May 09, 2024  
Catalogue 2024-2025 
    
Catalogue 2024-2025

Biology Major


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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

Distributional Content Area Units


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

Electives


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

Intensives


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

Other


The 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.

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