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 2 times. If a student has not achieved a minimum of a “C-” after the second attempt, the student may not repeat the class. Students are allowed to repeat no more than two courses in the program to satisfy minimum grade requirement.

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.)