Minor in Biological Sciences
Requirements
A minor consists of at least 15 credits, including at least 6 credits numbered 2000 or above, 9 of the required credits must be taken in MU course work. This requirement can be reduced from 9 to 6 at the discretion of an individual department. Students must meet the minimum GPA requirements for a minor, which in no case can be lower than 2.0. In addition, a student cannot receive a grade lower than a C- in any course applied towards a minor in the College. For more information, please see Requirements for Optional Minor.
| Minor Core Requirements | 5 | |
| General Botany with Laboratory | ||
or BIO_SC 1500 | Introduction to Biological Systems with Laboratory | |
| General Principles and Concepts of Biology and General Biology Laboratory | ||
or BIO_SC 1030 | General Principles and Concepts of Biology with Laboratory | |
(BIO_SC 1030 is not offered at MU and is for crediting transfer courses only. Grades B- or higher required for BIO_SC 1010/BIO_SC 1020 & BIO_SC 1030.) | ||
| Additional Biological Sciences | ||
| Select 10 credits in courses numbered 2000 or higher (see exclusions below), including at least one course from two of the following areas and one laboratory course. Additional coursework may be required to meet the 10 credit requirement. | 10 | |
| Genetics | ||
| General Genetics | ||
| Cell Biology | ||
| Introduction to Cell Biology | ||
| Evolutionary Biology | ||
| Evolution and Ecology | ||
| Evolution | ||
| Biological Diversity | ||
| Vertebrate Biology | ||
| General Microbiology | ||
| Medical Microbiology and Immunology | ||
| Mammalogy | ||
| Laboratory Courses | ||
| Ornithology | ||
| Ichthyology | ||
| Plant Systematics | ||
| Herpetology | ||
| Biology of Fungi | ||
| General Ecology | ||
| Human Physiology | ||
| Introductory Entomology and Insect Diversity | ||
| Microbiology Laboratory | ||
| Genetics Laboratory | ||
| Plant Anatomy | ||
| Undergraduate Research in Biology | ||
or BIO_SC 4950H | Honors Research in Biology | |
| Molecular Biology Laboratory | ||
| Molecular Ecology | ||
| Vertebrate Histology and Microscopic Anatomy | ||
| Mammalogy | ||
| The following two courses satisfy the lab requirement if taken for 4 credit hours. | ||
| Invertebrate Zoology | ||
| Behavioral Biology | ||
| Total Credits | 15 | |
- At least one of the additional courses must include a laboratory. MICROB 3200 may not be used to satisfy the laboratory course requirement.
- Courses designed for non-biology majors, problems, internships, readings and research (i.e., BIO_SC 2010, BIO_SC 2015, BIO_SC 2060, BIO_SC 2100, BIO_SC 2150, BIO_SC 2940, BIO_SC 2960, BIO_SC 2965H, BIO_SC 4085, BIO_SC 4950, BIO_SC 4950H, BIO_SC 4952, BIO_SC 4952H, and BIO_SC 4960) may not be used to fulfill requirements for the minor.
- All courses in the minor must have a grade of C- or higher with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher in the minor. (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading is not acceptable for courses in the minor.)
- At least nine of the 15 credits in the minor must be taken in residence at MU.