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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| BIOL 142P | Introductory Biology II: Animal and Plant Physiology | 1 |
| FSEM 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| MATH 1511 | Mathematics for Life Sciences | 1 |
| BIOL 100 | Current Perspectives Biology | 0.0 |
| 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 | |
| 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 130 or MATH 141Q.
- 2
The Chemistry courses can be taken during any academic year.
- 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.