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.
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
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| BIOL 107 and BIOL 107L | 3/1 |
| CHEM 102 and CHEM 102D and CHEM 102L | 3/1/1 |
| GE C1 Arts | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 2: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| CHEM 333/L and CHEM 333D | 3/1/1 |
| PHYS 100A and PHYS 100AL | 3/1 |
| GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals | 3 |
| GE F Comparative Cultural Studies | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 3: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| CHEM 334/L | 3/1 |
| PHYS 100B and PHYS 100BL | 3/1 |
| GE F Comparative Cultural Studies | 3 |
| Electives | 5 |
| Total | 16 |
YEAR 3: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| BIOL 322 | 3 |
| BIOL 360 (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning) | 3 |
| GE Upper Division Section C2 Humanities | 3 |
| GE Upper Division 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 |
| OVERALL TOTAL UNITS | 120 |
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.