Advising Course Plan - Biology Major
This plan indicates an effective way to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. This basic plan would be altered depending upon your post-graduate plans (mainly by adding specific courses in place of ‘Electives’). Please see other advising plans that consider specific post-graduate plans.
First Year | ||
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Fall | Units | |
BIOL 142P | Introductory Biology II: Animal and Plant Physiology | 1 |
FSEM 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
MATH 1301 | Calculus I with Review Part I | 1 |
General Education requirement | 1 | |
Term Units | 4 | |
Spring | ||
BIOL 141P | Introductory Biology I: Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics | 1 |
General Education requirement | 1 | |
General Education requirement | 1 | |
General Education requirement | 1 | |
BIOL 100 | Current Perspectives Biology | 0.0 |
Term Units | 4 | |
Second Year | ||
Fall | ||
BIOL 243Q | Biostatistics | 1 |
CHEM 141P2 | General Chemistry I | 1 |
General Education requirement | 1 | |
Elective | 1 | |
Term Units | 4 | |
Spring | ||
BIOL 244 | Introductory Biology III: Ecology and Evolution | 1 |
CHEM 142P2 | General Chemistry II | 1 |
General Education requirement | 1 | |
Elective | 1 | |
Term Units | 4 | |
Third Year | ||
Fall | ||
BIOL 300 or 400 level course | 1 | |
Junior Seminar3 | 1 | |
Elective | 1 | |
Elective | 1 | |
Term Units | 4 | |
Spring | ||
BIOL 300 or 400 level course | 1 | |
BIOL 497 | Research Proposal | 0.5 |
Elective | 1 | |
Elective | 1 | |
Elective4 | .5 | |
Term Units | 4 | |
Fourth Year | ||
Fall | ||
BIOL 300 or 400 level course | 1 | |
BIOL 498 | Senior Project I | 1 |
Elective | 1 | |
Elective | 1 | |
Term Units | 4 | |
Spring | ||
BIOL 300 or 400 level course | 1 | |
BIOL 499 | Senior Project II | 1 |
Elective | 1 | |
Elective | 1 | |
Term Units | 4 | |
Total Unit: 32 |
1 | The timing of the Math course is not critical; it can be taken at a later time. Some students may place into, and wish to take, MATH 141Q. |
2 | The Chemistry courses can be taken later. |
3 | The Junior Seminar can be taken in the spring instead of the fall. |
4 | During the spring of third year or fourth year, you will need to take another 0.5 or 1 unit course to average 4 units per semester. |