Minor in Biology
A minor in biology trains students in the most important aspects of ecology and genetics, which makes them better qualified to enter professions that require knowledge of living organisms and the environment.
Students enrolling in the biology minor should have normally completed a minimum of 30 credits of course work and be in good academic standing.
Students seeking a minor in biology must successfully complete the following requirements:
- a minimum of 12 credit hours including:
- a minimum of three credit hours of minor requirements
- a minimum of nine credit hours of minor electives
- a minimum of six credit hours of the 12 credit hours required for the minor successfully completed in residence at AUS.
- a minimum of six credit hours of the courses for the minor at or above the 300 level successfully completed in residence at AUS.
- a minimum GPA of 2.00 in courses completed to satisfy the minor.
Courses used to satisfy the student’s degree program’s graduation requirements can be used towards meeting the requirements of the minor as follows:
- courses used to satisfy the requirements of the minor do not double count towards meeting the core requirements, major requirements, major electives, concentration requirements, concentration electives, or general education requirements of the student’s degree program graduation requirements;
- free elective courses can double count towards meeting the minor’s required and elective courses.
Students pursuing two minors must meet the requirements of both minors. Courses used to satisfy the requirements of one minor can double count towards satisfying the requirements of the second minor provided that, at a minimum, 12 credit hours are not double counting.
The minor is not open to environmental sciences students in the environmental biology and ecosystems concentration.
Minor Requirements (minimum of 3 credit hours)
Students must successfully complete one of the following options:
- BIO 102 General Biology II and BIO 102L General Biology Laboratory II
- BIO 210 Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology
Minor Electives (minimum of 9 credits)
Students must successfully complete a minimum of nine credit hours in courses selected from the following list:
- BIO 310 General Physiology
- BIO 330 Ecosystems Management
- BIO 332 Cell Biology
- BIO 335 Microbiology
- BIO 341 Principles of Pharmacology
- BIO 351 Conservation Biology
- BIO 355 Medical Parasitology
- BIO 361 Evolution and Biodiversity
- BIO 371 Principles of Neuroscience
- BIO 394/494 special topic courses in biology
- BIO 421 Marine Environments
- BIO 481 Cellular and Molecular Immunology
- BIO 490 Research Methods and Practices in Biology
- CHM 350 Biochemistry
