Biology Minor

Minor Requirements

Minimum 18 credits or 5 courses
Minimum grade of ‘C’ in courses applied to the minor and prerequisite courses
A simple majority of courses for the minor completed in residence at UMBC (three out of five courses). A minimum of 2 courses must be unique to the minor
Students pursuing the Biology Minor may not complete a major in Biological Sciences, B.A. , Biological Sciences, B.S. , Biology Education, B.A. , Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, B.S. , Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, B.S. , or Translational Life Science Technology, B.S.

Complete the following. Students who have earned a passing grade in either BIOL 302 or BIOL 303 may not re-register for BIOL 141 or BIOL 142 .

Any BIOL 300- or 400-level lecture or laboratory course (except BIOL 395 , BIOL 396 , BIOL 397 , BIOL 398 , BIOL 399 , BIOL 495 , BIOL 497H , BIOL 499 , BIOL 499H , or BIOL 499L ). This requirement must be completed in residence at UMBC.