REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR IN BIOLOGY

Total credit hours:  20-24

Students who are majoring in Biology, Zoology, Physiology or Botany may not declare a Minor in Biology.  Elective credit hours used towards the BIOL minor must be in courses not being counted towards a student’s major.  A grade of “C” or better is required in all courses.  At least 25% of credit hours for the BIOL minor must be earned in upper division courses.

Required courses (11-12 credit hours)

BIOL 1010   General Biology (4)

Select two (2) of the following courses: 

MOLB/

MICR 2021   Microbiology (4)

BIOL 2022   Animal Biology (4)

BIOL 2023   Biology of Plants and Fungi (4)

BIOL 3050   Genetics (4)

BIOL 3400   General Ecology (3)

ELECTIVE COURSES (9-12 credits)

Select one course from each of three of the following subject areas.  One of the three courses must have a laboratory component.  In addition, one course must have a ZOO prefix, and one must have a BOT prefix.

MOLECULAR/GENETICS/CELL BIOLOGY

BIOL 3050   Genetics (4)*

BIOL 3600   Cell Biology (3)

ZOO  4425   Genetic Markers (3)

*If BIOL 3050 was selected in the ‘Required Courses’ category, it may not be used as an elective course.

MORPHOLOGY/PHYSIOLOGY

BOT 3200    Plant Anatomy (3)

BOT 4300    Mycology (4)

BOT 4390    Fungal Physiology & Ecology (3)

BOT 4400    Plant Physiology (4)

ZOO 4000    Comparative Chordate Anatomy (4)

ZOO 4280    Introduction to Neuroscience (3)

ZOO 4330    Icthyology (3)

ZOO 4350    Ornithology (3)

ZOO 4370    Mammalogy (3)

ZOO 4540    Invertebrate Zoology (4)

ZOO 4380    Herpetology (3)

EVOLUTION

BIOL 3000   Microbial Evolution & Diversity (3)

BOT  4680   Taxonomy of Vascular Plants (4)

BIOL 3500   Evolutionary Biology (3)

ZOO  3600   Principles of Animal Behavior (3)

ECOLOGY

BIOL 3400   General Ecology (3)*

BIOL 4400   Microbial Ecology (3)

BOT  4700   Vegetation Ecology (4)

BOT  4730   Plant Physiological Ecology (4)

BOT  4745   Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology (4)

ZOO  4440   Limnology (3)

ZOO  4400   Population Ecology (3)

*If BIOL 3400 was selected in the ‘Required Courses’ category, it may not be used as an elective course.

Credit in other courses with different prefixes in the biological sciences area may be applied to the minor in Biology at the discretion of a student’s minor advisor.