Fisheries Biology, Aquaculture Concentration, B.S. MAP

Major Academic Plans

Major Academic Plans (or MAPS) show the courses you might take each semester to meet your degree requirements in 4 years. Students at Cal Poly Humboldt follow many different paths to graduation. Your educational and career goals, as well as personal interests all contribute to determining the courses you take. We encourage you to discuss course options with an advisor.

The General Education and All-University Requirements in this MAP are in effect for students entering Cal Poly Humboldt with the catalog year of 2023-24. Refer to your degree audit for details on your major and GE catalog year.

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Year 1

Semester 1 (16-18 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 102 - Composition and Rhetoric A Units: 3 OR ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition and Rhetoric Units: 3
Optional: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
GE Area B: Mathematics MATH 101 - College Algebra Units: 3 OR (MATH 101I - College Algebra with Integrated Support Units: 3 AND MATH 1 - Support for College Algebra Units: 1 ) ^[1]
GE Area B: Physical Science CHEM 107 - Fundamentals of Chemistry Units: 4
GE Area E: Lifelong Learning SCI 100 - Becoming a STEM Professional in the 21st Century Units: 3
Major (Core) FISH 260 - Fish Conservation and Management Units: 3

^[1] Credit earned for math support course (MATH 1) does not count toward unit requirements for graduation, GE or major.

Semester 2 (14-15 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 103 - Composition and Rhetoric B Units: 3 ^[2]
Optional: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
GE Area A: Oral Communication COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3
Major / GE Area B2: Life Science / B3 Lab BIOL 105 - Principles of Biology Units: 4
Major (Core) STAT 109 - Introductory Biostatistics Units: 4

^[2] If ENGL 104 was taken last semester, take an elective, other GE or major course in place of ENGL 103.

Year 2

Semester 3 (13 Units)

Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking Courses
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Units: 3
Major (Core) ZOOL 110 - Introductory Zoology Units: 4

Semester 4 (16-17 Units)

Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
OR
Humanities
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Units: 3
Major (Core) Physical Science Elective: CHEM 128 , GEOL 109 , (OCN 109 AND OCN 109L ), OR PHYX 106 Units: 3-4
Major (Core) FISH 310 - Ichthyology Units: 4

Year 3

Semester 5 (16 Units)

Upper Division GE Area C: Arts & Humanities
(Take a course that double-counts for DCG) Units: 3
American Institutions / GE Area F: Ethnic Studies / DCG Domestic NAS 200 - Indigenous Peoples in U.S. History Units: 3
Major (Core) and GWAR: FISH 314 - Fishery Science Communication Units: 3
Major (Concentration): FISH 370 - Aquaculture Units: 4
Major (Core): FISH 380 - Techniques in Fishery Biology Units: 3

Semester 6 (13-14 Units)

American Institutions
U.S. and California Government
Units: 3
Major (Core) FISH 311 - Fish Physiology Units: 3
Major (Core) FISH 474 - Conservation Genetics of Fish and Wildlife Units: 4
Major Elective ^[3] Units: 3-4

Year 4

Semester 7 (16 Units)

Major (Core) Quantitative Course: FISH 358 - Fisheries Data Analysis Units: 4 OR FISH 458 - Fish Population Dynamics Units: 4 OR FISH 558 - Fish Population Dynamics Units: 4
Major (Core) FISH 460 - Advanced Fish Conservation and Management Units: 3
Major (Concentration) FISH 375 - Mariculture Units: 3
Major Elective^[3] Units: 3
Elective Units: 3

Semester 8 (13-15 Units)

Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Units: 3
Major (Concentration) FISH 471 - Fish Diseases Units: 3
Major (Concentration) FISH 472 - Advanced Aquaculture Units: 3
Major Elective^[3]Units: 3
Elective Units: 1-3 (as needed to meet 120 units total)

Major Notes:

^[3] Complete 9 units upper division electives. See Fisheries Biology, Aquaculture Concentration, B.S. for approved courses.

Upper Division GE Area B requirement met by the major.