Biology / Minor

Minor Credit Hours: 26

Students must achieve a  grade of C- or better in each of the following courses before they can advance to the next course in the sequence:  BIOL 11000 General Biology 1, BIOL 11500 General Biology 2, and BIOL 22000 Genetics.  Any grade less than a C- requires the student to repeat the class or petition for an exemption.  Students may receive the exemption only once.

Biology majors and minors may take a Biology class only two times. If a student has not achieved a minimum of a “C-” after the second attempt, the student may not repeat the class.

The Biology Department will award 3 hours of credit for the General Education class BIOL 10000 Introduction to Biology when students have received a score of 4 or 5 on AP tests. No credit is awarded for major classes based on AP scores.

To be admitted to the minor in Biology, the applicant needs either a cumulative GPA of 2.75 for matriculated students or a composite ACT score of 21 for first-year students. Minors need not take Calculus I to be admitted to the minor.

Degree Requirements

Minor: BIOL

I. Required Courses (20)

BIOL-11000General Biology 1

4

BIOL-11100General Biology 1 Lab

1

BIOL-11500General Biology 2

4

BIOL-11600General Biology 2 Lab

1

BIOL-22000Genetics

4

BIOL-22100Genetics Lab

1

BIOL-22400General Microbiology

4

BIOL-22600General Microbiology Lab

1

II. Upper-Division Electives* (6)

Select a minimum of 6 credit hours.
BIOL-31500General Ecology and Evolution

3

BIOL-31600General Ecology Lab

1

BIOL-32200Environmental Microbiology

2

BIOL-32300Environmental Microbiology Lab

1

BIOL-33500Advanced Clinical Physiology

3

BIOL-33600Case Studies in Human Physiology

1

BIOL-35500Molecular Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates

3

BIOL-35600Molecular Biochemistry Lab

1

BIOL-35700Nutritional Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates

3

BIOL-35800Nutritional Biochemistry Lab

1

BIOL-36300Biomimicry and Whole Systems Thinking

3

BIOL-37300Renewable Energy Technologies

4

BIOL-37500Issues in Environmental Science

3

BIOL-39300Green Building & LEED Rating Systems

3

BIOL-40500Invertebrate Zoology

4

BIOL-41600Conservation Biology

3

BIOL-41700Conservation Biology Lab

1

BIOL-41800Limnology

3

BIOL-42000Botany

3

BIOL-42100Botany Lab

1

BIOL-42200Human Anatomy

3

BIOL-42300Functional Human Anatomy Lab

1

BIOL-42500Medical Microbiology

3

BIOL-42600Immunology

3

BIOL-43500Ethics: Scientific Principles and Practices

3

BIOL-47900Pharmacology

2

BIOL-49700Special Topics

2

(*Prerequisites must be satisfied.)