EEB Bachelor of Art Requirements

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College of Biological Sciences Requirements

Total Units: 180

Upper-division units: 64

Residence (35 of last 45 units)

English Comp. Exam or 1 lower division and 1 upper division course

General Education

GPA in major (2.0):
All required courses
Upper-division courses (including CHE 118 series)

Preparatory Subject Matter (40-42 units)

Biological Sciences (14 - 15 units):
1A-1B-1C OR 2A-2B-2C

Chemistry (10 units):
2A-2B

Chemistry (6 units):
8A-8B

Mathematics or Statistics (4-6 units):
MAT 16A-16B or STA 100 or STA 102

Physics (6 units):
1A-1B

Depth Subject Matter (36 units)

Biological Sciences (4 units):
101

One course from (3-4 units)
Evolution and Ecology 100; Geology 107, Anthropology 151

One course from (4 units)
Evolution and Ecology 101; Environmental Science and Policy 100; Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology 151

Choose from the lists below. Include at least one course from Biodiversity and one from Advanced Evolution and Ecology:

Biodiversity

Entomology 103
Evolution and Ecology 105, 108, 112 and 112L, 134, 134L and 134F, 140
Microbiology 105, 105L
Nematology 110
Plant Biology 116, 118, 147, 148
Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology 110, 110L, 111, 111L, 120, 120L

Advanced Evolution and Ecology

Evolution and Ecology 102, 103, 104, 115, 117, 119, 138, 141, 147, 149, 150, 180A, 180B

Biological Science Electives

The following courses are acceptable toward the fulfillment of the upper division biological sciences requirement in the A.B. major program and may be selected without advisor approval. Other elective courses are approved on an individual basis by petition through an advisor.

Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology 100
Anthropology 151, 152, 153, 154A, 154B, 155, 156
Biological Sciences, all upper division courses
Chemistry 107A, 107B
Entomology, all upper division courses except 110
Environmental Science and Policy 110, 116, 121, 123, 150C, 151, 151L
Geology 107, 107L, 150C
Microbiology, all upper division courses
Molecular and Cellular Biology, all upper division courses
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, all upper division courses
Nutrition 101, 111
Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology 101, 126, 126L, 128
Philosophy 108
Plant Biology, all upper division courses
Psychology 121, 122, 127, 129
Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology 121

Variable Unit Courses

A maximum of 4 units of variable-unit courses (numbered 192, 198, 199) may be applied to upper division elective requirements. Evolution and Ecology majors may not substitute course 192 for the upper division laboratory requirement. Courses numbered 197T are not applicable to the upper division elective unit requirement.