Minors
Biological Sciences Minor
Program Information
A minor is a secondary area of study outside of the major program of study with a structured curriculum composed of at least 18 semester credit hours of which at least 9 hours must be at the 3000-level or above.
Core Requirements
- Biol 1110/1111 - Biology for Science Majors I Lecture and Lab
- Biol 1120/1121 - Biology for Science Majors II Lecture and Lab
- Biol 1130/1131 - Biology for Science Majors III Lecture and Lab
- Biol 3100 - General Genetics
Biology Elective Requirements
(Select at least 9 credit hours from any of the Organismal, Population, Biodiversity, or Molecular menus listed below)
Organismal Menu
- Biol 3220 - Comparative Anatomy
- Biol 3230 - Vertebrate Embryology
- Biol 3240 - Plant Anatomy
- Biol 3260 - Animal Physiology
- Biol 3480 - General Entomology
- Biol 4267 - Plant Development
- Biol 4277 - Neuro Biology
- Biol 4357 - Ethology
- Biol 4487 - Paleobotany
- Biol 4767 - Plant Physiology
- Biol 4887 - Arachnology
Population Menu
- Biol 3460 - Invertebrate Zoology
- Biol 3350 - Ecology
- Biol 4337 - Plant Systematics
- Biol 4357 - Ethology
- Biol 4360 - Evolution
- Biol 4367 - Modeling Biological Systems
- Biol 4737 - Conservation Biology
- Biol 4747 - Population Genetics
Biodiversity Menu
- Biol 3410 - Vertebrate Zoology
- Biol 3420 - Plant Biology
- Biol 3450 - Algae and Fungi
- Biol 3460 - Invertebrate Zoology
- Biol 3480 - General Entomology
- Biol 4247 - Appalachian Flora
- Biol 4257 - Appalachian Fauna
- Biol 4337 - Plant Systematics
- Biol 4450 - Bryophytes, Ferns, and Seed Plants
- Biol 4467 - Ichthyology
- Biol 4477 - Ornithology
- Biol 4857 - Aquatic Biology
- Biol 4487 - Paleobotany
- Biol 4887 - Arachnology
- Hsci 3320/3321 - General Microbiology Lecture/Lab
Molecular Menu
- Biol 3150 - Cell Biology Lecture
- Biol 3151 - Cell Biology Lab
- Biol 4147 - Biochemistry of Macromolecules Lecture
- Biol 4157 - Biochemistry of Macromolecules Lab
- Biol 4167 - Biochemistry of Metabolism Lecture
- Biol 4177 - Biochemistry of Metabolism Lab
- Biol 4597 - Recombinant DNA Lab
- Biol 4647 - Plant Physiology
- Biol 4747 - Population Genetics