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Curriculum for a Minor in Biology

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Specific Core Curriculum requirements

CHEM 207 - General Chemistry I (3 cr)
CHEM 207L - General Chemistry I Laboratory (1 cr)
CHEM 209 - General Chemistry II (3 cr)
CHEM 209L - General Chemistry II Laboratory (1 cr)

Total hours required, 20 Hours:

Required biology courses, 16 Hours:

BIOL 208 - Plants As Organisms (4 cr)
BIOL 209 - Animals As Organisms (4 cr)
BIOL 305 - Cell Biology (4 cr)
BIOL 301 - Evolution (3 cr)
BIOL 301L - Evolution Laboratory (1 cr)

Elective biology courses, 4 Hours:

BIOL 302 - Microbiology (4 cr)
BIOL 313 - Invertebrate Natural History (4 cr)
BIOL 315 - Advanced Plant Biology (4 cr)
BIOL 324 - Plant Taxonomy I Fall Flora (2 cr)
BIOL 325 - Plant Taxonomy II Spring Flora (1 cr)
BIOL 332 - Comparative Anatomy (4 cr)
BIOL 344 - Genetics (4 cr)
BIOL 404 - Immunology (4 cr)
BIOL 406 - Developmental Biology (4 cr)
BIOL 411 - Animal Behavior (4 cr)
BIOL 412 - Comparative Animal Physiology (4 cr)
BIOL 416 - Molecular Biology (4 cr)
BIOL 418 - Virology (4 cr)
BIOL 420 - General Ecology (4 cr)

Note(s):

For the minor, the student must also take any 3 credit hour mathematics course numbered MATH 108 or above, other than MATH 111 or MATH 101 .

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