Biodiversity and Global Change Minor

Requirements

Requirement DescriptionCredits
At least 15-20 credits of coursework in Plant Biology, Biocore, Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Wildlife Biology, Agriculture, Landscape, and Environment and Environmental Science.
Organismal Biodiversity courses in 3 areas
At least two of these must be lab or field-based courses.
Plant Biodiversity3-4
Choose one of the following
Plant Systematics
Introduction to Ethnobotany
Plant Systematics in CostaRica
Internship
Animal Diversity3-4
Choose one of the following
Mammalogy
Entomology & Pest Mgmt
Ornithology
Field Herpetology
Ichthyology
Fungal and Microbial Biodiversity3-4
Choose one of the following
Microbiol & Infectious Disease
Environmental Microbiology
Plant Pathology
Biology of Fungi
Ecology3-4
Choose one of the following
Ecology and Evolution
Introduction to Marine Science
Community Ecology
Ecuador: Natural History
Modeling of Ecological Systems
Weed Ecology & Management
Soil Ecology
Conservation Biology
Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology
Global Change3-4
Choose one of the following
Recovery&Restor Altered Ecosys
How Plants Can Save the World
Nature-Based Climate Solutions
Ecological Invasions
Community Climate Solutions
Global Change Ecology
Physiology of Global Change
Appropriate special Topics courses at the 2000-level or above may be added at the discretion of the advisor.

Pre/Co-requisites

Requirement DescriptionCredits
Choose 1 of the following options
Option A:
BCOR 1400
BCOR 1450
Exploring Biology 1
and Exploring Biology 2
8
Option B:
BIOL 1000
BIOL 1005
AP Biology 1
and AP Biology 2
8
Option C:
BIOL 1000
BCOR 1425
AP Biology 1
and Accelerated Biology
8
Option D:
BIOL 1400
BIOL 1450
Principles of Biology 1
and Principles of Biology 2
8

Other Information

Students majoring in Plant Biology or Biological Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Science may only overlap two courses total between their major and the Biodiversity and Global Change minor or between another minor and the Biodiversity and Global Change minor. 

Students majoring in Plant Biology, Biology, or Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) may only overlap one course between a major and the Biodiversity and Global Change minor or between another minor and the Biodiversity and Global Change minor.