Biology / Minor
Program: BIOL
Minor Credit Hours: 24
Students must achieve a grade of C- or better in each of the following courses before they can advance to the next course in the sequence: BIOL 11000 General Biology 1, BIOL 11500 General Biology 2, and BIOL 22000 Genetics. Any grade less than a C- requires the student to repeat the class or petition for an exemption. Students may receive the exemption only once.
Biology majors and minors may take a Biology class only two times. If a student has not achieved a minimum of a “C-” after the second attempt, the student may not repeat the class. Students are allowed to repeat no more than two courses in the program to satisfy minimum grade requirement.
The Biology Department will award three hours of credit for the General Education class BIOL 10000 Introduction to Biology when students have received a score of 4 or 5 on AP tests. No credit is awarded for major classes based on AP scores.
To be admitted to the minor in Biology, the applicant needs a cumulative GPA of 2.75 at Lewis. Completion of Calculus I is not required to be admitted to the minor.
Minor Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BIOL 11000 | General Biology 1 | 4 |
| BIOL 11100 | General Biology 1 Lab | 1 |
| BIOL 11500 | General Biology 2 | 4 |
| BIOL 11600 | General Biology 2 Lab | 1 |
| Electives | ||
| Select a minimum of 14 credit hours, of which 6 credit hours must be upper-division courses: 1 | 14 | |
| Anatomy and Physiology 1 | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology 1 Lab | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology 2 | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology 2 Lab | ||
| Introduction to Forensic Biology | ||
| Genetics | ||
| Genetics Lab | ||
| General Microbiology | ||
| General Microbiology Lab | ||
| Principles of Environmental Science | ||
| Field Biology | ||
| General Ecology and Evolution | ||
| General Ecology Lab | ||
| Biostatistics | ||
| Environmental Microbiology | ||
| Environmental Microbiology Lab | ||
| Molecular Biochemistry Lab | ||
| Biochemistry | ||
| Issues in Environmental Science | ||
| Human Identification in Criminal Investigations | ||
| Molecular Cell Biology | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Conservation Biology Lab | ||
| Limnology | ||
| Limnology Lab | ||
| Medical Microbiology | ||
| Immunology | ||
| Ethics: Scientific Principles and Practices | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Total Hours | 24 | |
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Prerequisites must be satisfied.