Biology Minor

Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biological Neuroscience, Biotechnology and Health Economics, and Computational Biology majors are not eligible to minor in Biology.

Program Requirements

Students who have passed BIOL 1010 and BIOL 1015 or BIOL 1016 , or have Advanced Placement (AP) credit; may complete a minor in Biology. by taking BIOL 2120 and three 4000-level courses in Biology. BIOL 2500 may substitute for one of the three but is not required. Only a total of 4 credits may come from research credits (i.e URPs/thesis/etc.). Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biological Neuroscience, Biotechnology and Health Economics, and Computational Biology majors are not eligible to minor in Biology.

Take 4 courses:

Required Core Course

BIOL 2120 - Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology Credit Hours: 3

3 Additional BIOL course at the 4000-level*

BIOL 4100 - From Neuron to Behavior Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4110 - Investigative Medicine I Credit Hours: 1
BIOL 4120 - Investigative Medicine II Credit Hours: 1
BIOL 4130 - Biomedical Research Credit Hours: 6
BIOL 4140 - Cytoskeletal Biology Credit Hours: 2
BIOL 4150 - Cellular Neuroscience Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4200 - Biostatistics Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4220 - Machine Learning for Environmental Biology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4240 - Topics in Circadian Biology Credit Hours: 2
BIOL 4250 - Developmental Biology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4260 - Advanced Cell Biology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4270 - Human Physiology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4310 - Microbiology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4320 - Microbiology Lab Credit Hours: 6
BIOL 4340 - Animal Behavior Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4345 - Microbial Pathogenesis Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4350 - Virology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4470 - Muscle & Cardiac Biology Credit Hours: 2
BIOL 4500 - Advanced Topics in Ecology and Environmental Biology Credit Hours: 2
BIOL 4520 - Human Population Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4540 - Sequence Analysis Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4550 - Molecular Modeling Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4620 - Molecular Biology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4630 - Molecular Biology II Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4660 - The Biology of Systems Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4710 - Biochemistry Laboratory Credit Hours: 6
BIOL 4720 - Molecular Biology Laboratory Credit Hours: 6
BIOL 4740 - Advanced Cell Biology Laboratory Credit Hours: 6
BIOL 4760 - Molecular Biochemistry I Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4770 - Molecular Biochemistry II Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4850 - Principles of Ecology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4860 - Evolution Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4880 - Global Environmental Change Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4940 - Readings in Biology Credit Hours: 1 to 4
BIOL 4960 - Topics in Biology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4970 - Non-thesis Research Credit Hours: 1 to 4 **
BIOL 4980 - Biomedical Research Credit Hours: 6 **
BIOL 4990 - Senior Research Thesis Credit Hours: 4 **

Notes:

* BIOL 2500 may substitute for one of the three but is not required.

** Only a total of 4 credits may come from research credits (i.e URPs/thesis/etc.).

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