Minor in Botany or Biology

The Minors Program of the College of Arts & Sciences coordinates elective courses into a focus outside of an undergraduate major.

A grade of "C" or better is required of all courses.

BOTANY

Total Minimum Credits = 18 Hours

Required Courses = 4 Hours from:

BIOL 2023 Biology of Plants and Fungi (4)

Elective Courses = Minimum of 14 Hours chosen from:

BOT 3200 Plant Anatomy (3)
BOT 4300 Mycology (4)
BOT 4400 Plant Physiology (4)
BOT 4640 Flora of the Rocky Mountains (3)¹ (offered in Summer)
BOT 4680 Taxonomy of Vascular Plants (4)¹
BOT 4700 Vegetation Ecology (4)
BOT 4730 Plant Physiological Ecology (3)

¹Credit cannot be earned for both BOT 4680 and BOT 4640
Note that BIOL 1010 is required for BIOL 2023

BIOLOGY

Total Credits = 20 - 24 Hours

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 Ichthyology (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 adviser.

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