This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog years:
Degree Road Maps are based on successful completion of prerequisites or placement into major required (or major specific) chemistry and math courses.
Please meet with an advisor to create a Degree Progress Report Plan if additional courses are required prior to the major courses.
Refer to the Catalog Archives for General Education requirements.
YEAR 1: 1st Semester
Course |
Units |
MATH 105 or MATH 106 (meets GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning & Major Math Requirement) |
5 |
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication |
3 |
GE D1 Social Sciences |
3 |
GE E Lifelong Learning |
3 |
Elective |
1 |
Total |
15 |
YEAR 1: 2nd Semester
Course |
Units |
BIOL 106 and BIOL 106L (meets GE B2 Life Science & GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity & Major Lower Division Requirement) |
3/1 |
CHEM 101 and CHEM 101D and CHEM 101L (meets GE B1 Physical Science & Major Lower Division Requirement) |
3/1/1 |
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication |
3 |
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking |
3 |
Total |
15 |
YEAR 2: 1st Semester
YEAR 2: 2nd Semester
YEAR 3: 1st Semester
YEAR 3: 2nd Semester
Course |
Units |
BIOL 322 |
3 |
BIOL 360 (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning) |
3 |
Upper Division GE Section C2 Humanities |
3 |
Upper Division GE Section D1 Social Sciences |
3 |
Elective |
3 |
Total |
15 |
YEAR 4: 1st Semester
Course |
Units |
BIOL 380 |
3 |
Molecular, Cellular and Physiological Biology Requirement with Lab |
4 |
BIOL Upper Division Elective |
4 |
GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government |
3 |
Total |
14 |
YEAR 4: 2nd Semester
Course |
Units |
Ecology and Environmental Biology Requirement (select course to meet Field Studies Lab Requirement) |
4 |
Molecular, Cellular and Physiological Biology Requirement (400 level) |
3 |
Systematics and Comparative Biology* |
4 |
BIOL Upper Division Elective |
1 |
Elective |
3 |
Total |
15 |
One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.
*Note: The Field Studies Lab could be satisfied in Systematics and Comparative Biology instead of in the Ecology and Environmental Biology section, if preferred.