The Biology Honors Program


The Biology Honors program provides an opportunity for outstanding Biology majors to gain research experience with individual faculty guidance and may be of value for research-minded premedical students. The designation "Honors" will be added to the academic record of any student who completes the program.

Admission to the program is granted by approval of the Department Honors Committee. Students in the B.A. degree program or in any of the B.S. options are eligible provided they have:

  1. completed 90 units of university-level work;
  2. maintained a 3.50 grade point average overall and in the biology major; and
  3. obtained the approval of a faculty sponsor who will supervise their research.

Interested students should contact the Biology Department office.

Graduation with Honors requires:

  1. Completion of the following courses in addition to the major:
    • BIOL 330/L Design and Analysis of Experiments and Lab (2/1)
    • BIOL 498 Senior Thesis (2)
    • BIOL 495 Directed Research (3)
    (All 8 units must be in addition to those completed for the major.)
  2. Maintenance of a GPA of 3.50 overall and in all courses in the Biology major completed at CSUN.
  3. Approval of a senior thesis by the Honors Committee, including a presentation of the research.

For more information about the program and to obtain an application for admission go to the Biology Undergraduate webpage.