Biology Advisement

Options among the B.A. and B.S.

Here we explain the B.A. progam and the six options in the B.S. program. Please do not automatically choose the B.A. True, it is the most popular, but many students can get a hands-on education that is much better for that particular individual by choosing one of the other options.

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Tropical Semester

Information on Tropical Biology Semester

Grade Point Average

Spreadsheet to calculate GPA

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Marine Biology Semester

Students can enroll in a whole-semester package that is offered at Santa Catalina Island. They take three courses plus directed research. Scuba is not required, although it is possible. Students who have taken the Marine Biology Semester have gone on to make us proud!

Information on Marine Biology Semester at Santa Catalina Island

Pre-Health Professions

This is the section for students who might be interested in going to medical school, pharmacy school, dental school, optometry school, podiatry school, veternary school, a program to train physician's assistants, or graduate nursing school.

Activities for pre-health students 

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Honors Progam

Some fraction of CSUN Biology majors do a bit of research in a professor's lab. A small fraction of those do an honors research thesis. To be admitted into the honors program, a student must maintain a >3.5 GPA and take three specified courses as well as be involved in research.

Buttons to faculty's research interests:

Read the Catalog (Honors Program appears below B.A. entry)

How to get a Degree Progress Report (DPR)

Please try to plan out the next two years.

First access your DPR report and view audit:

Next work on the DPR planner:

Pay attention to her comments on the sequencing of courses. Avoid taking more than two Science and Math courses at a time. Start your plan with the Chemistry Sequence. If you are pretty good at algebra and know some high school chemistry, you may be able to place in CHEM 101/L and skip CHEM 100; to place, take the Chemistry Placement Test.

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