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Life Sciences
** Students should meet with departmental Student Affairs Officers, to help pick the right courses and curricular pathway.**
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| CHEM 14A LS 30A (OR MATH 3A OR MATH 31B) Plus other courses |
CHEM14B LS 30B (OR MATH 3B OR MATH 31B) Plus other courses |
CHEM 14BL LS 7A STATS 13 OR LS40 OR MATH 3C |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| CHEM 14C LS 7B STATS 13 OR LS40 OR MATH 3C or other course |
CHEM 14D LS 7C LS 23L |
PHYSICS 5A CHEM 153A* LS 107* |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| PHYSICS 5B Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
PHYSICS 5C Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
Electives and remaining requirements needed for graduation |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
* Only required for select Life Science majors.
** Students should meet with departmental Student Affairs Officers, to help pick the right courses and curricular pathway.**
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| LS 20 Non-majors biology class (LS 15, EEB 25, EEB 87, MCDB 50) Plus other courses |
LS 30A (OR MATH 3A OR MATH 31A) LS 7A Plus other courses |
LS 30B (OR MATH 3B OR MATH 31B) LS 7B Plus other courses |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| LS 7C CHEM 17 LS 23L |
CHEM 14A STATS 13 OR LS 40 OR MATH 3C LS 110 |
CHEM 14B CHEM 14BL Plus other courses |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| CHEM 14C LS 107* OR STATS 13 OR LS 40 Plus other courses |
CHEM 14D PHYSICS 5A Plus other courses |
CHEM 153A* or 14D PHYSICS 5B Plus other courses |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| PHYSICS 5C Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
* Only required for select Life Sciences majors.
** Students should meet with departmental Student Affairs Officers, to help pick the right courses and curricular pathway.**
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| LS 30A (OR MATH 3A OR MATH 31A) LS 7A Plus other course(s) |
LS 30B (OR MATH 3B OR MATH 31B) LS 7B Plus other course(s) |
CHEM 14A PHYSICS 5A (OR LS 40 OR STATS 13) Plus other course(s) |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| CHEM 14B LS 40 OR STATS 13 (OR PHYSICS 5A) Plus other course(s) |
LS 7C LS 23L CHEM 14C |
CHEM 14BL PHYSICS 5C (pre-req for Neurosci M101A) * Plus other course(s) |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| PHYSICS 5B CHEM 14CL Plus other courses |
CHEM 14D Plus other courses |
CHEM 153A Plus other courses |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
*Physics does not require Physics 5B as a pre-requisite for Physics 5C
** Students should meet with departmental Student Affairs Officers, to help pick the right courses and curricular pathway.**
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| LS 30A (OR MATH 3A OR MATH 31A) LS 7A Plus other course(s) |
LS 30B (OR MATH 3B OR MATH 31B) LS 7B Plus other course(s) |
STATS 13 OR LS40 OR MATH 3C LS 7C LS 23L |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| CHEM 14A STATS 13 OR LS 40 Plus other course(s) |
CHEM 14B CHEM 14BL Plus other course(s) |
CHEM 14C PHYSICS 5A Plus other course(s) |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| CHEM 14D LS 107* Plus other course(s) |
CHEM 153A* PHYSICS 5B Plus other course(s) |
PHYSICS 5C Plus other courses |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
* Only required for select Life Science Majors.