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Please use our new Course List starting in Fall 2018
Below you'll find a listing of IB courses by group designation.
Please note:
- This course list is subject to change. For a list of the department's current course offerings, please visit the Online Schedule of Classes.
- Course descriptions are available in the Berkeley Academic Guide.
- Courses with the ++ designation can count toward both a group and lab requirement.
- IB Lower Division Courses offered by IB Dept (not necessarily pre-requisites for IB Major
Course Lists: - Requirement Group A: Evolution & Genetics
- Requirement Group B: Ecology, Behavior & Diversity
- Requirement Group C: Structure, Function & Human Health
- Lab Requirement
Lower Division Courses - NOT necessarily pre-requisites for the IB Major
| Course Number | Units | Title (syllabus) | Semester Expected |
| Bio 1B | 4 | General Biology Lecture and Lab (syllabus) | Fall, Spring, & Summer |
| IB C13 | 4 | Origins | Fall - Even yrs |
| Bio 11/L | 3/2 | Intro to the Science of Living Organisms | Not currently offered |
| IB 31 | 3 | The Ecology and Evolution of Animal Behavior (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs, Summer |
| IB C32 | 3 | Bioinspired Design (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB 35AC | 3 | Human Biological Variation (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB 39C | 2 | Topics in Integrative Biology - Vet. Medicine | Not currently offered |
| IB 41 | 2 | Marine Mammals | Summer |
| IB 77A | 1 | Integrative Human Biology | Fall |
| IB 77B | 1 | Integrative Human Biology (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB C82 | 2 | Introduction to Oceans | Fall |
| IB C96 | 1 | Studying the Biological Sciences (BSP) | Fall |
| IB 98/198 | 2 | Integrative Medicine deCal | Spring |
Requirement Group A: Evolution & Genetics
| Course Number | Units | Title | Semester Expected |
| IB 141 | 3 | Human Genetics (syllabus) | Summer |
| IB 160 | 4 | Evolution (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB 161 | 4 | Population & Evolutionary Genetics (syllabus) | Spring - Odd yrs |
| IB 162 | 4 | Ecological Genetics (syllabus) | Fall - Even yrs |
| IB 163 | 3 | Molecular Evolution | Not currently offered |
| IB 164 | 4 | Human Genetics & Genomics (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB 167 | 4 | From Genes to Fossils (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 169 | 4 | Evolutionary Medicine (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB 172 | 4 | Coevolution: From Genes to Ecosystems (syllabus) | Spring |
Requirement Group B: Ecology, Behavior & Diversity
| Course Number | Units | Title | Semester Expected |
| IB 102LF++ | 4 | California Plants (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 103LF++ | 5 | Invertebrate Zoology (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 104LF++ | 5 | Natural History of Vertebrates (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB C107L++ | 4 | Principles of Plant Morphology | Fall |
| IB C110L++ | 4 | Biology of Fungi with Laboratory | Fall - Even yrs |
| IB 113L++ | 4 | Paleobiology: Ecology & Evolution (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB 114 | 4 | Infectious Disease Dynamics (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB C144 | 4 | Animal Behavior (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB C145 | 3 | Animal Communication (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 146LF++ | 5 | Behavioral Ecology (Lecture syllabus; Lab syllabus) | Spring - Odd yrs |
| IB 151 | 4 | Plant Physiological Ecology (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 152 | 4 | Environmental Toxicology (syllabus) | Not currently offered |
| IB 153 | 3 | Ecology (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB 154 | 3 | Plant Ecology (syllabus) | Fall - Odd yrs |
| IB C155 | 3 | Holocene Paleoecology (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB C156 | 4 | Conservation Biology (syllabus) | Fall & Summer |
| IB 157LF++ | 4 | Ecosystems of California (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB 158LF++ | 13 | Biology & Geomorphology of Tropical Islands (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB 159 | 3 | The Living Planet (syllabus) | Fall - Odd yrs |
| IB 162 | 4 | Ecological Genetics (syllabus) | Fall - Even yrs |
| IB 166 | 4 | Evolutionary Biogeography (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 167 | 4 | From Genes to Fossils (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 168L++ | 4 | Systematics of Vascular Plants (syllabus) | Spring - Odd yrs |
| IB 170LF++ | 3 | Population and Community Ecology Lab | Spring - Odd yrs |
| IB C171 | 3 | Freshwater Ecology (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 173LF++ | 5 | Mammalogy (syllabus) | Fall - Even yrs |
| IB 174LF++ | 4 | Ornithology (syllabus) | Spring - Odd yrs |
| IB 175LF++ | 4 | Herpetology (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB C176L++ | 3 | Fish Ecology (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB 181L++ | 4 | Paleobotany (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 183L++ | 4 | Evolution of Vertebrates (syllabus) | Spring - Odd yrs |
