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Elective Info for Spring 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.
Additionally, we've made videos in fall 2020 with detailed information , as well as how to see what is still open - while from 2020, the navigation information still is helpful.
This is a draft list of Biology electives undergraduates can take for Spring 2025,
including Biol 500 to 599 advanced undergrad and post-bac.
Please note that you might not always see the 500-level and up classes when enrolling
unless you select postbaccalaureate in the Peoplesoft schedule settings.
| 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 | 396-12 | Medical Parasitology | LEC | 3 | Physiology, Lecture |
| BIOL | 404A | Developmental Physiology | LEC | 3 | Physiology, Lecture (BIOL 353) |
| BIOL | 404B | Developmental Physiology with Lab and Discussion | LEC/LAB/DIS | 5 | Physiology, Lecture, Lab and Discussion Combined (BIOL 353) |
| BIOL | 434 | Human Cardio Physiology | LEC | 3 | Physiology, Lecture (BIOL 353) |
| BIOL | 456 | Molecular Medicine | LEC | 3 |
Molec/Cell, Lecture (one of the following BIOL 351, 352, 353, 477 or 477A, 504, BIOT 355 or 356) |
| BIOL | 463 | Principles of Conservation Biology | LEC | 3 | Ecology, Lecture (BIOL 354) |
| BIOL | 477A | Immunology | LEC | 3 | Molec/Cell, Lecture (BIOL 351 or BIOT 355) |
| BIOL | 484-1 | ST: Applied Animal Ecology Discussion and Field Lab Experience | DISC/LAB** | 2 | Instructor Consent (BIOL 212) - **Lab consists of mandatory, but free, field trip during spring break; must also enroll in BIOL 486-20 |
| BIOL | 486-20 | ST: Applied Animal Ecology | LEC | 3 | Ecology, Lecture (BIOL 212) |
| BIOL | 516/516L | Research Methods Molecular Ecology | LEC/LE2/LAB | 5 | Ecology or Molec/Cell, Lecture and Labs (BIOL 351 or 354 or Biol MS program enrollee) |
| BIOL | 531* | Biol Data Anal.Part I: Linear | LEC | 3 | Any concentration*, Lecture (BIOL 215 or Biol MS program enrollee) |
| BIOL | 579 | Insect Physiology | LEC | 3 | Physiology, Lecture only(Biol 353). To enroll contact Dr. Kolosov dkolosov@csusm.edu |
| BIOL | 579 & 596-17 & 597-7 | Insect Physiology with Disc and Lab | LEC/LAB/DISC | 5 |
Physiology Lecture, Lab, and Discussion Combined - (Biol 353). To enroll contact Dr. Kolosov dkolosov@csusm.edu |
| BIOT | 356 | Cellular Biotechnology | LEC/LE2/LAB | 5 | Molecular, Lecture and Labs (BIOL 351 or BIOT 355) |
| Other Science Electives (only one can count towards your major general science electives) |
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| CHEM | 341 | General Biochemistry | LEC | 3 | Upper-division Science Elective (Chem 201) |
| CHEM | 308 | Environmental Chemistry | LEC | 3 | Upper-division Science Elective (CHEM 160 and CHEM 201) |
| MATH | 448 | Math Models and Methods in Biology | LEC | 3 | Upper-division Science Elective (MATH 150 or 160) |
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* Only one concentration elective can be fulfilled by Biol 365, 531 or 532. |
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