Biological Sciences Minor

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The Minor in Biological Sciences
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The Minor in Biological Sciences:

The minor in biological sciences has been designed to provide students with a broad background in biology while allowing them some flexibility to choose courses of interest. Students must have completed one full year of freshman-level Biology (or its equivalent) in order to declare the minor. Students enrolled in any of Cornell’s seven undergraduate colleges may declare the minor, subject to the availability of required courses. To complete the Minor in Biological Sciences, students must submit the “Declaration of Minor” form; this form can be found in the Office of Undergraduate Biology or at www.biology.cornell.edu/forms.

Minor requirements:

Entry-level Biology

BIOG 1101-BIOG 1104 - Biological Sciences, Lectures and Laboratories (no longer offered)
BIOG 1105 - Introductory Biology, Individual Instruction
BIOG 1106 - Introductory Biology, Individualized Instruction
or
BIOG 1107 - Introductory Biology I: From Atom to Cell
BIOG 1108 - Introductory Biology II: From Cell to Biosphere
BIOG 1500 - Investigative Biology Laboratory
or
BIOG 1500 - Investigative Biology Laboratory and 2 of the 3 following courses:
BIOEE 1610 - Ecology and the Environment
BIOG 1440 - Introduction to Comparative Physiology or
BIOMG 1350 - Principles of Cell and Developmental Biology
or
Advanced Placement Biology score of 5 plus 8 additional credits in biology at the 2000-level or higher selected from the list of approved concentration courses. (Advanced Placement Biology score of 4 is not accepted.)
PLUS

Option 1 -

Complete all 3 core courses (13-15 credits):

Option 2 -

Complete 2 of 3 core courses and 5 additional credits in biology at the 2000-level or higher selected from the list of approved concentration courses or other courses of significant biology content with the approval of the Director of Advising in the Office of Undergraduate Biology (13-15 credits):

BIOMG 2810 - Genetics and Genomics (5 credits) and/or
BIOEE 1780 - Evolutionary Biology and Diversity (4-5 credits) and/or
BIOMG 3300 - Principles of Biochemistry, Individualized Instruction
or
BIOMG 3310 - Principles of Biochemistry: Proteins and Metabolism and
BIOMG 3320 - Principles of Biochemistry: Molecular Biology
or
BIOMG 3330 - Principles of Biochemistry: Proteins, Metabolism, and Molecular Biology
or
BIOMG 3350 - Principles of Biochemistry: Proteins, Metabolism, and Molecular Biology (4-5 credits)
and
5 additional credits in biology

Option 3 -

Complete at least 13 credits in biology at the 2000-level or higher selected from the list of approved concentration courses or other courses of significant biology content with the approval of the Director of Advising in the Office of Undergraduate Biology.

Notes:

All courses for the minor must be taken for a letter grade. Once a student is matriculated, all courses for the minor must be taken at Cornell. External transfer students may only apply a maximum of one course taken at another institution to count toward Option 1, 2, or 3 requirements.

BIOG 2990 or BIOG 4990 (Introduction and Independent Research courses) may not be used to fulfill any requirement for the minor. No course substitutions are allowed. With the exception of external transfer and study abroad students, no biology courses taken at other institutions will count toward the minor. External transfer students and study abroad students may only apply a maximum of one course taken at another institution to count toward Option 1, 2, and 3 requirements.

Admission to the minor does not guarantee that a student will be able to take a given Biological Sciences course in a given semester, just as being a Biological Sciences major offers no such guarantee.

Students must see an advisor in the Office of Undergraduate Biology for academic advising and for certifying completion of the minor.