Marine Biology Emphasis
Lower Division
- BIOL 105 Principles of Biology
- BIOM 109 Introductory Biometrics
- BOT 105 General Botany
- CHEM 109 General Chemistry
- MATH 105 Calculus for the Biological Sciences & Natural Resources (A full year of calculus, MATH 109 & 110, may substitute for MATH 105.)
- OCN 109 General Oceanography
- PHYX 106 College Physics: Mechanics & Heat
- PHYX 118 College Physics: Biological Applications
- ZOOL 110 Introductory Zoology
Take all lower division courses before beginning upper division work.
Upper Division
- BIOL 330 Principles of Ecology
- BIOL 307 Evolution
- BIOL 340 Genetics
- BIOL 412 General Bacteriology
- BIOL 430 Intertidal Ecology
- BOT 353 Phycology
- CHEM 328 Brief Organic Chemistry
- ZOOL 314 Invertebrate Zoology
- BIOL 410 Cell Biology or
- BOT 310 General Plant Physiology or
- ZOOL 310 Animal Physiology
One unit of
- BIOL 490 Senior Thesis or
- BIOL 499 Directed Study
An additional course in vertebrate zoology or
ZOOL 430 Comparative Animal Behavior, chosen in consultation with an advisor