Dec 03, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Biology Minor

Location(s): Main Campus


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A minor in biology is designed to give the student a basic exposure to biology without requiring the indepth courses of the major.  Requirements for the minor are flexible so that the student can choose an “interest area.”  For example, a student majoring in physical education with an interest in parks and recreation will be able to obtain a biology minor with an environmental science concentration, or a student with a chemistry major who has an interest in working for a pharaceutical company can obtain a biology minor with a molecular biology concentration.

Students will complete five courses as follows:

 

 

 

 

Required:


Choose one of the following:


Choose one of the following:


Choose three or more courses with the following guidelines:


200 or 300 -level biology courses (two of which may not be used for environmental science or physical education majors) to include at least one 300-level course and no more than one May Term in biology taken for a letter grade. At least one of these courses must be a laboratory course.

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