This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):
- 2025 Biology, B.S./Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Option
- 2026 Biology, B.S./Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Option
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 255A (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning) | 3 |
| GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) | 3 |
| GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 1: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| BIOL 106 and BIOL 106L (meets GE Area 5B Biological Science & GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity & Lower Division Major Requirement) | 4 |
| CHEM 101 and CHEM 101D and CHEM 101L (meets GE Area 5A Physical Science & Lower Division Major Requirement) | 5 |
| GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication | 3 |
| GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 2: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| BIOL 107 and BIOL 107L | 4 |
| CHEM 102 and CHEM 102D and CHEM 102L | 5 |
| GE Area 3A Arts | 3 |
| GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 2: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| BIOL 322 | 3 |
| CHEM 235/L | 4 |
| PHYS 100A | 3 |
| CARQ American History Campus Requirement | 3 |
| Elective | 2 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 3: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| BIOL 330/L | 3 |
| BIOL 360 (meets GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences) | 3 |
| PHYS 100B | 3 |
| Major Selective Program: Ecology Requirement | 4 |
| GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
YEAR 3: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| BIOL 380 | 3 |
| Major Selective Program: Botany Requirement | 4 |
| Major Selective Program Elective Area A: Choose a Botany or Zoology Requirement | 4 |
| GE Upper Division Area 3B Humanities | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
YEAR 4: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| Major Selective Program: Ecology Requirement | 4 |
| Major Selective Program: Zoology Requirement | 4 |
| GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
YEAR 4: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| Major Selective Program: Ecology Requirement | 4 |
| Major Selective Program: Elective Area B | 4 |
| Major Selective Program: Elective Area B | 4 |
| Electives | 4 |
| Total | 16 |
| OVERALL TOTAL UNITS | 120 |
One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.