UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2024-2025

This Transfer Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

The Transfer Degree Road Map on this page presumes the completion of lower division General Education, the United States History and Government requirements, and lower division core requirements for this major. See General Education Rules for more information. Lower division major requirements can be found by looking at the 4-Year Degree Road Map for this major. Refer to ASSIST for transfer information and articulation of courses taken at California Community Colleges. Verified Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) STAR Act students should use the ADT/STAR Act Degree Road Map for their major.

Once transfer coursework is evaluated, applicants and admitted students can use the Degree Progress Report/Planner to learn which requirements need to be completed.

To meet residency requirements, students must complete a minimum of 30 units at CSUN: 24 units must be upper division, 12 units in the major, and 9 units in General Education.

Transfer Year 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
BIOL 322 3
BIOL 380 3
CHEM 235/L (If not completed prior to transfer) 3/1
Ecology Requirement* 4
Elective 1
Total 15

Transfer Year 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
BIOL 330/L or BIOL 502/L 3-4
BIOL 360 (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning) 3
Botany Requirement* 4-5
Zoology Requirement* 3-5
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Elective* 8
Ecology Requirement* 4
GE Upper Division from Section C or Section F 3
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Elective* 1-5
Ecology Requirement* 3-5
GE Upper Division from Section D or Section F 3
Elective 2-6
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

*Refer to catalog for course lists. Must total 32 units at the upper division level.