Minors:
Minor in Biology (code BIOLUM01)
This minor may be combined with any major at CSULB except the B.S. in Biology (all options), B.S. in Microbiology, and B.S. in Maring Biology.
A minimum of 19 units is required for the minor.
Lower Division: BIOL 211A, B. (211A requires CHEM 111A; 211B requires CHEM 111B.)
Upper Division: A minimum of nine units selected from upper division biology courses with at least one course selected from the 400 series. The following courses are not acceptable toward these nine units: BIOL 303I, 304, 306, 309I, 401; MICR 300I, 303, 429.
Minor in Microbiology ( code BIOLUM04)
This minor may be combined with any major at CSULB except the B.S. in Microbiology.
A minimum of 21 units which must include:
Lower Division: MICR 211.
Upper Division: MICR 320, 430, and 452; plus a minimum of five units from the following: MICR 322, 450, 471, and 473.
Minor in Physiology ( code BIOLUM03)
This minor may be combined with any major at CSULB except the B.S. in Biology, Option in Physiology.
A minimum of 18 upper division units. Twelve of these 18 units must be selected from the following courses:
BIOL 341, 342, 342L, 345, 345L, 442, 443, 445, 446, 448, 490. The other six of these eighteen units must be selected from other courses in the above list or from BIOL 473; CHEM 441A,B, 443, or 448. At least one of the upper division courses taken for this minor must have a laboratory. Most of these upper division courses require CHEM 111A, B and BIOL 211A, B as prerequisites; some have other prerequisites in addition.