Biological Sciences B.A.: Pre-Health Profession Emphasis

The Health Sciences emphasis provides the strong science background necessary to meet many of the requirements for a variety of graduate professional programs in fields such as physical therapy, physician’s assistant and optometry.

Required Courses

Core Courses:

BIO 1	Biological Dynamics	4
BIO 1L	Biological Dynamics Laboratory	1
BIO 2	Biological Dynamics	4
BIO 2L	Biological Dynamics Laboratory	1
CHE 1A	General Chemistry	3.0-4.0
CHE 1AL	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHE 1B	General Chemistry	4
CHE 1BL	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHE 6A	Organic Chemistry	4
CHE 6AL	Organic Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHE 6B	Organic Chemistry	4
CHE 6BL	Organic Chemistry Laboratory	1
MTH 38	Elements of Probability and Statistics	3
	or
PSY 40	Basic Statistical Methods	3
MTH 5A	Calculus I	4
PHY 1A	Introductory Physics IA	4
CHE 107	Biochemistry	3
CHE 107L	Biochemistry Lab	1
BIO 130	Genetics	4
BIO 130L	Genetics Laboratory	0
BIO 135	Molecular Biology	4
BIO 135L	Molecular Biology Laboratory	0
BIO 195	Senior Seminar in Biology	3

Elective Requirements

BIO 50A	Human Anatomy	3
BIO 50AL	Human Anatomy Laboratory	1
	and
BIO 151	Medical Physiology	3
BIO 151L	Medical Physiology Laboratory	1
	or
BIO 50B	Human Physiology	3
BIO 50BL	Human Physiology Laboratory	1

Plus any two from the following course list (7-8 units):

BIO 103	Microbiology	4
BIO 103L	Microbiology Laboratory	0
BIO 105	Immunology	3
BIO 152	Cellular Biology	3
BIO 152L	Cellular Biology Laboratory	1
BIO 160	Neurobiology	3

Seminar / Research Requirements:

Either:

BIO 196

Seminar Readings

2

Or two courses in:

BIO 197

Research Readings

1

Minimum total units required for B.A in Biological Sciences with a Pre-Health Profession emphasis: 72-74.

Plus General Education requirements, including the Language and Culture requirement, totaling 124 semester units to complete the B.A. degree.