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 |
| or CHEM 2501 & CHEM 2551 | Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry Laboratory I | |
| 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 and Genetic Engineering | 4 |
| BIOL 3057 | Physiological Control Systems | 3 |
| BIOL 3100 | R Workshop in Biology | 1 |
| BIOL 3110 | Vertebrate Structure Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 3111 | Human and Comparative Anatomy | 3 |
| BIOL 3151 | Endocrinology | 3 |
| BIOL 3183 | A History of Genetics in the 20th Century | 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 Laboratory | 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 Laboratory | 3 |
| BIOL 3492 | Laboratory Experiments With 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 4010 | Biology of Mammals | 3 |
| BIOL 4026 | How Plants Work: Physiology, Growth, and Metabolism | 3 |
| BIOL 4030 | Biological Clocks | 3 |
| BIOL 4040 | Laboratory of Neurophysiology | 4 |
| BIOL 4072 | Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 4181 | Population Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL 4182 | Macroevolution | 3 |
| BIOL 4183 | Molecular Evolution | 3 |
| BIOL 4193 | Experimental Ecology Laboratory | 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 | The 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: Merging Genetics With Genomic Insights | 3 |
| BIOL 4370 | Laboratory On DNA Manipulation | 4 |
| BIOL 4381 | Cell-Based Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine | 3 |
| BIOL 4492 | Infectious Diseases: History, Pathology, and Prevention | 3 |
| BIOL 4510 | General Biochemistry | 4 |
| BIOL 4522 | Laboratory in Protein Analysis, Proteomics, and Protein Structure | 3 |
| BIOL 4523 | Molecular Methods in Enzyme Analysis | 3 |
| BIOL 4525 | Structural Bioinformatics of Proteins (Writing Intensive) | 4 |
| BIOL 4715 | Basic Cancer Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 4716 | Advanced Cancer Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 4720 | Behavioral Ecology | 4 |
| BIOL 4834 | Bioenergy | 3 |
| 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 |
| REPRSCI 5000 | Human Reproductive Physiology | 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 Animal Behavior and BIOL 4720 Behavioral Ecology or for both BIOL 4342 Research Explorations in Genomics and BIOL 4343 Research Explorations in Genomics (Writing-Intensive).
Contact Info
| Phone: | 314-935-6860 |
| Email: | biology@wustl.edu |
| Website: | https://biology.wustl.edu/ |