1. Department of Biology SOAR Summer 2017

2. Where are you? California State University San Bernardino
College of Natural Sciences
College of Social and
Behavioral Sciences
you are here!
Dept. of Biology
College of Arts and
Letters
Dept. of Chemistry
Dept. of Physics
Dept. of Nursing
Dept. of Mathematics
College of Education
Dept. of Kinesiology
Dept. of Geology
Dept. of Comp. Sci. & Engineering
College of Business and
Public Administration
Dept. of Health Sciences

3. Who is in charge? Dr. Tomas Morales President, CSUSB
Dr. Kirsten Fleming
Dean, College of
Natural Sciences
Dr. Mike Chao
Chair, Dept. of Biology

4. Who’s in the Biology Department?
Bournias
Chao
Orwin
Dodsworth
Ferrari
Thompson
Owerkowicz
Rhoads
Williams
Horner
Newcomb
Skillman
Metcalf
Polcyn
Sumida
Nickerson

5. What goes on in the Biology Dept.?
Orwin
Dodsworth
Bournias
Chao
Ferrari
Rhoads
Williams
Horner
Owerkowicz
Metcalf
Skillman
Newcomb
Polcyn
Sumida
Nickerson

6. What can you do with a Biology degree?
Healthcare-related:
Dentistry
Veterinary medicine
Optometry
Pharmacy (see also: Biochemistry)
Wildlife resource management
National Forest Service
National Park Service
Fish and Game
Zoological organizations
NGOs

7. What can you do with a Biology degree?
Industrial:
Agriculture
Biotechnology
Research:
Lab technician
Graduate school (MS, PhD)
Museums
Teaching:
K-12 science education
higher education

8. Biology Degree Options
B.A. Biology
B.S. Biology
B.S. Evolution and Ecology
B.S. Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Articulation Program (Western Univ. of Health Sciences)
Contact Dr. Sumida if interested
B.A. and B.S. options are very similar (B.S. requires org. chem lab and more upper division Biol. courses), and it is easy to switch between the two.

9. Biology “core” coursework
One quarter of calculus
MATH192 or MATH211
One year of intro. chemistry
CHEM215, 216
One year of intro. biology
BIOL200, 201, 202
One year of organic chemistry
CHEM221, 222, 223
(CHEM321, 322, 323)
One year of physics
PHYS121, 122, 123
(PHYS221, 222, 223)

12. How to get through high school 

13. How to get through college 

14. How do I navigate the college maze?
Get academic advising!
Get it early, and get it often!
How often? EVERY QUARTER!
Who to get it from?
BIOLOGY FACULTY
Professional advisors, peer advisors
Health Professions Advising Center (HPAC)
Fall quarter: come see a Biology Advisor!

15. A few important things about email...
Your address:
is OFFICIAL!
Financial aid deadlines
Course information from professors
NOBODY has your phone number

16. What do I do if I get lost? http://biology.csusb.edu Lots of useful
information…
Course info
Degree
“roadmaps”
Office hours (for advising)
Etc…

17. Today’s ONLY goal: sign up for Fall 2017 classes
99.9% of you will select the following:
A Math (MATH) class
An English (ENG) class
A General Education (GE) class

18. What NOT to do today! DO NOT obsess over your choices!
DO NOT pick classes you are not ready for!
DO NOT try to plan out the rest of your college career today!
DO NOT go above 12 (14) units!
DO NOT choose BIOL 100! Unless...
You are working on Nursing pre-requisites
You are not committed to the Biology major

19. How to choose the appropriate Math class
If you are not enrolled (or will not enroll) in a summer Math program, you should enroll in whatever your Blue Sheet tells you to.
If you are enrolled in a summer Math program:
Try to enroll in MATH110
If that doesn’t work, then pick a non-MATH GE class for now
The Math Dept. will help you pick the right class over the summer!

20. What else to enroll in? English: Directed Self Placement (DSP)!
ENG102A (and ENG103A and 104A), or...
ENG105A (and ENG106A), or...
ENG107
COMM120, or...
GE Category A4 (Critical Thinking)
Other required GE courses
avoid GE Category B (for now)
Category C3 (foreign lang.): credit by exam

21. Can I start science classes?
To enroll in CHEM 215, you must be at least co-enrolled in MATH 110
Don’t worry; almost NOBODY starts science classes immediately.
FYI: students not matriculating as college ready for math have a dramatically lower chance of succeeding in the Biology major

22. Can I do more?
We recommend you do NOT exceed 12 units for Fall quarter
Other classes to maybe add:
UTSD100A Freshman Seminar (2 units), this is a good class to take!
KINE205 (Phys. Ed., 2 units)
Wait until at least Winter to do more!