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School of Natural Sciences

Minor in Biology
Degree/Certificate Requirements

Course requirements include at least 20 credit hours chosen from the following biological science courses.  The 20 credit hours may include no more than one introductory biology course such as BIOL-L101, BIOL-L 102, PLSC-B 101, ZOOL-Z 103. 

Dept .

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

ANAT-A

464

Human Tissue Biology

5

C

BIOL-L 317 or ZOOL-Z 317/318

BIOL-K

312

Immunology

3

C

MICR-M 310 C: BIOL-K 313

BIOL-K

313

Laboratory in Immunology

2

C

C: BIOL-K 312

BIOL-K

322

Genetics & Molecular Biology

3

C

BIOL-K

323

Genetics & Molecular Biology Lab

2

C

BIOL-L

211

Molecular Biology

3

C

BIOL-L 101/102

BIOL-L

303

Field Biology

3

C

One semester biology

BIOL-L

304

Marine Biology

3

C

One biology course

BIOL-L

311

Genetics

3

C

BIOL-L 101/102, BIOL-L 211

C: BIOL-L 319

BIOL-L

312

Cell Biology

3

C

BIOL-L102, BIOL-L 211, BIOL-L 311 and BIOL-L 319

BIOL-L

313

Cell Biology Laboratory

3

C

C: BIOL-L 312

BIOL-L

317

Developmental Biology

3

C

BIOL-L 101/102, C: BIOL-Z 318

BIOL-L

318

Evolution

5

C

BIOL-L 101/102, BIOL-L 211

BIOL-L

319

Genetics Laboratory

3

C

C: BIOL-L 312

BIOL-L

323

Molecular Biology Laboratory

3

C

BIOL-L 211

BIOL-L

341

Natural History of Coral Reefs

3

C

100-level biology course

BIOL-L

350

Environmental Biology

3

C

Junior or Senior standing

BIOL-L

433

Tropical Biology

3

C

BIOL-L

465

Advanced Field Biology

3

C

BIOL-L 427 and consent of instructor

BIOL-L

473

Ecology

3

C

BIOL-L 101/102 C: BIOL-L 474

BIOL-L

474

Laboratory in Ecology 2

2

C

PLSC-B 203, PLSC-B364 or ZOOL-Z 373, ZOOL-Z 374

P or C: BIOL-L473 or MICR-M 420, or consent of instructor

BIOL-Z

318

Developmental Biology Laboratory

2

C

GEOL-G

210

Oceanography

3

C

MICR-M

310

Microbiology

3

C

BIOL-L 101/102 C: MICR-M 315

MICR-M

315

Microbiology Laboratory

2

C

C: MICR-M 310

MICR-M

350

Microbial Physiology and Biochemistry

3

C

BIOL-L 101/102, MICR-M 310/315

C: MICR-M 360

MICR-M

360

Microbial Physiology Laboratory

2

C

MICR-M 350

MICR-M

420

Environmental Microbiology

3

C

BIOL-L 101/102, CHEM-C 341

C: BIOL-L 474

MICR-M

485

Microbial Genetics Laboratory

3

C

PHSL-P

416

Comparative Animal Physiology

2

C

PLSC-B

364

Summer Flowering Plants

5

C

PLSC-B

368

Ethnobotany (Plants and Civilization)

3

C

PLSC-B

370

Plant Physiology

5

C

BIOL-L 101/102, Genetics

PLSC-B

373

Plant Growth and Development

5

C

BIOL-L 101/102, Genetics

PLSC-B

375

Horticultural Plants: Biotechnology, Physiology and Development

 

C

ZOOL-Z

373

Entomology

3

C

One introductory biology course

C: BIOL-L 317, ZOOL-Z 317

ZOOL-Z 

383 

Entomology Laboratory

2

C

C: ZOOL-Z 373

ZOOL-Z

374

Invertebrate Zoology

5

C

One introductory biology course

ZOOL-Z

460

Ethology (Animal Behavior)

3

C

One introductory biology course

ZOOL-Z

466

Endocrinology

3

C

BIOL-L 311/312

ZOOL-Z

476

Biology of Fishes

3

C

8 credits in zoology or consent of instructor

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