The Human Biology major is a catch-all designed to prepare students who are interested in pursuing graduate school in the health sciences, especially chiropractic school, physical therapy and physician's assistant programs. It offers a concentration in pre-chiropractic and a more general concentration in pre-health care.
History of the Department
Faculty
Matt Cruzen, Ph.D.; Department chair, teaches General Biology I, Cell & Molecular Biology (lecture and lab), and Biochemistry I and II.
Ruth Ebeling, M.S.; teaches Neurobiology, Human Anatomy (lecture and lab), Vertebrate Physiology (lecture and lab), and Prosection.
Harvey Havoonjian, M.D.; teaches Human Anatomy Lab and Parasitology Lab.
Jason Tresser, Ph.D.; teaches General Biology I (lecture and lab), Genetics (lecture and lab), Directed Research in Biology (on tunicates), Advanced Seminar in Biology, and Biochemistry lab.
Wendy Billock, Ph.D.; teaches General Principles of Biology, General Biology II (lecture and lab), Ecology (lecture and lab), and Marine Biology (lecture and lab).
Albert Lin, Ph.D.; teaches Physiology (lecture and lab), Microbiology (lecture and lab), Immunology, and Advanced Seminar in Biology.
Pre-Chiropractic Concentration
The pre-chiropractic concentration is offered in cooperation with the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (LACC) at Southern California University of the Health Sciences, with upper divison biology courses taken at LACC.
Biology
BIOS 111, 112 - General Biology I and II
BIOS 111L, 112L - General Biology Lab I and II
BIOS 252 - Human Anatomy
BIOS 281 - Physiology
Chemistry
CHEM 105, 106 - General Chemistry I and II
CHEM 105L, 106L - General Chemistry Lab I and II
CHEM 301, 302 - Organic Chemistry I and II
CHEM 311, 312 - Organic Chemistry Lab I and II
Other Requirements
MATH 101, 105 or 210 - Precalculus, Calculus I or Probability & Statistics
PHSC 111, 112 - General Physics I and II for non-physics majors
PHSC 111L, 112L - General Physics Lab I and II for non-physics majors
Upper division courses taken at LACC
ANO 102 - Anatomy, Physiology, Histology I
ANO 203 - Anatomy, Physiology, Histology II
ANO 304 - Anatomy, Physiology, Histology III
BNO 102 - Human Biochemistry
PMO 301 - General Pathology
Pre-Health Care Professionals Concentration
The Pre-Health Care concentration was originally called the pre-physical therapy concentration and required courses more specific to kinesiology, another undergraduate major at Biola University.
Biology
BIOS 111, 112 - General Biology I and II
BIOS 111L, 112L - General Biology Lab I and II
BIOS 252 - Human Anatomy
BIOS 281 - Physiology
BIOS 311 - Neurobiology
BIOS 312 - Cell & Molecular Biology
BIOS 322 - Cell & Molecular Biology Lab
Chemistry
CHEM 105, 106 - General Chemistry I and II
CHEM 301, 311 - Organic Chemistry I (lecture and lab)
Physics
PHSC 111, 112 - General Physics I and II for non-physics majors
PHSC 111L, 112L - General Physics I and II Lab for non-physics majors
Other requirements
MATH 210 - Intro to Probability and Statistics
PEED 301 - Kinesiology OR PEED 302 - Physiology of Exercise
PSYC 200 - Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 309 - Abnormal Psychology OR PSYC 320 - Developmental Psychology
16 units of electives, 12 of which must be upper division. Some of the options include:
BIOS 282 - Microbiology
BIOS 310 - Prosection
BIOS 332 - Genetics
BIOS 352 - Marine Biology
BIOS 401 - General Ecology
BIOS 402 - Parasitology
BIOS 411, 412 - Biochemistry I and II
BIOS 442 - Immunology
BIOS 450 - Directed Research
CHEM 302, 312 - Organic Chemistry II (lecture and lab)
PSYC 325 - Developmental Psychology: Childhood & Adolescents