Students use minors to complement their major or explore a different discipline. Students who decide to get minors in college often are a step ahead when they graduate as they have gained valuable experiences in an area outside of their major. A minor must contain 15 to 18 semester hours of coursework with at least 9 hours of upper-division coursework. Courses taken to satisfy Core IMPACTS area may not be counted as coursework in the minor. Field of Study courses may be counted as coursework in the minor.

A student may earn a minor in biology by fulfilling, in addition to the general College requirements, the requirements below: 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required
Select two of the following:		8
BIOL 1107K	Principles of Biology I
BIOL 1108K	Principles of Biology II
CHEM 1211K	Principles of Chemistry I
CHEM 1212K	Principles of Chemistry II
Choose a combination of biology courses numbered 3000 and above 1		9-10
Total Hours		17-18

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Only four credit hours of BIOL 4905 Undergrad Research Biology will be counted toward the total hours. A minimum of one 3000-level or above laboratory course is required.