Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Biology Minor Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Biology Minor

Pott College of Science, Engineering and Education >> Biology

25 hours

Required Courses (13 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
BIOL 141 - Principles of Biology

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry; Natural Science with Lab (BA and BS)


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 4
BIOL 151 - Botany
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
BIOL 152 - Zoology
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
BIOL 215 - Ecology
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3

Elective Courses (12 hours)

Select 12 hours of biology courses from the list, as directed by advisor. Transfer biology electives must be approved by department chair.

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
BIOL 208 - Wildlife Biology
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 3
BIOL 225 - Biological Literature and Communication
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 2
BIOL 272 - Medical Microbiology
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
BIOL 285 - Animal Behavior
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 3
BIOL 305 - Aquatic Biology
Term(s) Offered: Summer (odd-numbered years)
Credits: 4
BIOL 306 - Ichthyology
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 4
BIOL 308 - Vertebrate Biology
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 4
BIOL 315 - Ornithology
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 4
BIOL 321 - Invertebrate Zoology
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 4
BIOL 322 - Introduction to Entomology
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 4
BIOL 333 - Animal Physiology
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 4
BIOL 334 - Cell Biology
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
BIOL 336 - Plant Physiology
Term(s) Offered: Spring (even-numbered years)
Credits: 4
BIOL 342 - Comparative Chordate Anatomy
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
BIOL 361 - Plant Systematics
Term(s) Offered: Fall (even-numbered years)
Credits: 4
BIOL 362 - Economic Botany

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global; Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Fall (odd-numbered years)
Credits: 4
BIOL 371 - Tropical Biology
Term(s) Offered: Summer (even-numbered years)
Credits: 3
BIOL 375 - Microbiology
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
BIOL 376 - Laboratory in Microbiology
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 2
BIOL 378 - Virology

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Spring (even-numbered years)
Credits: 3
BIOL 382 - Genetics
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 4
BIOL 422 - Immunology
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
BIOL 432 - Cancer Biology

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Spring (odd-numbered years)
Credits: 3
BIOL 434 - Macromolecules and Metabolism
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 4
BIOL 436 - Molecular Biology Techniques
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 4
BIOL 442 - Histology
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
BIOL 444 - Herpetology

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Fall (even-numbered years)
Credits: 4
BIOL 452 - Biology and Environmental Science of Global Change
Term(s) Offered: Spring (odd-numbered years)
Credits: 3
BIOL 459 - Advanced Ecology
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 4
BIOL 460 - Internship
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 1-4
BIOL 461 - Embryology and Development
Term(s) Offered: Spring (odd-numbered years)
Credits: 4
BIOL 465 - Plant Growth and Development
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 4
BIOL 470 - Independent Study
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 1-4
BIOL 476 - Bacterial Pathogenesis
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 3
BIOL 481 - Organic Evolution
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
BIOL 482 - Molecular Biology
Term(s) Offered: Fall (odd-numbered years)
Credits: 3
BIOL 490 - Undergraduate Teaching
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 1
BIOL 491 - Special Topics in Biology
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 1-4
BIOL 495 - Senior Seminar in Biology
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 1
BIOL 499 - Independent Research
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 1-3
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