Biology

Concentration in Environmental Science

Requirements

Introductory Biology

Select one course from the list below:

BIO 105	Marine Biology	4 units
BIO 106	Biology of California	4 units
BIO 110	Organisms on Earth	4 units
BIO 115	General Zoology	4 units

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

BIO 280

Evolutionary Biology

4 units

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 370	Field Ecology	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:

Students must complete the following two courses:

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.