生物科学系的本科课程强调在分子，生化，细胞，有机和生态系统范围内检查的生物过程和系统。有了对这些领域的扎实基础，从遗传咨询到生物技术，从医学到流行病学，从兽医学到环境政策，任何生物学领域的未来职业和进一步培训都是可能的。加州大学圣地亚哥分校的校园是世界一流的生命科学研究机构，周围遍布着其他人，包括萨克生物学研究所，拉霍亚过敏和免疫研究所，斯克里普斯研究所和J.克雷格·文特研究所。这些机构共同为我们的学生提供了参与全国最富裕的研究机会。
The undergraduate curriculum in the Division of Biological Sciences emphasizes biological processes and systems examined at molecular, biochemical, cellular, organismal, and ecosystem scales. With a solid foundation of understanding in these areas, future careers and further training in any area of biology is possible, from genetic counseling to biotechnology, from medicine to epidemiology, from veterinary science to environmental policy. The UC San Diego campus is a world class life science research institution surrounded by others in close vicinity including the Salk Institute of Biological Studies, the La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology, the Scripps Research Institute, and the J. Craig Venter Institute. Together these institutions offer our students opportunities for research participation that are among the very richest in the nation.