Biology / Minor
Program: BIOL
Minor Credit Hours: 26
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 either a cumulative GPA of 2.75 for current Lewis students or a composite ACT score of 21 for entering first-year students. 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 |
| BIOL 22000 | Genetics | 4 |
| BIOL 22100 | Genetics Lab | 1 |
| BIOL 22400 | General Microbiology | 4 |
| BIOL 22600 | General Microbiology Lab | 1 |
| Upper-Division Electives | ||
| Select a minimum of 6 credit hours: 1 | 6 | |
| General Ecology and Evolution | ||
| General Ecology Lab | ||
| Environmental Microbiology | ||
| Environmental Microbiology Lab | ||
| Advanced Clinical Physiology | ||
| Case Studies in Human Physiology | ||
| Molecular Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates | ||
| Molecular Biochemistry Lab | ||
| Nutritional Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates | ||
| Nutritional Biochemistry Lab | ||
| Biomimicry and Whole Systems Thinking | ||
| Renewable Energy Technologies | ||
| Issues in Environmental Science | ||
| Green Building and LEED Rating Systems | ||
| Invertebrate Zoology | ||
| Molecular Cell Biology | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Conservation Biology Lab | ||
| Limnology | ||
| Botany | ||
| Botany Lab | ||
| Human Anatomy | ||
| Functional Human Anatomy Lab | ||
| Medical Microbiology | ||
| Immunology | ||
| Ethics: Scientific Principles and Practices | ||
| Pharmacology | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Total Hours | 26 | |
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Prerequisites must be satisfied.