Human Health Emphasis

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

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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

Required Courses (43 Units)

Supporting Courses

Emphasis Required Courses

Select 16 units from the following

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.

Associate Professor, Program Director, Biology B.S.

Faculty

Alan Thompson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biology, Program Director, Pharmaceutical Science, Pre-Health Sciences & Biology B.A.

Michael Kunz, Ph.D.

Program Director, Environmental Science & Environmental Studies

Krista Edmiston, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biology

Karen Cianci, Ph.D.

Dean of the School of Natural Sciences

Maria A. Soria, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biology