Requirements
Introductory Biology
Select one course from the list below:
Organismal Biology
Select one course from the list below:
| BIO 240 | Vertebrate Physiology | 4 units |
| BIO 250 | Plant Form and Function | 4 units |
| BIO 275 | Flora of Southern California | 4 units |
Cellular and Molecular Biology
| BIO 130 | Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology | 4 units |
Environmental Biology
| BIO 260 | Biodiversity and Organization of Marine Ecosystems | 4 units |
| Or | |
| BIO 270 | Ecology | 4 units |
Evolutionary Biology
Upper-division Biology
Students must select three 300-level Biology courses from the list below. At least two of these must be Occidental College Biology laboratory courses.
| BIO 325 | Microbial Diversity | 4 units |
| BIO 350 | Microbial Symbiosis | 4 units |
| BIO 356 | The Biology of Marine Fishes | 4 units |
| BIO 360 | Avian Biology | 4 units |
| BIO 369 | Biological Oceanography | 4 units |
| BIO 373 | Computational Biology | 4 units |
| BIO 380 | Plant Physiological Ecology | 4 units |
Chemistry Component
| CHEM 120 | Foundations of General Chemistry | 4 units |
| One additional Chemistry course (with a lab) | 4 or 5 units |
Economics Component:
(Two courses required)
| ECON 101 | Principles of Economics I | 4 units |
| ECON 301 | Environmental Economics and Policy | 4 units |
ECON 301: Students may petition for another 300-level course from another department to substitute for ECON 301. An appropriate substitute must deal with environmental policy and be chosen in consultation with the academic adviser.
Geology Component:
(Three courses required)
| GEO 105 | Earth: Our Environment | 4 units |
| GEO 245 | Earth's Climate: Past and Future | 4 units |
| GEO 255 | Spatial Analysis with Geographic Information Science | 4 units |
Mathematics Component:
Select one option as detailed below:
Option 1-
| Calculus 2 | Scientific Modeling and Integral Calculus | 4 units |
Option 2-
| Calculus 1 | Scientific Modeling and Differential Calculus | 4 units |
| And | |
| Department-approved statistics course | 4 units |
Senior Seminar