AA/AS in Biology, General

Barstow Community College's Biology-focused Associate of Science transfer degree helps students think like scientists. It builds conceptual knowledge in biology as a first step toward a bachelor's degree. The core includes cell and molecular biology, evolution and organismal biology, two semesters of general chemistry, and general physics. Faculty emphasize how biology connects basic scientific ideas with the scientific method. The degree requires 30 major units and totals 60 units, and it aims to ready tomorrow's biologists for original discoveries. The program page lists the full set of required courses with their unit values, so applicants can plan a sequence of classes term by term. Prospective students who want to compare this program with other options at the college can review the guided pathways listing for the related academic area, and they can ask the college about advising and course availability.