Biological Sciences Minor
Biological Sciences Program
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Description | Requirements | Required Courses | Elective Courses | Admissions/Certification of Minor | Contact

Description

The Biological Sciences Interdepartmental Program (BSIP) offers an undergraduate minor in Biological Sciences that is open to all baccalaureate students except Biochemistry, Botany, Microbiology, and Zoology majors. This minor is intended to enhance the programs of students whose major fields are outside the biological sciences and who are interested in obtaining a broad-based perspective in the biological sciences. Course requirements provide students an opportunity to gain knowledge and acquire laboratory skills in several topical areas that contribute to the biological sciences.

Requirements

• The minor in Biological Sciences requires completion of a minimum of sixteen (16) semester hours.
• Three courses, each with a laboratory component, must be among those selected for the minor.
• A minimum grade of 'C-' is required in all courses.

Required Courses (9 semester hours)

BIO 181 Introductory Biology I (4 cr)
BIO 183 Introductory Biology II (4 cr)
BIO 490 Senior Seminar in Biological Sciences (1 cr)

Elective Courses (7 semester hours)

Choose a minimum of 1 course from each of Group 1 and Group 2 of the elective courses listed below.

Group 1:

BO 200 Plant Life (4 cr)
BO 250 Plant Biology (4 cr)
BO 400 Plant Diversity (4 cr)
ENT 425 General Entomology (4 cr)
ZO 150 Animal Diversity (4 cr)
ZO 250 Animal Anatomy and Physiology (4 cr)
ZO 402* Invertebrate Zoology (2 cr) AND
ZO 403* Invertebrate Zoology Laboratory (2 cr)

*Students choosing this elective must take both the lecture and laboratory courses.

Group 2:

ALS 499 Honors Research or Teaching II (3 cr)
BCH 451 Principles of Biochemistry (4 cr)
BCH 452 Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory (2 cr)
BO 321 Introduction to Whole Plant Physiology (4 cr)
BO 421 Plant Physiology (3 cr)
BO 422 Plant Physiology Laboratory (1 cr)
BO 480 Introduction to Plant Biotechnology (3 cr)
ZO 421 Principles of Physiology (3 cr)
ZO 260 Evolution, Behavior, and Ecology (4 cr)
BO 403 Systematic Botany (4 cr)
BO 413 Introductory Plant Anatomy (4 cr)
BO 360 Intro to Ecology (3 cr)
BO 365 Ecology Laboratory (1 cr)
BIO 495 Special Topics in Biology (3 cr)
GN 311 (previously GN 411) Principles of Genetics (4 cr)
GN 412 Elementary Genetics Laboratory (1 cr)
MB 351 General Microbiology (3 cr)
MB 352 General Microbiology Laboratory (1 cr)
PP 315 Principles of Plant Pathology (4 cr)

Courses from those normally accepted as Advised Electives, List A, for the Biological Sciences major (BLS) may be substituted for courses listed above with the consent of the Biological Sciences minor adviser.

Admissions and Certification of Minor

Admissions
Students who plan to minor in Biological Sciences should contact the person listed below for consultation and approval. This person will assign the student a minor adviser who will help the student design a program of study to meet the academic needs of the student and monitor the student's progress.

Certification
The contact person below will certify the completion of the student's minor program. The minor must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from his or her degree program. Paperwork for certification can be found in the 2717 Bostian Hall and should be completed no later than during the registration period for the student's final semester at NC State.

Contact Person

William C. Grant, Ph.D.

2717A Bostian Hall

919.515.3341

bill_grant@ncsu.edu

last updated October 20, 2005