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2024-2025 Pitzer Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Pitzer Catalog

Organismal Biology Major


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Major Requirements

Courses required for the Organismal Biology major:

Seven upper division biology courses, including 3 with lab. At least six courses must be from the four groups listed below, with at least one course from each group AND at least three from Group 1 or Group 3.  No more than one course from Group 4 may be counted.  Other biology courses may also be appropriate to fulfill the group requirements, if approved in advance by the biology faculty.  One upper division Environmental Analysis course offered by Department of Natural Sciences may count as a non-lab elective, but will not count towards any of the Group requirements.

Group 1:

Group 2:

Group 3:

Group 4:

 

A one- or two- semester thesis (BIOL 191 KS ; or BIOL 188L KS  and BIOL 190L KS ; or BIOL 189L KS and BIOL 190L KS)

Students wishing to pursue a combined major in Organismal Biology should instead pursue a combined major in Biology.

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