Oct 05, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Biology Minor

Requirements for a Minor in Biology

Minor Courses

BIOL 1114 General Biology - Molecular 4 credits
BIOL 1124 General Biology - Organismal 4 credits

Minimum of one course each from the following categories (minimum of 16 hours):

Environmental (3-4 hours)

BIOL 2074 Environmental Science 4 credits
BIOL 2254 Ecology 4 credits
BIOL 2373 Conservation Biology 3 credits
BIOL 2653 The Ecology of South Carolina-Mountains to the Sea 3 credits
BIOL 3074 Field Biology 4 credits
BIOL 3174 Aquatic and Wetland Biology 4 credits

Molecular/Cellular (3-4 hours)

BIOL 3033 Immunology 3 credits
BIOL 3104 Microbiology 4 credits
BIOL 3254 Biochemistry 4 credits
*CHEM 3254 or BIOL 3254 will meet the requirement.
BIOL 3454 Cellular and Molecular Biology 4 credits
BIOL 3504 Genetics 4 credits
BIOL 4273 Developmental Biology 3 credits

Organismal (3-4 hours)

BIOL 2024 Botany 4 credits
BIOL 2034 Zoology 4 credits
BIOL 2353 Introduction to Ornithology 3 credits
BIOL 2454 Introduction to Animal Science 4 credits
BIOL 3054 Mammalogy 4 credits
BIOL 3083 Forestry 3 hours
BIOL 3304 Animal Behavior 4 credits
BIOL 3874 Herpetology 4 credits

Physiology (3-4 hours)

BIOL 3204 Anatomy and Physiology I 4 credits
BIOL 3214 Anatomy and Physiology II 4 credits
BIOL 3414 Physiology of Behavior 4 credits
BIOL 4353 Comparative and Environmental Physiology 3 credits

Summary

Total: 20-24 hrs.