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Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, B.S. Four-Year Course Plan

All General Education course options can be found here .

Please Note: This four-year plan serves as a general guide and assumes that all prerequisite requirements have been met prior to each course. Students may need to complete additional prerequisite coursework (MATH 005 , CHEM 001 , WRI 001 ) based on placement results or prior preparation. Be sure to consult with your academic advisor to create a personalized plan that aligns with your individual progress and goals.

First Year
Fall Spring
BIO 011: Introduction to Molecular Biology  and BIO 011L   BIO 012: Introduction to Organismal Biology  and BIO 012L  
SPRK 001: Spark Seminar  or  SPRK 010: Spark Seminar   WRI 010: College Reading and Composition  
MATH 011: Calculus I   MATH 012: Calculus II  
CHEM 002: General Chemistry I  and CHEM 002L   CHEM 010: General Chemistry II  and CHEM 010L  

Second Year
Fall Spring
BIO 148: Fundamentals of Ecology   BIO 141: Evolution  
DSC 008: Introduction to Data Science   BIO 149: Conservation Biology  
PHYS 018: Introductory Physics I for Biological Sciences  and PHYS 018L   PHYS 019: Introductory Physics II for Biological Sciences  and PHYS 019L  
General Education: Lower Division Language General Education: Area B–Approaches to Knowledge Social Science, Literary and Textual Analysis, Media and Visual Analysis, Societies and Cultures of the Past

Third Year
Fall Spring
BIO 140: Genetics   Major Upper Division Practicum Elective
Major Upper Division EECB Elective Major Upper Division Science or Engineering Elective
Major Quantitative Elective General Education: Area B–Approaches to Knowledge Social Science, Literary and Textual Analysis, Media and Visual Analysis, Societies and Cultures of the Past
Lower or Upper Division Elective Lower or Upper Division Elective

Fourth Year
Fall Spring
Major Upper Division EECB Elective Major Upper Division EECB Elective
General Education: Area B–Approaches to Knowledge Social Science, Literary and Textual Analysis, Media and Visual Analysis, Societies and Cultures of the Past Major Upper Division Science or Engineering Elective
General Education: Upper Division Crossroads General Education: Upper Division Culminating Experience
Lower or Upper Division Elective Lower or Upper Division Elective