Biology (Alternate Program)

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Department Page: Biology

Program Learning Outcomes: Biology

This major may be paired with the Computer Science, Mathematics, or Statistics minors. This major may be paired with the Chinese, CRES, Dance, Economics, English, Environmental Humanities, Film & Media Studies, French, German, Greek, Greek & Latin, Latin, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Russian, Sociology, Spanish, or Theatre minors, provided 3 or more units required for the nonscience concentration do not overlap.

Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements.

College Requirements:

Degree Requirements (2025-26)

Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.

Major Requirements:

Total major units: 18

This major requires a curriculum proposal with a course plan approved by the biology department. Refer to the Biology department page for more information.

Two Units of Introductory Biology Courses

Four Units of Lecture-laboratory Courses in Biology

⇒from a minimum of three different clusters, the rationale for which is articulated in the student’s curriculum proposal

Cluster A:

Cluster B:

Cluster C:

Two Units of Chemistry:

Two Units in Mathematics, Statistics, and/or Computer Science

Six Units in a Nonscience Concentration

Junior Year Requirement:

Junior qualifying examination

Two units of Thesis

BIOL 470 - Thesis