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University of California, Riverside
Biological Sciences B.S. Biology Track

Biological Sciences is an interdepartmental major that includes faculty (more than 150) from seven departments in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. The major offers the B.S. degree and is unified by the Life Sciences core curriculum (see below, Major Requirements), which students complete during their initial years at UCR or at another college or university (transfer students).

For advanced study in the junior and senior years, students select an area of specialization (track) from the ten that are now available: Bioinformatics and Genomics; Biology; Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology; Conservation Biology; Evolution and Ecology; Entomology; Environmental Toxicology; Medical Biology; Microbiology; and Plant Biology. Each track provides the opportunity to combine broad basic training in biological sciences with an emphasis in an area of particular interest to the student. Both the name of the major (Biological Sciences) and the track are included on the official transcript.

The organization of the major into tracks and the participation of a large number of faculty allows a diversity of student choices that could not be provided by a single department. The track structure allows flexibility to incorporate new faculty and research areas so students can prepare for graduate study and careers in emerging fields of biology. As their interests change and develop during the initial years at UCR, students can easily change their track selection for the junior and senior years.

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