Biological Sciences B.A.

1. Complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements.

A student must comply with all University regulations and satisfy the following requirements:

1. Units and Residency  (minimum of 120 units: 40 units of upper division coursework and 30 semester units at Stanislaus State. At least 24 of these 30 units must be earned in upper-division courses, at least 12 must be in the major, and at least 9 must be applicable to General Education-Breadth requirements)
2. Grade Point Average  (minimum grade point average of 2.0 (C) or better)
3. General Education  (minimum of 49 units)
4. Upper Division Writing Proficiency  (minimum of 3 units)
   - Pass the Writing Proficiency Screening Test (WPST)
   - Writing Proficiency (WP) Course (may double count in the major)
5. United States Constitution and California State and Local Government  (minimum of 3 units)
6. Multicultural Requirement  (minimum of 3 units) (may double count with General Education requirements or in the major)

Subsequently all students must submit an application for graduation and receive approval from the major advisor, department chair, and Director of Academic Advising. For more information see the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements .

2. Complete the prerequisites to the major.

(8 units)

• BIOL 1050 - General Biology I
    
• BIOL 1150 - General Biology II
   
  or
• An equivalent complete introductory biology sequence

3. Complete the cognates to the major.

(14 units)

• CHEM 1100 - General Chemistry I
• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry II

• At least 4 units from:

  • CHEM 3010 - Organic Chemistry I
      and
    CHEM 3012 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
      
  • PHYS 2100 - Basic Physics I
      and
    PHYS 2250 - General Physics I
      

4. Complete the required courses for the major.

Courses taken without the pre-requisites will not be applied toward the degree. With approval of the major adviser, a maximum of 4 units may be satisfied by lower division courses. A maximum of 2 units may be satisfied by BIOL 4900 series courses (colloquium, independent study, internship, teaching assistantship) or CR-graded coursework from courses graded exclusively CR/NC. Completion of a minor is not required.

1. Complete the Biology Core courses.

(13 units)

• BIOL 3310 - Cellular and Molecular Biology
• BIOL 3350 - Introductory Genetics
• BIOL 3680 - Ecology
• BIOL 4400 - Evolution

2. Complete the subareas.

(24 units)