Minors
The Department of Biology and Chemistry offers two undergraduate minors:
Biology Minor
| Requirements for the Biology Minor | 28 units |
| The minimum prerequisites for this program include one year of high school chemistry, one year of high school biology, and two years of high school algebra. Students must have received a grade of C or better in each of the high school courses. | ||
| Lower-Division Requirements | 20 units | |
| Each student must take the following and must receive a grade of C or better before being allowed to continue the minor: | ||
| BIOL 151 | General Biology I* | 4 |
| BIOL 152 | General Biology II | 4 |
| CHEM 151 | General Chemistry I* | 4 |
| CHEM 152 | General Chemistry II* | 4 |
| Select one of the following: | ||
| BIOL 115 | Anatomy and Physiology | 4 |
| BIOL 220 | General Microbiology | 4 |
| Upper-Division Electives | 8 units | |
| Choice of electives must be approved by the chair of the Department of Biology and Chemistry. | ||
| *This course may be waived with an appropriate Advanced Placement test score. | ||
| **Meets a general studies requirement. Required of all science majors. | ||
| ***Required if no high school physics has been taken; does not count toward major. | ||
Chemistry Minor
| Requirements for the Chemistry Minor | 25 units |
| CHEM 151*/**/152* | General Chemistry I, II | 4, 4 |
| CHEM 300 | Quantitative Analysis – Theory | 2 |
| CHEM 310 | Quantitative Analysis – Lab | 2 |
| CHEM 251/252 | Organic Chemistry – Theory | 4, 4 |
| CHEM 261/262 | Organic Chemistry – Lab | 1, 1 |
| Upper-Division Chemistry Elective | 3 | |
*This course may be waived with an appropriate Advanced Placement test score.
**Meets a general studies requirement.
Note: This information is current for the 2007-08 academic year. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.
