Programs

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree with an Emphasis in Biomedical Imaging

Lower Division Requirements (36 units)

1. Biology

BIOL 200 Principles of Organismal and Population Biology (4)
BIOL 201 Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology (4)
BIOL 210 Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4)
BIOL 211 Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4)

2. Mathematics

MATH 150 Calculus I (4)

3. Physical Sciences

CHEM 121 General Chemistry I (4)
CHEM 122 General Chemistry II (4)
AND select either
PHYS 100 Introduction to Physics I (4)
PHYS 101 Introduction to Physics II (4)
or
PHYS 200 General Physics I (4)
PHYS 201 General Physics II (4)

(12 units of the above courses will be counted toward lower-division GE credits, 4 units in each of three different science disciplines)

Upper Division Requirements (39 units)

1. Biology and Physics

BIOL 300 Cell Biology (4)
BIOL 301 Microbiology (4)
BIOL 400 Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics (4)
PHYS 492 Physics Internship, BIOL 494/PHYS 494 Independent Research or BIOL/PHYS 497
Directed Study (2)
BIOL/PHYS 499 Senior Capstone Colloquium (1)

2. Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

CHEM 311 Organic Chemistry I (3)
CHEM 312 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (1)
CHEM 318 Biological Chemistry (3)
(An organic chemistry I-equivalent course with laboratory taken at a community college may be accepted for the Biology major in lieu of CHEM 311 and 312.)

3. Required General Education Courses

ENGL 330* Writing in the Disciplines (3)
AND Select one of the following:
BIOL 326 Scientific and Professional Ethics (3)
PHYS/ENGL 338* Science and Conscience (3)

4. Medical Imaging

BIOL/PHYS 416 Radiobiology and Radionuclides (3)
BIOL/PHYS 434* Introduction to Biomedical Imaging (4)
BIOL/PHYS 464 Biomedical Instrumentation (4)

Electives in Biology and Physics (9 units)

Select at least 9 units of courses from the following list:
BIOL 302 Genetics (4)
BIOL/PHYS 315 Introduction to Biophysics (4)
BIOL 401 Biotechnology and Recombinant DNA Techniques (5)
BIOL 420 Cellular and Molecular Immunology (4)
BIOL 421 Virology (3)
BIOL 423 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (3)
BIOL 424 Human Physiology (3)
BIOL 425 Human Genetics (3)
BIOL 427 Developmental Biology (4)
BIOL 428 Biology of Cancer (3)
BIOL 431* Bioinformatics (4)
BIOL 432* Principles of Epidemiology and Environmental Health (3)
BIOL 433* Ecology and the Environment (4)
PHYS 445 Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition (3)

Required Supporting and Other GE Courses (36 units)

American Institutions Requirement (6)
Other GE courses in Categories A-E (30)

(Courses with * are double-counted toward upper-division GE credits.)