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The CSUF Department of 生物科学 is dedicated to educating the individual student using active-learning, inquiry-based educational approaches throughout its curriculum. The curriculum for biology majors provides a broad exposure to key biological principles through the core and depth of knowledge within the student's chosen emphasis. Many opportunities for faculty-mentored student research exist. Our focus is on guiding students to acquire the skills, 培养态度, and master the information necessary to continue their education, obtain desirable employment in biology-related areas, 成为有生产力的公民. 

What can students expect to gain from their experience in the biology major?
实验设计技能, 假设检验, 批判性思维, 解决问题, 观察, data collection and record keeping, data analysis and interpretation, use of laboratory and field instrumentation and techniques, information retrieval and evaluation, written and oral communication, 作为团队的一员. In this context, students will learn to question and evaluate biological ideas. 

A positive attitude toward biology, an appreciation for the value of living systems and bioethics, a desire for life-long learning, and an realization that scientific investigations involve creativity, 聪明才智, 和想象力.

Mastery of biological principles and concepts and their interrelationships, and an understanding of the unifying role in biology of evolution and biodiversity, and the dynamics of biological systems.

课程
The curriculum uses themes and perspectives to connect and integrate major concepts, 原则和基本事实. Three Themes run throughout the curriculum: 进化 (inherited changes in organisms accumulate over time), 统一性与多样性 (organisms possess common characteristics while exhibiting a wide range of variability), and Dynamics of Biological Systems (living systems continually respond to their external and internal environments by making changes necessary to sustain life). Each theme will be presented from two Perspectives: 人类的影响 (the interactions between humans and the biological world) and 科学的流程 (the testing of new ideas, questions or hypotheses through 观察 and experimentation).

The Bachelor of Science in 生物科学 requires 40 units in the major, 34 units of supporting courses in physical sciences and mathematics. All biology majors must complete five core courses: BIOL 151 - Cellular and Molecular Biology, BIOL 152 - 进化 and Organismal Biology, BIOL 251 and 253 L - Genetics and Cell and Molecular Biology Skills Laboratory, BIOL 252 and 254L - Principles of Ecology and Research Skills for Ecology and Organismal Biology and BIOL 325 - Principles of 进化. All courses must be passed with a “C” (2.0)或更好. Those seeking careers in the health professions should speak to a health professions adviser about specific course recommendations. 欲了解更多信息，请访问:  富勒顿.edu/health_professions .

有五种浓度. 请使用链接到 CSUF大学目录 to see the official requirements for each concentration. 

1) Ecology and 进化ary Biology: The study of all biological organisms (ranging from the level of the individual to the ecosystem), their responses to the environment on evolutionary and ecological time scales, 以及它们的守恒. 

2) Cellular and Developmental Biology: The study of the structural and functional dynamics of cells, including topics such as compartmentalization and secretion, 细胞活性, and cell-cell interactions as they apply to the the specialized fields of immunology, 微生物学, 神经生物学, 生理学, 以及发育生物学. 

3) Marine Biology: The study of marine organisms and their coastal and oceanic habitats, 包括分类, 结构/功能, ecology and 生理学 of these organisms, 和保护, environmental and evolutionary issues related to these organisms and their habitats. 

4) Molecular Biology and Biotechnology: The study of genetics, 分子生物学, and biotechnology and their applications to medicine, agriculture and the environment (e.g., cancer, infectious diseases, gene therapy, crop improvement, and bioremediation).

5) Plant Biology: The study of plant biology, 包括植物多样性, 植物细胞生物学, 植物发育生物学, 植物生态学, 植物的进化, 植物遗传学, 分子植物生物学, 有机植物生物学, 藻类学, 植物生理学, 植物与动物的相互作用, plant-microbe交互, 植物病理学.