Conservation & Biodiversity Minor

19 Credit Hours Required

Core Courses (7 hours)

• BIOL 151 - General Biology I (C) [SGR #6, HSDC]
• BIOL 151L - General Biology I Lab (C) [SGR #6, HSDC]
• BIOL 311 - Principles of Ecology (C)

Electives (12 hours)

Two courses from the Biodiversity Course Group
Two courses from the Conservation & Ecology Course Group

Lab Course: Two of the elective courses must include a laboratory component.

Biodiversity Course Group

• BIOL 401 - Plant Systematics ^B
• BIOL 401L - Plant Systematics Laboratory ^L
• BIOL 405 - Entomology (C)
• BIOL 405L - Entomology Laboratory (C) ^L
• BIOL 407 - Plants and Civilization (C) ^B
• BIOL 407L - Plants and Civilization Laboratory (C) ^L
• BIOL 434 - Herpetology (C)
• BIOL 434L - Herpetology Laboratory (C) ^L
• BIOL 435 - Animal Diversity & Evolution
• BIOL 436 - Biogeography (C)
• BIOL 452 - Comparative Plant Morphology ^B
• BIOL 452L - Comparative Plant Morphology Laboratory ^L
• BIOL 463 - Ornithology (C)
• BIOL 463L - Ornithology Laboratory (C) ^L
• BIOL 469 - Ichthyology
• BIOL 469L - Ichthyology Laboratory ^L
• BIOL 473 - Evolution (C)
• BIOL 486 - Vertebrate Paleontology
• BIOL 486L - Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory ^L

Conservation & Ecology Course Group

• BIOL 310 - Environmental Science
• BIOL 311 - Principles of Ecology (C)
• BIOL 311L - Principles of Ecology Lab (C) ^L
• BIOL 402 - Animal Behavior
• BIOL 408 - Landscape Ecology
• BIOL 408L - Landscape Ecology Laboratory ^L
• BIOL 410 - Conservation Biology (C)
• BIOL 412 - Freshwater Ecology
• BIOL 412L - Freshwater Ecology Laboratory ^L
• BIOL 417 - Field Ecology
• BIOL 417L - Field Ecology Laboratory ^L
• BIOL 418 - Ecosystem Ecology
• BIOL 419 - Plant Ecology (C) ^B
• BIOL 419L - Plant Ecology Laboratory (C) ^L
• BIOL 424 - Disease Ecology
• BIOL 436 - Biogeography (C)
• BIOL 440 - Restoration Ecology (C)
• BIOL 440L - Restoration Ecology Lab (C) ^L
• BIOL 466 - Environmental Toxicology & Contaminants (C)

Note:

^L =Lab Course