Minor in Biology / Biology Certificate Program

Minor in Biology
A minor in Biology is available to all non-biology majors. The minor program provides a concentration in modern biological sciences and is especially valuable for students considering biomedical or environmental fields. The basic requirement is fifteen (15) semester hours of Biology courses - of which 9 hours must be at the 3000 level or higher and of which up to 6 hours can be Biology Special Topics courses. Further information is available from any of the School of Biology's Academic Professionals (Brockett, Leavey)

Certificate Programs
Each certificate requires 12 credit-hours of coursework, including at least 9 credits at the 3000+ level. Courses required by name and number for a student's major program of study may not count towards a certificate. Students may not double-count courses towards more than one certificate or minor. Non-Biology majors will be required to include at least 9 credits of BIOL coursework within their certificate. Students should choose 12 credits from the lists below for each of the 6 new certificates:

1) Biomedical Science

  • APPH/BIOL 3751 Human Anatomy and Physiology
  • BIOL 4015 Cancer Bio/Tech
  • BIOL 4105 Macromolecular Modeling
  • BIOL 4150 Genomics
  • BIOL 4340 Medical Microbiology
  • BIOL 4401 Experimental Design and Statistical Methods
  • BIOL 4464 Developmental Biology
  • BIOL 4570 Immunology and Immunochemistry
  • BIOL 4668 Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics
  • BIOL 4752 Introduction to Neuroscience
  • BIOL 4802 Special Topics: Current Trends in Biomedical Entrepreneurship
  • BIOL 4803 Special Topics: Virology
  • BIOL 4803 Special Topics: Endocrinology
  • BMED 3100 Systems Physiology
  • BMED 3110 Quant Engr Physio Lab I
  • BMED 4400 Neuroengineering
  • BMED 4500 Cell and Tissue Engineering Lab
  • BMED 4570 Diagnostic Imaging Physics
  • BMED/CHEM/CHBE 4765 Drug design, development and delivery
  • LCC 2300 Intro Biomedicine & Culture

2) Biomolecular Technology

  • BIOL 3380 Microbiology
  • BIOL 3381 Microbiology Lab
  • BIOL 4105 Macromolecular Modeling
  • BIOL 4150 Genomics
  • BIOL 4225 Molecular Evolution
  • BIOL 4440 Plant Physiology
  • BIOL 4746 Signaling Molecules
  • BIOL 4478 Biophysics
  • BIOL 4608 Prokaryotic Molecular Genetics
  • BIOL 4668 Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics
  • BIOL 4802 Special Topics: Microbial Genomics
  • BIOL 4803 Special Topics: Protein Biology (once approved)
  • BMED/CHEM/CHBE 4765 Drug design, development and delivery
  • CHEM 4511 Biochemistry I
  • CHEM 4512 Biochemistry II
  • CHEM 4521 Biophysical Chemistry
  • CHEM 4803 Special Topics: Macromolecular Structure
  • CHBE 4760 Biocatalysis

3) Computational & Quantitative Biology

  • BIOL 2400 Mathematical Models in Biology
  • BIOL 4105 Macromolecular Modeling
  • BIOL 4150 Genomics
  • BIOL 4225 Molecular Evolution
  • BIOL 4422 Theoretical Ecology
  • BIOL/MATH 4755 Mathematical Biology
  • BMED 4477 Bio Networks & Genomics
  • CS 4400 Introduction to Database Systems
  • CS 4710 Intro to Computing Concepts in Bioinformatics
  • MATH 3012 Applied Combinatorics
  • MATH 3215 Probability & Statistics
  • MATH 4022 Introduction to Graph Theory
  • CEE/ISYE/MATH 3770 Statistics & Applications

4) Environmental Science

  • BIOL 2100 Biogeography of New Zealand
  • BIOL 3100 Ecology and Evolution of Australia
  • BIOL 3300 Tropical Ecology
  • BIOL 3380 Introductory Microbiology
  • BIOL 3381 Introductory Microbiology Lab
  • BIOL 4101 Sensory Ecology
  • BIOL 4221 Biological Oceanography
  • BIOL 4410 Microbial Ecology
  • BIOL 4417 Marine Ecology
  • BIOL 4418 Microbial Physiology
  • BIOL 4422 Theoretical Ecology
  • BIOL 4440 Plant Physiology
  • BIOL 4446 Animal Physiology
  • BIOL 4471 Behavior Biology
  • BIOL 4620 Aquatic Chemical Ecology
  • BIOL 4803 Special Topics: Urban Ecology
  • BIOL 4803 Special Topics: Population & Evolutionary Ecology
  • CEE 2300 Environmental Engineering Principles
  • CEE 3340 Environmental Engineering Laboratory
  • CEE 4300 Environmental Engineering Systems
  • CEE 4620 Environmental Impact Assessment
  • CHEM/EAS 4740 Atmospheric Chemistry
  • EAS 1600 Intro Environmental Science
  • EAS 1601 Habitable Planet
  • EAS 2420 Environmental Measures
  • EAS 2600 Earth Processes
  • EAS 2602 Earth Through Time
  • EAS 4110 Resources, Energy & the Environment
  • EAS 4300 Oceanography
  • EAS 4350 Paleoclimate & Paleoceanography
  • EAS 4410 Climate & Global Change
  • EAS 4602 Biogeochemical Cycles

5) Marine Science

  • BIOL 4221 Biological Oceanography
  • BIOL 4410 Microbial Ecology
  • BIOL 4417 Marine Ecology
  • BIOL 4446 Animal Physiology
  • BIOL 4620 Aquatic Chemical Ecology
  • CEE 3040 Fluid Mechanics
  • CEE 4225 Coastal Engineering
  • EAS 3620 Geochemistry
  • EAS 4300 Oceanography
  • EAS 4350 Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography
  • EAS 4602 Biogeochemical cycles
  • NS 2323 Navigation

6) Integrative Biology

  • 12 credits chosen from courses represented in four of the other certificates (e.g., 3 credits from each of 4 other certificates = 12 credits total).

For non-Biology majors:
Additional courses that can count towards any of the above certificates are: BIOL 1510/1511, BIOL 1520/1521, BIOL 2335/2337, BIOL 2344/2345, BIOL 3340 (as long as these courses are not required for their major program of study, and only up to 3 credits of courses at the 1xxx-2xxx level can count). At least 9 credits of BIOL coursework are required for each certificate.