Minor Required: 19 units

• BIO 1150 - Biology and Society (3) [GE 5B] and
• BIO 1150L - Biology and Society Laboratory (1) [GE 5C]

• OR

• BIO 1210 - Foundations of Biology: Energy, Matter, and Information (3) [GE 5B] and
• BIO 1210L - Foundations of Biology: Energy, Matter, and Information Laboratory (1) [GE 5C]

•  

• BIO 2060 - Basic Microbiology (3)
• BIO 2060L - Basic Microbiology Laboratory (1)
• BIO 2400 - Genetics (3)
• CHM 1210 - General Chemistry I (3) [GE 5A]
• CHM 1210L - General Chemistry Laboratory I (1) [GE 5C]
• CHM 1220 - General Chemistry II (3) [GE 5A]
• CHM 1220L - General Chemistry Laboratory II (1) [GE 5C]

Minor Electives: 14 units

Select 14 units from the following list.  Must include at least 2 units of laboratory courses.

• BIO 3030 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Safer Sex (3) [GE 5D]
• BIO 3600 - General Epidemiology (3)
• BIO 3620 - Applied Microbiology (2)
• BIO 3620L - Applied Microbiology Laboratory (1)

•  

• BIO 3640 - Food Microbiology (2) or
• FST 3640 - Food Microbiology (2)

•  

• BIO 3640L - Food Microbiology Laboratory (1)
• BIO 4370 - Host-Pathogen Interactions (3)
• BIO 4635 - Medical Microbiology (3)
• BIO 4635L - Medical Microbiology Laboratory (1)
• BIO 4650 - Immunology (3)
• BIO 4650L - Immunology Laboratory (1)
• BIO 4660 - Microbial Physiology (3)
• BIO 4660L - Microbial Physiology Laboratory (1)
• BIO 4670 - General Virology (3)
• BIO 4670L - General Virology Laboratory (1)
• BIO 4680 - Microbial Ecology (3)
• BIO 4680L - Microbial Ecology Laboratory (1)
• BIO 4700 - Hematology (3)
• BIO 4700L - Hematology Laboratory (1)

Notes:

Approval may be obtained from microbiology advisors to utilize BIO 4990  or graduate-level courses that are relevant to microbiology but are not listed above.

Students enrolled in these program(s) may not declare this minor:

• Biology, B.S.: 120 units  
• Biotechnology, B.S.: 120 units  
• Environmental Biology, B.S.: 120 units