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Elective Info for Fall 2025
We want to help you succesfully select and enroll in appropriate classes. The first step to make sure you chat with a Biology Faculty Advisor each semester as well as your Academic Advisor.
Subject to change - you may need to change your search settings to see those numbered 500 to 599
| Course |
# |
Description | Component | Units | Concentration area, course type (Any preqs or pre/coreqs beyond Biol 210/211, with
grade of C or better). All will fit into General Upper-division Science Electives. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIOL | 365* | Computing Skills for Biologists | LEC | 3 | Any concentration*, Lecture (BIOL 215) |
| BIOL | 367 | Biology of Microorganisms | LEC/LAB/DIS | 5 | Molec/Cell, Lecture, Lab and Discussion Combined |
| BIOL | 396-14 | ST: Physiol. of Recr. Drugs | LEC | 3 | Physiology, Lecture (BIOL 210) |
| BIOL | 401 | Comp. Vert. Anatomy | LEC/LAB/DISC | 5 | Physiology or Ecology, Lecture, Lab and Discussion Combined (BIOL 212) |
| BIOL | 423A | Fish Physiology Lecture only | LEC | 3 | Physiology, Lecture (BIOL 353) |
| BIOL | 423B | Fish Physiology with Lab | LEC/LAB/DIS | 5 | Physiology, Lecture, Lab, Discussion combined (BIOL 353) |
| BIOL | 477A | Immunology | LEC | 3 | Molec/Cell, Lecture (BIOL 351 or BIOT 355) |
| BIOL | 481 | Cell and Tissue Biomechan. | LEC/LAB | 4 | Molec/Cell, Lecture and Lab (PHYS 205) |
| BIOL | 502 | Population Genetics | LEC/LAB/DIS | 5 | Molec/Cell, Lecture, Lab and Discussion Combined (BIOL 352) |
| BIOL | 522 | Biological Oceanography | LEC | 5 | Ecology, Lecture (BIOL 354 or Biol MS program enrollee) |
| BIOL | 536 | Biogeochem. Cycle & Global Change | LEC | 3 | Ecology, Lecture (BIOL 354 or Biol MS program enrollee) |
| BIOL | 563** | Seminar in Physiology | LEC | 3 | Physiology**, Lecture only (Biol 353). |
| BIOL | 567** | Current Trends Biol Research | LEC | 3 |
Any Concentration** Lecture (two of Biol 351, 352, 353, 354 or Biol MS program enrollee) |
| BIOL | 575 | Salt Water Balance Physiology | LEC | 3 | Physiology, Lecture (BIOL 353 or Biol MS program enrollee) |
* Only one concentration elective can be fulfilled by Biol 365, 531 or 532.
**While seminars can count towards a concentration elective (Area A), you can only use one seminar (Biol courses 560 to 567) towards your concentration electives total.
| Course | # | Description | Component | Units | Concentration area, course type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEM | 341 | General Biochemistry | LEC | 3 | Upper-division Science Elective (Chem 201) |
| CHEM | 351 | Biochemistry I | LEC | 3 | Upper-division Science Elective (Chem 202) |
| CHEM | 404 & 404L | Inorganic Chemistry | LEC & LAB | 4 | Upper-division Science Elective (Chem 160 or 162 & 201) |
| CS | 320 | Intro. to Data Science | LEC | 3 | Upper-division Science Elective (Either MATH 125, MATH 126, MATH 132, or MATH 160) |