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Aug 27, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog
Marine Biology, B.S.
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(120 units)
This degree is approved for distance education by the WSCUC.
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 courses and 41 are in upper division courses. 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.
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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.
Pre-Majors:
A grade “C” or better must be achieved within one calendar year.
A grade “C” or better must be achieved within three semesters.
Take all of the following courses:
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:
or all four of the following courses lower-division courses:
Take all of the following courses:
Take a minimum of four courses totaling at least 12 elective units from the following:
These courses do not meet any specific or elective requirements for this major:
Prerequisites
To meet prerequisite standards for courses in this program’s requirements, a “C” or better is necessary in the following: |
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