Semester Credits Required
Minimum of 19 Credits. At least 12 credits, including 6 upper-division credits, must be unique to the minor and not double-count for a student's major.
Complete all of the following pre-requisite courses:
- MATH 130MATH 130: Precalculus
- CHEM 110/LCHEM 110/L: Chemistry I
- CHEM 111/LCHEM 111/L: Chemistry II
NOTE: Pre-requisite courses do not count towards the credit requirement for the minor.
Complete both of the following core biology courses, or their equivalents:
Complete at least three of the following for 9 to 12 credits* including at least one course with a lab component:
- BIO 300BIO 300: Issues & Ethics in Biology
- BIO 310BIO 310: Biochemistry
- BIO 311BIO 311: Genetics
- BIO 320BIO 320: Microbiology (lab)
- BIO 330BIO 330: Comparative Physiology
- BIO 340BIO 340: Ecology (lab)
- BIO 342BIO 342: Plant Communities of CA (lab)
- BIO 344LBIO 344L: Environmental Biotech (lab)
- BIO 345BIO 345: Marine Biology (lab)
- BIO 360BIO 360: Vertebrate Natural History (lab)
- BIO 392BIO 392: Biology Seminar Series
- BIO 395BIO 395: Special Topics
- BIO 410BIO 410: Bioinformatics & Systems Bio (lab)
- BIO 411BIO 411: Evolution Bio & Pop Genetics
- BIO 414BIO 414: Molecular Cell Biology
- BIO 420BIO 420: Marine Invertebrate Zoology (lab)
- BIO 430BIO 430: Marine Experimntl Physiology (lab)
- BIO 448BIO 448: Aquatic Ecology (lab)
- BIO 461BIO 461: Eukaryotic Molecular Biology (lab)
- BIO 472BIO 472: California Flora (lab)
- BIO 495BIO 495: Special Topics
- BIO 494BIO 494: Biology Internship
- Other BIO course numbered 300 or above with advisor approval
* The minor requires a minimum of 12 credits that do not double-count for the major. At least 6 of those 12 credits must be courses numbered 300 or above. Most BIO minors who take BIO 210/LBIO 210/L: Molec&Cell Bio &Animal Phys and BIO 211/LBIO 211/L: Ecol, Evol, Biodiv & Plants for their major will need 12 upper-division credits that do not double-count for their major.