Biology Minor

Curriculum (19-21 credit hours)

The biology and chemistry minors are not available to biochemistry majors. At least nine (9) credit hours of the minor must be taken at Florida Tech. Only nine credit hours may be named courses in the major.

• BIO 1010 Biological Discovery 1

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• MAR 1010 Biological Discovery 1

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• BIO 1020 Biological Discovery 2

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• MAR 1020 Biological Discovery 2

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• BIO 1030 Introduction to Biotechnology

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• MAR 1030 Introduction to Biotechnology

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• BIO 1040 Introduction to Biodiversity and Physiology

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• MAR 1040 Introduction to Biodiversity and Physiology

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• Restricted Electives*

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• *11-13 credit hours of BIO courses are required to complete the biology minor. The department offers many elective courses of either three or four credit hours each. Courses of four credit hours include a laboratory. At least one Restricted Elective must be a laboratory course (4 credit hour). The remaining 7-9 credit hours may consist of any combination of courses of three or four credit hours. Courses not allowed as electives include independent study, seminar and nonmajor biology courses.