology (4)
BIOL 302 Genetics (4)
Math 150 Calculus I; GE Category B-3 (4)

Spring (9 Units)

GE Category A-2 (recom'd ENGL 330* Writing in the Disciplines, UDID) (3)
CHEM 318 Biological Chemistry (3)
GE Category A-1 (3)

Third Year (17 Units)

Fall (6 Units)

GE Category D (3)
CHEM 311 Organic Chemistry I (3)

Spring (11 Units)

BIOL 301 Microbiology (4)
BIOL 203 Quantitative Methods for Biology; GE Category B-3 (3)
BIOL 420 Cellular and Molecular Immunology (4)

Fourth Year (21 Units)

Fall (10 Units)

BIO Elective (3)
BIOL 400 Molecular Biology (4)
GE Category C-3a Language (3)

Spring (11 Units)

BIOL 401 Biotechnology and Recombinant DNA Techniques (5)
BIOL Electives (3)
GE Category C-2 (3)

Fifth Year (21 Units)

Fall (10 Units)

BIOL Electives (3)
BIOL 404 Plant and Animal Tissue Culture (3)
GE Category D (3)

Spring (12 Units)

BIOL Elective (3)
GE Category C-3b (3)
BIOL 492 Internship (2)
BIOL 405 Biochemical Engineering (4)

Sixth Year (18 Units)

Fall (9 Units)

Title V American Institutions Requirement (3)
GE Category D (3)
GE Category C-1 (3)

Spring (9 Units)

BIOL 499 Senior Capstone (3)
GE Category E (3)
GE Category D (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.