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)
II. Upper-Division Electives* (6)
Select a minimum of 6 credit hours.
| 02-315 | General Ecology and Evolution | 3 |
| 02-316 | General Ecology Lab | 1 |
| 02-322 | Environmental Microbiology | 2 |
| 02-323 | Environmental Microbiology Lab | 1 |
| 02-335 | Advanced Clinical Physiology | 3 |
| 02-336 | Case Studies in Human Physiology | 1 |
| 02-355 | Molecular Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates | 3 |
| 02-356 | Molecular Biochemistry Lab | 1 |
| 02-357 | Nutritional Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates | 3 |
| 02-358 | Nutritional Biochemistry Lab | 1 |
| 02-363 | Biomimicry and Whole Systems Thinking | 3 |
| 02-373 | Renewable Energy Technologies | 4 |
| 02-375 | Issues in Environmental Science | 3 |
| 02-393 | Green Building & LEED Rating Systems | 3 |
| 02-405 | Invertebrate Zoology | 4 |
| 02-416 | Conservation Biology | 3 |
| 02-417 | Conservation Biology Lab | 1 |
| 02-418 | Limnology | 3 |
| 02-420 | Botany | 3 |
| 02-421 | Botany Lab | 1 |
| 02-422 | Human Anatomy | 3 |
| 02-423 | Functional Human Anatomy Lab | 1 |
| 02-425 | Medical Microbiology | 3 |
| 02-426 | Immunology | 3 |
| 02-435 | Ethics: Scientific Principles and Practices | 3 |
| 02-479 | Pharmacology | 2 |
| 02-497 | Special Topics | 2 |
(*Prerequisites must be satisfied.)