Concentrations

Elective Concentrations in the Major

Students wishing to have a specific concentration may do so by completing all the requirements for a major in biological sciences to include specific concentration requirements listed below. A minimum of 16 upper division units must be completed within the area of concentration. Additional units within the concentration will be selected with the aid of the adviser.

Botany Concentration:

a. Complete the following required courses:

    Boty 3130 Morphology of Plants, Algae and Fungi, 4 units
    Boty 3700 Flowering Plants, 4 units
    Boty 4200 Plant Physiology, 4 units

b. Additional 4 units selected with assistance of advisor

Clinical Laboratory Science Concentration:

a. Complete the following required courses:

    Biol 4100 Immunology, 3 units
    Mbio 4300 Medical Microbiology, 4 units
    Zool 4440 General Parasitology, 4 units
    Bio 124 Clinical Hematology, 3 units
        (offered with concurrent enrollment from CSU Sacramento)
    Chem 2010 Quantitative Analysis and Basic Instrumental
        Techniques, 4 units
    Chem 4400 Biochemistry, 3 units
    Chem 4402 Biochemistry Laboratory, 1 unit

Ecology and Field Biology Concentration:

a. Complete the following required courses:

Biol 4680 Ecology, 4 units
Biol 4830 Evolution and Population Genetics, 2 units

b. Complete one of the following courses:

Biol 4000 Biogeography, 3 units
Biol 4300 Conservation Biology, 3 units
Biol 4500 Quantitative Ecology, 4 units
Biol 4700 Ecology and Exotic Species, 3 units

c. Complete one of the following courses:

Biol 4630 Marine Biology, 4 units
Biol 4650 Aquatic Biology, 4 units
Biol 4720 Rocky Intertidal Biology, 4 units
Biol 4740 Deep Sea Biology, 4 units
Boty 4600 Plant Ecology, 4 units

d. Complete one of the following courses:

Boty 3700 Flowering Plants, 4 units
Ento 3000 Principles of Entomology, 4 units
Zool 3610 General Vertebrate Zoology, 4 units
Zool 4420 Invertebrate Zoology I, 4 units
Zool 4430 Invertebrate Zoology II, 4 units
Zool 4620 Herpetology, 4 units
Zool 4630 Ornithology, 4 units
Zool 4640 Mammalogy, 4 units
Selected MSCI courses with consent of advisor

Entomology Concentration

a. Complete the following required courses:

    Ento 3000 Principles of Entomology, 4 units
    Ento 4330 Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 4 units
    Ento 4800 Agricultural Entomology, 4 units

Genetics and Biotechnology Concentration:

a. Complete the following required courses:

    Biol 3310 Cellular and Molecular Biology, 3 units
    Biol 3350 Introductory Genetics, 3 units

b. Complete one of the following courses

    Biol 4870 Recombinant DNA Lab, 2 units or
    Biol 4850 DNA Technology in Forensic Science, 2 units

c. Complete one of the following courses and corresponding lab:

    Chem 4400 and 4402, Biochemistry, 4 units
    Mbio 3010 and 3032, Bacteriology, 5 units

d. Complete two additional advanced genetics courses selected from :

    Biol 4820 Cytogenetics, 2 units
    Biol 4830 Evolution and Population Genetics, 2 units
    Biol 4840 Molecular Genetics, 2 units
    Biol 4860 Cell Culture and Advanced Biotechnology, 2 units

Marine Biology Concentration:

a. Complete the following required courses:

    Zool 4420 Invertebrate Zoology I, 4 units (or Msci 3240)
    Zool 4430 Invertebrate Zoology II, 4 units (or Msci 3250)
    Biol 4630 Marine Biology, 4 units (or Msci 3030)
    Boty 3130 Morphology of Plants, Algae and Fungi, 4 units (or Msci 3310)
    One term residence at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
        or another marine station

Microbiology Concentration:

a. Complete the following required courses:

    Mbio 3010 Bacteriology, 3 units
    Mbio 3030 Bacteriology Lab, 2 units

b. Elective Courses:

    Mbio 4600 Food Microbiology, 3 units
    Mbio 4950 Selected Topics, 1-4 units
    Boty 3500 Plant Pathology, 4 units
    Ento 3300 Medical Entomology, 3 units
    Zool 4440 General Parasitology, 4 units

Zoology Concentration:

At least one course from each of the following groups:

a. Zool 3610 General Vertebrate Zoology, 4 units
    Zool 4630 Herpetology, 4 units
    Zool 4630 Ornithology, 4 units
    Zool 4640 Mammalogy, 4 units

b. Zool 4420 Invertebrate Zoology I, 4 units
    Zool 4430 Invertebrate Zoology II, 4 units
    Ento 3000 Principles of Entomology, 4 units
    Ento 3740 Insect Classification, 4 units

c. Zool 4230 Animal Physiology, 4 units
    Biol 4280 Physiology of Human Systems, 4 units

d. Additional 4 units selected with assistance of advisor

Minor in Biological Sciences (20 units):

a. Complete the following lower-division courses (8 units):

    Biol 1050 General Biology I, 4 units
    Biol 1150 General Biology II, 4 units
    (equivalent courses may be substituted with approval of minor adviser)

b. Complete a minimum of 12 units of upper-division course work, as approved by minor adviser