Offered by Department of Biology

Biology Minor

(Not available as an additional teaching endorsement.)

Minimum hours required for minor = 18

1. Introductory Biology (8 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • BIOL 105GS, Biology I - 4 hours
     • BIOL 106GS, Biology II - 4 hours
2. Requirements (6 hours required)
   • Take 3 hours of Field electives:
     • BIOL 307, Ecology - 3 hours
     • BIOL 330, Wildlife Conservation - 3 hours
     • BIOL 405, Range and Wildlife Management - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 307 or BIOL 418)
     • BIOL 406, Plant Ecology - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 105GS and BIOL 106GS and BIOL 307 OR permission of instructor)
     • BIOL 418, Plant Taxonomy - 3 hours
     • BIOL 433, Invertebrate Zoology - 3 hours
     • BIOL 435, Herpetology - 3 hours
     • BIOL 462, Animal Behavior - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 105GS and BIOL 201 and BIOL 307 OR permission of instructor)
     • BIOL 470, Insect Biology - 3 hours
     • BIOL 472, Fresh Water Biology - 4 hours
     • BIOL 473, Ornithology - 3 hours
     • BIOL 474, Mammalogy - 3 hours
   • Take 3 hours of Laboratory electives:
     • BIOL 211GS, Human Microbiology - 4 hours
     • BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours
     • BIOL 225, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours (Prereq: CHEM 145GS OR CHEM 150GS OR CHEM 160GS and CHEM 160LGS OR departmental permission)
     • BIOL 226, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours (Prereq: BIOL 225 or permission of instructor)
     • BIOL 309, Cellular Biology - 4 hours (Prereq: 8 hours of college biology AND CHEM 161GS and CHEM 161LGS AND either CHEM 250 and CHEM 250L OR CHEM 361 and CHEM 361L OR permission)
     • BIOL 360, Genetics - 4 hours (Prereq: BIOL 106GS AND either BIOL 290 or BIOL 309)
     • BIOL 400, Microbiology - 4 hours
     • BIOL 401, Principles of Immunology - 4 hours (Prereq: either BIOL 211GS or BIOL 400 AND either BIOL 309 OR CHEM 351 and CHEM 351L OR permission of instructor)
     • BIOL 403, Plant Physiology - 3 hours
     • BIOL 404, Developmental Biology - 3 hours
     • BIOL 416, Plant Diversity and Evolution - 4 hours
     • BIOL 440, Infectious Diseases - 4 hours (Prereq: BIOL 211GS or BIOL 400 or permission)
     • BIOL 452, Techniques in Molecular Biology - 3 hours (Prereq: either BIOL 309 OR CHEM 351 and CHEM 351L)
     • BIOL 465, Physiology - 3 hours (Prereq: either BIOL 105GS or BIOL 106GS AND BIOL 309 AND CHEM 161GS and CHEM 161LGS AND organic chemistry OR permission of instructor)
     • BIOL 468, Parasitology - 2 hours
     • AND BIOL 468L, Parasitology Laboratory - 1 hour
3. Electives (4 hours required)
   • Take 4 hours from:
     • BIOL 200-BIOL 499
     • No more than 2 hours of BIOL 430, BIOL 456, BIOL 475, BIOL 480, BIOL 482 can be used.