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:  02-110 General Biology I, 02-115 General Biology II, and 02-220 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 02-100 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

I. Required Courses (20)

02-110General Biology I

4

02-111General Biology I Lab

1

02-115General Biology II

4

02-116General Biology II Lab

1

02-220Genetics

4

02-221Genetics Lab

1

02-224General Microbiology

4

02-226General Microbiology Lab

1

II. Upper-Division Electives* (6)

Select a minimum of 6 credit hours.
02-315General Ecology and Evolution

3

02-316General Ecology Lab

1

02-322Environmental Microbiology

2

02-323Environmental Microbiology Lab

1

02-335Advanced Clinical Physiology

3

02-336Case Studies in Human Physiology

1

02-355Molecular Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates

3

02-356Molecular Biochemistry Lab

1

02-357Nutritional Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates

3

02-358Nutritional Biochemistry Lab

1

02-363Biomimicry and Whole Systems Thinking

3

02-373Renewable Energy Technologies

4

02-375Issues in Environmental Science

3

02-393Green Building & LEED Rating Systems

3

02-405Invertebrate Zoology

4

02-416Conservation Biology

3

02-417Conservation Biology Lab

1

02-418Limnology

3

02-420Botany

3

02-421Botany Lab

1

02-422Human Anatomy

3

02-423Functional Human Anatomy Lab

1

02-425Medical Microbiology

3

02-426Immunology

3

02-435Ethics: Scientific Principles and Practices

3

02-479Pharmacology

2

02-497Special Topics

2

(*Prerequisites must be satisfied.)