Minor Description
A minor in Biology provides an exposure to the breadth of biological disciplines for students who do not seek the more expansive curriculum afforded by the Biology major. It is appropriate for students majoring in an area outside the life sciences. A minor might also be warranted for students with allied health career interests, elementary education plans, or similar goals for which a life sciences major is not expected.
The minor requires successful completion of six biology courses, as described below:
Two (2) required courses:
BIO 160 - Foundations of Biological Inquiry
BIO 165 - From Ecosystems to Organisms
Three (3) biology elective courses, one from each of Lists 1-3 below:
One (1) additional biology elective course (numbered between 100 and 499), or
BIO 970 - Biology Independent Study/ Research (1 unit or two 0.5 units)
At least two courses must be at the 200 level or above.
List 1 - (Ecology)
BIO 104 - Biology of Birds
BIO 108 - Plants and People
BIO 111 - Crisis Earth
BIO 113 - The Ecology of Marine Organisms
BIO 132 - Flowers and Food
BIO 186 - Human Impacts on Local Ecology
BIO 204 - Invertebrate Zoology
BIO 255 - Ornithology
BIO 260 - Field Botany and Plant Ecology
BIO 262 - Cultural and Economic Botany
BIO 265 - Animal Behavior
BIO 268 - Freshwater Ecology
BIO 270 - Ecology
BIO 272 - Field Marine Biology
BIO 284 - Insect Ecology
List 2 - (Organisms)
BIO 101 - Human Biology, Science, and Society
BIO 102 - Biology of Movement
BIO 124 - The Female Human
BIO 201 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II
BIO 240 - Developmental Biology
BIO 242 - Entomology
BIO 245 - Comparative Anatomy
BIO 250 - General Physiology
List 3 - (Genes and Cells)
BIO 107, 117 - From DNA to Cancer
BIO 118, 119 - Genes, Genomes and Society
BIO 175 - From Organisms to Molecules
BIO 188 - Genetics of Human Diversity
BIO 205 - Cell Biology
BIO 215 - Genetics
BIO 220 - Biochemistry
BIO 225 - Microbiology
