Department of Biological Sciences

Department Chair
Amy Sprowles, Ph.D.

Department of Biological Sciences
Science Complex B 221
707-826-3245

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Programs

• Biology, B.S.
• Botany, B.S.
• Zoology, B.S.

• Biology, M.S.

• Biology Minor
• Botany Minor
• Zoology Minor

• Biology, Cellular/Molecular Biology Concentration, B.S. MAP
• Biology, Ecology Concentration, B.S. MAP
• Biology, General Biology Concentration, B.S. MAP
• Biology, Marine Biology Concentration, B.S. MAP
• Biology, Microbiology Concentration, B.S. MAP
• Biology, Science Education Concentration, B.S. MAP
• Botany, B.S. MAP
• Zoology, B.S. MAP

Courses

• BIOL 102 - Human Biology
• BIOL 102L - Human Biology Lab
• BIOL 104 - General Biology
• BIOL 105 - Principles of Biology
• BIOL 180 - Selected Topics in Biology
• BIOL 180A - Selected Topics in Biology
• BIOL 180L - Selected Topics in Biology
• BIOL 198 - Supplemental Instruction
• BIOL 210 - Medical Microbiology
• BIOL 255 - Marine Biology
• BIOL 280 - Selected Topics in Biology
• BIOL 280L - Selected Topics in Biology
• BIOL 301 - History of Biology
• BIOL 304 - Human Genetics
• BIOL 305 - Social Behavior & Biology
• BIOL 306 - California Natural History
• BIOL 307 - Evolution
• BIOL 308 - Environment & Culture: How People Transformed a Continent
• BIOL 330 - Principles of Ecology
• BIOL 335 - Field or Laboratory Problems
• BIOL 340 - Genetics
• BIOL 350 - Cell Biology
• BIOL 369 - Professional Writing in the Life Sciences
• BIOL 380 - Selected Topics in Biology
• BIOL 380L - Selected Topics in Biology
• BIOL 399 - Supplemental Work in Biology
• BIOL 412 - General Microbiology
• BIOL 418 - Marine Microbiology
• BIOL 430 - Intertidal Ecology
• BIOL 433 - Microbial Ecology
• BIOL 433D - Microbial Ecology Discussion
• BIOL 434 - Population & Community Ecology
• BIOL 438 - Field Ecology
• BIOL 440 - Molecular Genetics Lab
• BIOL 448 - Biogeography
• BIOL 450 - Cell Biology Laboratory
• BIOL 480 - Selected Topics in Biology
• BIOL 480L - Selected Topics in Biology
• BIOL 482 - Supervised Internship
• BIOL 484 - Current Topics in Biology
• BIOL 490 - Senior Thesis
• BIOL 498 - Marine Biology Capstone Research
• BIOL 499 - Directed Study
• BIOL 533 - Microbial Ecology
• BIOL 533D - Microbial Ecology Discussion
• BIOL 534 - Population & Community Ecology
• BIOL 544 - Stem Cell Biology
• BIOL 544L - Stem Cell Biology Lab
• BIOL 548 - Biogeography
• BIOL 550 - Systematics
• BIOL 554 - Plant/Animal Interactions
• BIOL 564 - Transmission & Scanning Electron Microscopy
• BIOL 580 - Selected Topics in Biology
• BIOL 580L - Selected Topics in Biology
• BIOL 597 - Methods in Laboratory Instruction
• BIOL 683 - Introduction to Graduate Studies
• BIOL 684 - Introduction to Graduate Research
• BIOL 685 - Seminar in Biology
• BIOL 690 - Thesis
• BIOL 699 - Independent Study
• BIOL 700 - In-Service Professional Training in Biology

• BOT 105 - General Botany
• BOT 198 - Supplemental Instruction
• BOT 300 - Plants & Civilization
• BOT 310 - General Plant Physiology
• BOT 322 - Developmental Plant Anatomy
• BOT 330 - Plant Ecology
• BOT 330L - Plant Ecology Lab
• BOT 350 - Plant Taxonomy
• BOT 354 - Agrostology
• BOT 355 - Lichens & Bryophytes
• BOT 356 - Phycology
• BOT 358 - Biology of the Microfungi
• BOT 359 - Biology of the Ascomycetes & Basidiomycetes
• BOT 360 - Biology of the Fleshy Fungi
• BOT 360L - Biology of the Fleshy Fungi Lab
• BOT 372 - Evolutionary Morphology of Plants
• BOT 394 - Forest Pathology
• BOT 399 - Supplemental Work in Botany
• BOT 458 - Pollination Biology
• BOT 521 - Paleobotany
• BOT 522 - Developmental Plant Anatomy
• BOT 553 - Marine Macrophyte Ecology
• BOT 556 - Phycology
• BOT 572 - Evolutionary Morphology of Plants
• BOT 580 - Selected Topics in Botany
• BOT 580L - Selected Topics in Botany

• ZOOL 110 - Introductory Zoology
• ZOOL 113 - Human Physiology
• ZOOL 198 - Supplemental Instruction
• ZOOL 270 - Human Anatomy
• ZOOL 310 - Animal Physiology
• ZOOL 312 - Human Physiology
• ZOOL 314 - Invertebrate Zoology
• ZOOL 316 - Freshwater Aquatic Invertebrates
• ZOOL 325 - Advanced Behavioral Neuroscience
• ZOOL 354 - Herpetology
• ZOOL 356 - Mammalogy
• ZOOL 358 - General Entomology
• ZOOL 370 - Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates
• ZOOL 430 - Comparative Animal Behavior