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 (37 units)

1. Biology and Physics

BIOL 300 Cell Biology (4)
BIOL 301 Microbiology (4)
BIOL 302 Genetics (4)
BIOL 400 Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics (4)
BIOL 499 Senior Capstone Colloquium (3)

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. Medical Imaging

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

(* double counted towards upper-division GE credits)

Electives in Biology and Physics (8 units)

Select at least 8 units of courses from the following list:

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)

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

No more than 2 units taken from the following can be counted towards the 8 units of electives:
PHYS 492 Physics Internship (3) - Recommended for students pursing a career in medical imaging.
BIOL 494 Independent Research (1-3)
or
PHYS 494 Independent Research (1-3)
BIOL 497 Directed Study (1-3)
or
PHYS 497 Directed Study (1-3)

Required Supporting and Other GE Courses (39 units)

American Institutions Requirement (6)

(Category A (9) (For A3, recommend MATH 230 Logic and Mathematical Reasoning)
Category C (12) (For C2, recommend PHYS/ENGL 338 Science and Conscience)
Category D (12)
Category E - covered by a required GE course for the degree programe.

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

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