Biology Minor

Requirements for the Minor

Required Courses

BIO 110Evolution, Biodiversity, Ecology

4

BIO 210Introduction to Genetics

4

 

CHE 135Accelerated General Chemistry

4

Or Both

CHE 131General Chemistry-I

4

AND

CHE 132General Chemistry-II

4

          

Students Must Complete One Of The Following Tracks:

Cell & Molecular Biology Track

BMB 210Introduction to Biochemistry and Cell Biology

4

CHE 241Organic Chemistry-I

4

Three BIO courses numbered 300 or above from Groups A (Cell and Molecular Biology) and B (Organisms). Of these three elective courses, at least one must come from Group A and one from Group B, and at least one of these courses must have a lab component (four credit hour courses). At least two of the three upper-level courses must be BIO courses.

Group A Cell and Molecular Biology:

BIO 335Developmental Biology

4

BIO 345Histology

4

BIO 355Immunology

3

BIO 385Cellular Neurobiology

3

BIO 386Cancer BIology

3

BIO 392Bioinformatics and Genomics

4

BIO 455The Biology of Viruses

3

BMB 310Macromolecules

3

BMB 320Cellular Metabolism

3

BMB 330Molecular Genetics

3

BMB 340Cell Biology

3

One of the BMB courses listed above or one of BNS 360, BNS 370, or BNS 380 can be used toward this requirement.

Group B Organisms:

BIO 320Natural History of Vertebrates

3

BIO 325Comparative Anatomy

4

BIO 330Entomology

4

BIO 340Microbiology

4

BIO 350Comparative Vertebrate Physiology

4

BIO 360Plant Biology

4

          

Ecology & Evolution Track

MAT 130Introduction to Statistics

3

Four BIO courses numbered 300 or above from Groups B (Organisms) and C (Ecology and Evolution). Of these four elective courses, at least one must come from Group B and one from Group C, and at least one of these courses must have a lab component (four credit hour courses). At least three of the four upper-level courses must be BIO courses. BNS 330 can count towards this requirement.

Group B Organisms:

BIO 320Natural History of Vertebrates

3

BIO 325Comparative Anatomy

4

BIO 330Entomology

4

BIO 340Microbiology

4

BIO 350Comparative Vertebrate Physiology

4

BIO 360Plant Biology

4

Group C Ecology and Evolution:

BIO 305Microevolution and Speciation

3

BIO 308Paleontology:The History of Life

3

BIO 315Freshwater Ecology

4

BIO 365Plant-Herbivore Interactions

3

BIO 370Principles of Ecology

4

BIO 372Caribbean Ecology

3

BIO 375Conservation Biology

3

BIO 381Forest Ecology

4