Required units

Total number of units required for major, excluding any required Intensive(s): 10

Required Intensive units, if any: 0.5

Total units required: 10.5

Total Number of Specific Courses Required

• BIOL 107 - Energy Flow in Biological Systems
• BIOL 108 - Information Flow in Biological Systems
• CHEM 125 - Chemical Principles

Distributional Content Area Units

Three units at the 200-level from the two content areas below:

Electives

• Two units of 300-level courses in Biology
• Two units of additional graded work from the approved list of 200-level or 300-level courses. The list: Another 200- or 300-level Biology course, or a course from the Natural Sciences not in Biology, or other course approved by the major adviser

Intensives

One half unit of Intensives taken from list of available Intensives or in consultation with adviser.

Other

Number of units required for the Biology major is 10.5 if the student starts with BIOL 107  and BIOL 108 .  The number of units required for the Biology major is 9.5 if the student places out of BIOL 107  and starts with BIOL 108 . The number of units required for the Biology major is 8.5 if the student places out of BIOL 107  and BIOL 108  and starts with a 200-level Biology course.