Marine Biology, B.S.

Marine biology is the study of the biology and ecology of organisms found in the ocean. This degree provides a base to pursue graduate school, along with a variety of careers in environmental consulting, government, teaching, and public aquaria. This major requires approximately 79-86 units in the major, of which 39-45 are in lower division and 41 are in upper division. All students must achieve at least a 2.0 grade-point average in each of the following: 1. the entire college record, 2. all units attempted at CSULB, and 3. all courses in the major. In addition, students must receive a “C” or better in all upper division major courses.

Admission Under Impaction

Degree Progress

Pre-Marine Biology majors must complete the following requirements within the specified time of declaring the pre-major. Some students may need to take courses during Summer Session to meet these requirements. Students who have not met the requirements by the required semester must either declare another major or meet with an Academic Advisor to determine if the student’s performance in the courses merits an additional semester to complete.

Freshman:

A grade “C” or better must be achieved within one calendar year.

Lower Division:

Take all of the following courses:

Note(s):

BIOL 111, BIOL 111L, BIOL 212 , BIOL 212L , BIOL 213 , BIOL 213L are required if courses were taken prior to catalog year 2010-11. CHEM 112A and CHEM 112B may be substituted for CHEM 111A and CHEM 111B with advisor substitution request.

Take one of the following courses:

Take one of the following courses:

These courses do not meet any specific or elective requirements for this major:

Take either:

or all four of the following courses lower-division courses: