Program: Biology Minor - Governors State University

Mar 31, 2025

2024-2025 Catalog

The College of Arts and Sciences offers an undergraduate minor in Biology for students who wish to supplement a major in another discipline with significant preparation in biology. The minor will generally enhance prospects for employment in education, industry, or the health professions, and for admission to graduate or professional school.

Requirements for the Minor

General Requirements

Students must meet all university requirements for a minor. In addition, students must:

complete at least one course at the upper-division level; and
submit transfer courses potentially applicable to the minor to the biology advisor during the first week of the semester of intended graduation.

Required Courses (14 Hours)

The following courses must be taken at the lower-division level:

General Biology I & II with Labs (8)

The following courses can be taken at either the lower-division or upper-division level:

BIOL - 3316 Plant Diversity Lecture (2)
BIOL - 3317 Plant Diversity Laboratory (1) or lower-division Botany with Lab
BIOL - 3320 Animal Diversity (2)
BIOL - 3321 Animal Diversity Laboratory (1) or lower-division Zoology with Lab

Selective (6 Hours or more)

NOTE:

Other upper-division level biology courses may be accepted at the discretion of the advisor for the minor.

Biology Minor