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Offered by Department of Biology:

Biology Minor

MN 1050

(Not available as an additional teaching endorsement.)
Minimum required for minor = 24

A. Requirements (15 hours required)
Take all the following:
BIOL 104GS, Biology I  - 4 hours
BIOL 107GS, Biology II - 4 hours
BIOL 211GS, Human Microbiology - 4 hours
Take ONE of the following options:
Take 1 course from:
BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours (Prereq: At least one science course after high school biology)
BIOL 403, Plant Physiology - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 104GS, one year of Chemistry or permission of instructor)
OR take 2 courses:
BIOL 225, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
BIOL 226, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours

B. Electives (0-5 hours required)
BIOL 103GS, General Biology - 4 hours
BIOL 109GS, Plants and Animals and their Environment - 4 hours
BIOL 301, Introduction to Soils - 4 hours
BIOL 307, Ecology - 3 hours
BIOL 325, Medical Terminology - 1 hour (Prereq: a college Biology course or concurrent enrollment in BIOL 215 or BIOL 225 or permission of instructor)
BIOL 330, Wildlife Conservation - 3 hours
BIOL 380, Agronomy - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 103GS or BIOL 104GS or equivalent experience with crop plants)
BIOL 406, Plant Ecology - 3 hours
BIOL 416, Plant Diversity and Evolution - 4 hours
BIOL 418, Plant Taxonomy - 3 hours
BIOL 419, Taxonomy of Grasses - 3 hours
BIOL 430, Special Topics in Biology - 1-3 hours (Prereq: permission of instructor)
BIOL 435, Herpetology - 3 hours
BIOL 468, Parasites - 2 hours (Prereq: at least 8 hours of college Biology)
BIOL 470, Insect Biology - 3 hours
BIOL 472, Fresh Water Biology - 3 hours
BIOL 473, Ornithology - 3 hours
BIOL 474, Mammalogy - 3 hours

C. Required Chemistry (4 hours required):
Take ONE of the following options:
Take 1 course from:
CHEM 145GS, Introductory Chemistry - 4 hours
CHEM 150GS, Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry - 4 hours
OR 4 courses:
CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours   (see prerequisites)
CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
CHEM 161GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours (see prerequisites)
CHEM 161LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour

11 May 2006
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