The environmental emphasis contains courses such as field botany, zoology and environmental chemistry, giving your degree a unique focus.
Career opportunities
This emphasis will equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary to enter medical school and pursue a career in the medical field.
Transferring to Fresno Pacific
FPU is a partner school with Transferology, a web-based tool that allows you to match the courses you’ve already taken with FPU programs. Visit Transferology.com to create an account and get started.
Course listing
In order to obtain a bachelor’s degree from Fresno Pacific University, students must complete at least 120 units. Along with completing all required courses in their selected area of study, general education requirements must be met by all graduates. See the general education summary in the undergraduate academic catalog for more information.
Select programs may not provide enough units for a student to graduate and therefore an emphasis and/or elective courses must be completed alongside the major. Please see below for emphases related to this area of study.
General Education Prerequisites
Code | Title | Units |
---|---|---|
BIOL 111 | General Biology: Cells and Physiology | 4 |
CHEM 103 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
MATH 210 | Calculus I | 4 |
Required Courses (43 Units)
Code | Title | Units |
---|---|---|
BIOL 121 | General Biology: Diversity and Ecology | 4 |
BIOL 312 | Ecology | 4 |
BIOL 332 | Human Physiology | 4 |
BIOL 370 | Bioethics | 3 |
BIOL 441 | Cell and Molecular Biology | 4 |
BIOL 450 | Genetics | 4 |
BIOL 470 | History and Philosophy of Science | 3 |
BIOL 485BIO | Senior Seminar | 2 |
BIOL 496 | Biological Research Must be taken for a minimum of 2 units | 1 - 3 |
Supporting Courses
Code | Title | Units |
---|---|---|
CHEM 104 | General Chemistry II | 4 |
CHEM 310 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
MATH 205 | Introductory Statistics | 3 |
PHYS 120 | General Physics I | 4 |
Emphasis Required Courses
Select 16 units from the following
Code | Title | Units |
---|---|---|
BIOL 220 | Healthcare in the United States | 2 |
BIOL 331 | Human Anatomy | 4 |
BIOL 340 | Microbiology | 4 |
BIOL 421 | Biochemistry | 4 |
BIOL 482 | Practicum in Biology 1 - | 3 |
CHEM 311 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
CHEM 312L | Organic Chemistry Laboratory I | 2 |
CHEM 313L | Organic Chemistry Laboratory II | 1 |
MATH 220 | Calculus II | 4 |
PHYS 121 PHYS 131 | General Physics II or University Physics II | 4 or 4 |
Other coursework approved by the Biology Program Director
Pre-medical students should enroll in PHYS 121 - General Physics II, CHEM 311 - Organic Chemistry II and BIOL 421 - Biochemistry.
Program director

Andrew T. Sensenig, Ph.D.
Faculty

Alan Thompson, Ph.D.

Michael Kunz, Ph.D.

Krista Edmiston, Ph.D.

Karen Cianci, Ph.D.

Maria A. Soria, Ph.D.