| IB C185L++ | 5 | Human Paleontology (syllabus) | Spring - Odd yrs |
| IB C187 | 3 | Human Biogeography of the Pacific (syllabus) | Not currently offered |
Requirement Group C: Structure, Function & Human Health
| Course Number | Units | Title | Semester Expected |
| IB 114 | 4 | Infectious Disease Dynamics (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB 115 | 4 | Intro to Systems in Biology & Medicine | Not currently offered |
| IB 116L++ | 4 | Medical Parasitology (syllabus) | Summer |
| IB 117 | 2 | Medical Ethnobotany (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB 118 | 4 | Host-Pathogen Interactions: Transdiscipline (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB 123AL++ | 5 | Exercise and Environmental Physiology (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB C125L++ | 4 | Intro to Biomechanics & Human Movement (syllabus) | Not currently offered |
| IB 127L++ | 3 | Motor Control (syllabus) | Not currently offered |
| IB 128 | 3 | Sports Medicine (syllabus) | Summer |
| IB C129L++ | 3 | Physiology Assessment (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB C130 | 4 | Human Fertility | Not currently offered |
| IB 131 | 3 | General Human Anatomy (syllabus) | Fall & Summer |
| IB 132 | 4 | Survey of Human Physiology (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB 135 | 4 | Mechanics of Organisms (syllabus) | Not currently offered |
| IB 136 | 4 | The Biology of Sex | Not currently offered |
| IB 137 | 4 | Human Endocrinology (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB 138 | 4 | Comparative Endocrinology (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB 139 | 4 | The Biology of Stress (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB 140 | 4 | Human Reproduction (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB C142L++ | 6 | Human Osteology (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB C143A | 3 | Biological Clocks (syllabus) | Fall - Even yrs |
| IB C143B | 3 | Hormones and Behavior (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB 148 | 3 | Comparative Animal Physiology (syllabus) | Fall - Even yrs |
| IB 150 | 3 | Evolutionary Environmental Physiology (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB 151 | 4 | Plant Physiological Ecology (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 184L++ | 4 | Morphology of Vertebrate Skeleton (syllabus) | Spring - Odd Yrs |
Courses Acceptable for IB Lab or Field Lab (LF) Requirement
| Course Number | Units | Title | Expected Semester |
| IB 102LF++ | 4 | California Plants (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 103LF++ | 5 | Invertebrate Zoology (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 104LF++ | 5 | Natural History of Vertebrates (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB C107L++ | 4 | Principles of Plant Morphology | Fall |
| IB C110L++ | 4 | Biology of Fungi with Laboratory | Fall - Even yrs |
| IB 113L++ | 4 | Paleobiology: Ecology and Evolution | Spring |
| IB 116L++ | 4 | Medical Parasitology (syllabus) | Summer |
| IB 117LF | 2 | Medical Ethnobotany Lab (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB 123AL++ | 5 | Exercise and Environmental Physiology with Laboratory (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB C125L++ | 4 | Intro to Biomechanics and Human Movement (syllabus) | Not currently offered |
| IB 127L++ | 3 | Motor Control (syllabus) | Not currently offered |
| IB C129L++ | 3 | Physiology Assessment (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB 131L | 2 | Human Anatomy Lab (syllabus) | Fall & Summer |
| IB 132L | 2 | Human/Mammalian Physiology Lab | Spring |
| IB C135L | 3 | Mechanisms of Organisms Lab (syllabus) | Not currently offered |
| IB C142L++ | 6 | Human Osteology (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 146LF++ | 5 | Behavioral Ecology Lecture and Lab (syllabus) | Spring - Odd yrs |
| IB 151L | 2 | Plant Physiological Ecology (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 154L | 2 | Plant Ecology Lab (syllabus) | Fall - Odd yrs |
| IB 157LF++ | 4 | Ecosystems of California (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB C158LF++ | 13 | Biology & Geomorphology of Tropical Islands (syllabus) | Fall |
| IB 168L++ | 4 | Systematics of Vascular Plants (syllabus) | Spring - Odd yrs |
| IB 170LF++ | 3 | Population and Community Ecology Lab | Spring - Odd yrs |
| IB 173LF++ | 5 | Mammalogy Lecture & Laboratory (syllabus) | Fall - Even yrs |
| IB 174LF++ | 4 | Ornithology Lecture & Laboratory (syllabus) | Spring - Odd yrs |
| IB 175LF++ | 4 | Herpetology Lecture & Laboratory (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB C176L++ | 3 | Fish Ecology (syllabus) | Spring |
| IB 181L++ | 4 | Paleobotany (syllabus) | Spring - Even yrs |
| IB 183L++ | 4 | Evolution of Vertebrates Lecture and Laboratory (syllabus) | Spring - Odds yrs |
| IB 184L++ | 4 | Morphology of Vertebrate Skeleton Lecture and Laboratory (syllabus) | Spring - Odd yrs |
| IB C185L++ | 5 | Human Paleontology (syllabus) | Spring - Odd yrs |