Biology Minor

Minor Requirements:

The requirements include any of the necessary prerequisites for the required courses. A grade of C- or better is required in all biology courses taken for the minor, and a D (not a D-) is required for all non-biology courses for the minor.

Core Courses:

BISC 207 - Introductory Biology I Credit(s): 4
or
BISC 205 - Biology for Health Sciences Credit(s): 4
BISC 208 - Introductory Biology II Credit(s): 4

Additional BISC courses:

BISC 100 , BISC 207 (or BISC 205 ) and BISC 208 may count towards the required 19 credits. Otherwise the remaining credits must be courses with numbers higher than BISC 208 , subject to restrictions below.

Restrictions:

Either BISC 276 or BISC 306 may be applied to the minor, not both.
Either BISC 302 or BISC 321 may be applied to the minor, not both.
Special problems (such as BISC 466 ), Research (such as BISC 468 ), and Undergraduate Teaching (BISC 422 ) cannot be applied to the minor.
No courses from other departments may be applied to the minor.

Related Coursework:

General Chemistry I:

One of the following options (4-5 credits):

CHEM 101 - General Chemistry Credit(s): 3 and
CHEM 131 - General Chemistry Laboratory Credit(s): 1
or
CHEM 103 - General Chemistry Credit(s): 3 and
CHEM 133 - General Chemistry Laboratory Credit(s): 1
or
CHEM 111 - General Chemistry Credit(s): 3 and
CHEM 115 - Introduction to Chemical Sciences Credit(s): 2

General Chemistry II:

One of the following options (4-6 credits):

CHEM 102 - General Chemistry Credit(s): 3 and
CHEM 132 - General Chemistry Laboratory Credit(s): 1
or
CHEM 104 - General Chemistry Credit(s): 3 and
CHEM 134 - General Chemistry Laboratory Credit(s): 1
or
CHEM 112 - General Chemistry Credit(s): 3 and
CHEM 120 - Quantitative Chemistry Credit(s): 3

Organic Chemistry:

One of the following options (four credits):

CHEM 213 - Elementary Organic Chemistry Credit(s): 3 and
CHEM 215 - Elementary Organic Chemistry Laboratory Credit(s): 1
or
CHEM 321 - Organic Chemistry I Credit(s): 3 and
CHEM 325 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I Credit(s): 1
or
CHEM 331 - Organic Chemistry Credit(s): 3 and
CHEM 333 - Organic Chemistry Majors Laboratory I Credit(s): 1-2