Department of Biological Sciences
University of Texas Brownsville

 

 

 

 

Biology Minor

    The bachelor’s degree with a minor in biology requires 24 to 25 semester credit hours of biology courses: 20 semester credit hours from the Biology Core (12 hours advanced) and 4-5 semester credit hours from the Biology Electives.

Biology Core                                                              20 Hours

BIOL    1106    General Biology Laboratory I

BIOL    1306    General Biology I

BIOL    1107    General Biology Laboratory II

BIOL    1307    General Biology II

BIOL    3303    Genetics

BIOL    3103    Genetics Laboratory

BIOL    3309    Ecology

BIOL    3109    Ecology Laboratory

BIOL    3312    Cell Biology

BIOL    3112    Cell Biology Laboratory

 

Biology Electives                                                         4-5 Hours

 

Biology Electives List                                      

 

Non-Advanced Electives:

BIOL    1322    Human Nutrition                                  

BIOL    2321    Microbiology

BIOL    2121    Microbiology Laboratory

BIOL    2301    Anatomy and Physiology I

BIOL    2101    Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory  I

BIOL    2302    Anatomy and Physiology II

BIOL    2102    Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory II

BIOL    2328    Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

BIOL    2128    Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Laboratory

 

Advanced Electives:

BIOL    3302    Comparative Animal Physiology

BIOL     3102    Comparative Animal Physiology Laboratory

BIOL    3308    Plant Morphology

BIOL    3108    Plant Morphology Laboratory

BIOL    3314    Invertebrate Zoology

BIOL    3114    Invertebrate Zoology  Laboratory

BIOL    4170    Laboratory Topics in Biology

BIOL    4199    Research Problems in Biology (Combined 3 hours from BIOL 4199/4299 in the major [Biology Core/Electives], additional hours honored in the concentration or no minor)

BIOL    4299    Research Problems in Biology

BIOL    4309    Herpetology

BIOL    4109    Herpetology Laboratory

BIOL    4370    Topics in Biology

BiOL     4170    Laboratory Topics in Biology

BIOL    4390    Biology Internship

BIOL    4399    Research Problems in Biology (3 hours in Major [Biology Core/Electives], additional hours honored in the concentration or no minor)

BIOL    4302    Marine Zoology

BIOL    4102    Marine Zoology Laboratory

BIOL    4304    Ichthyology

BIOL    4104    Ichthyology Laboratory

BIOL    4310    Marine Botany

BIOL    4110    Marine Botany Laboratory

BIOL    4314    Plant Taxonomy

BIOL    4114    Plant Taxonomy Laboratory

BIOL    4320    Plant Anatomy

BIOL    4120    Plant Anatomy Laboratory

BIOL    4325    Plant Physiology

BIOL    4125    Plant Physiology Laboratory

BIOL    4327    Texas Coastal Ecology

BIOL    4127    Texas Coastal Ecology Laboratory

BIOL    4340    Immunology

BIOL    4140    Immunology Laboratory

BIOL    4350    Ornithology

BIOL    4150    Ornithology Laboratory

BIOL    4361    Neuroscience I

BIOL    4362    Neuroscience II

BIOL    4390    Biology Internship

 

Total Number of Hours for the Minor:        24-25 Hours