Biology Minor
Program Requirements
- Total Units Required: 32 (18 units of biology and 14 units of chemistry)
- Grade Requirement: A grade of C- or better must be earned in all of these courses
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 2960 | Principles of Biology I | 4 |
| BIOL 2970 | Principles of Biology II | 4 |
| CHEM 1701 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
or CHEM 1601 | Principles of General Chemistry I | |
| CHEM 1702 | General Chemistry II | 3 |
or CHEM 1602 | Principles of General Chemistry II | |
| CHEM 1751 | General Chemistry Laboratory I | 2 |
| CHEM 1752 | General Chemistry Laboratory II | 2 |
| CHEM 2561 | Organic Chemistry I With Lab | 4 |
| Total Units | 22 | |
Elective Courses
The minor requires 10 advanced units in biology selected from the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANTHRO 4581 | Principles of Human Anatomy and Development | 3 |
| BIOL 3010 | Biotechnology Project | 3 |
| BIOL 3041 | Plant Biology & Genetic Engineering | 4 |
| BIOL 3057 | Physiological Control Systems | 3 |
| BIOL 3100 | R Workshop in Biology | 1 |
| BIOL 3110 | Vertebrate Structures Lab | 4 |
| BIOL 3151 | Endocrinology | 3 |
| BIOL 3183 | A History of Genetics in the 20th Century | 3 |
| BIOL 3220 | Woody Plants of Missouri | 3 |
| BIOL 3221 | Research and Public Education in the Arboretum | 3 |
| BIOL 3240 | Human Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL 3280 | Principles in Human Physiology | 4 |
| BIOL 3340 | Cell Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 3411 | Principles of the Nervous System | 3 |
| BIOL 3421 | Introduction to Neuroethology | 3 |
| BIOL 3422 | Genes, Brains, and Behavior | 3 |
| BIOL 3423 | Behavioral Genetics Lab | 3 |
| BIOL 3424 | Great Discoveries in Neuroscience | 3 |
| BIOL 3470 | Darwin and Evolutionary Controversies | 3 |
| BIOL 3481 | Parasitology | 3 |
| BIOL 3490 | Microbiology | 4 |
| BIOL 3491 | Microbiology Lab | 3 |
| BIOL 3492 | Laboratory on Eukaryotic Microbes | 3 |
| BIOL 3493 | Bacterial Bioprospecting and Biotechnology | 3 |
| BIOL 3494 | Microbes and the Environment | 4 |
| BIOL 3501 | Evolution | 4 |
| BIOL 3700 | Animal Behavior | 3 |
| BIOL 3810 | Introduction to Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 4026 | How Plants Work: Physiology, Growth and Metabolism | 3 |
| BIOL 4030 | Biological Clocks | 3 |
| BIOL 4040 | Laboratory of Neurophysiology | 4 |
| BIOL 4071 | Developmental Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 4072 | Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 4073 | Human Reproductive Physiology | 3 |
| BIOL 4181 | Population Genetics and Microevolution | 3 |
| BIOL 4182 | Macroevolution | 3 |
| BIOL 4183 | Molecular Evolution | 3 |
| BIOL 4193 | Experimental Ecology Lab | 4 |
| BIOL 4195 | Disease Ecology | 4 |
| BIOL 4197 | Community Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 4220 | Practical Bioinformatics | 4 |
| BIOL 4240 | Immunology | 4 |
| BIOL 4242 | Virology | 3 |
| BIOL 4270 | Problem-based Learning in Biomedical Sciences | 3 |
| BIOL 4271 | Science of Cats | 3 |
| BIOL 4310 | Biology of Aging | 3 |
| BIOL 4342 | Research Explorations in Genomics | 4 |
| BIOL 4343 | Research Explorations in Genomics (Writing-Intensive) | 4 |
| BIOL 4345 | Epigenetics | 3 |
| BIOL 4346 | Next-Gen Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL 4381 | Cell-Based Tissue Engineering | 3 |
| BIOL 4492 | Infectious Diseases | 3 |
| BIOL 4510 | General Biochemistry | 4 |
| BIOL 4522 | Laboratory in Protein Analysis | 3 |
| BIOL 4523 | Molecular Methods in Enzyme Analysis | 3 |
| BIOL 4525 | Structural Bioinformatics of Proteins | 4 |
| BIOL 4715 | Basic Cancer Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 4716 | Advanced Cancer Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 4720 | Behavioral Ecology | 4 |
| BIOL 4933 | Molecular Biology on the Cutting Edge | 2 |
| CHEM 4810 | General Biochemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM 4820 | General Biochemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 4833 | Protein Biochemistry | 3 |
| PHYSICS 3324 | Biophysics Laboratory | 3 |
| PHYSICS 3354 | Physics of Living Systems | 3 |
Additional Information
All courses used for the biology minor must be taken for a letter grade. A grade of C- or better must be earned in all of these courses. A student may not receive credit for both BIOL 3700 and BIOL 4720 or for both BIOL 4342 and BIOL 4343.
Contact Info
| Phone: | 314-935-6860 |
| Email: | webmaster@biology.wustl.edu |
| Website: | http://wubio.wustl.edu |