Minor in Biological Sciences

These requirements apply to any student declaring a minor in biology beginning Fall 2005, regardless of when they started attending UCSD.

• To receive a minor from the Division of Biological Sciences, a student must complete seven biology courses. These courses must be at least four units each and total at least twenty-eight units of course work.

Lower Division Requirements

BILD 1 and BILD 3

BILD 10 and BILD 3

Upper Division Requirements

Any five upper-division biology courses offered by the Division of Biological Sciences at UCSD

• Students may apply transferable biology courses from another institution toward the lower-division requirements, after obtaining approval from the UCSD Division of Biological Sciences.

• No courses taken outside of the Division of Biological Sciences may be applied toward the biology minor.

• All courses must be taken for a letter grade.

• The minimum GPA requirement for the Biology minor is 2.0 in the upper-division courses.

• Advanced placement (AP) biology scores may be applied toward the minor.

• BISP 195 may not be used toward the Biology minor. One quarter of BISP 196, 197 or 199 may be counted toward the minor.

• Students may not minor and major in the Division of Biological Sciences.

Biology Minor Application Instructions:

List only the courses required for the minor (see example below).
- The minor requires the following: BILD 1 and BILD 3 or BILD 10 and BILD 3. Do NOT list BILD 2 or lower division chemistry courses on your minor application.
Under ‘Institution,’ please list: UCSD or Advanced Placement Credit. If you have completed a lower division Biology course at another College and it has articulated as BILD 10, 1 or 3, please list it as if it was taken at UCSD.
- For example: BIO/ 210A/ Mesa/6.5/Letter should be listed as BILD/1/The Cell/UCSD/4.00/Letter.
Under ‘Grade Options,’ please list as: Letter or Pass/Fail (We will only accept P/NP for AP credit or BISP 199)
List only 5 upper division Biology courses in the Upper Division section (Organic Chemistry courses will not count towards the minor).
If you do not fill out the form correctly your minor application will be rejected and you will have to resubmit it.

Subject Code	Course No.	Title	Institution	Units	Grade Options
BILD	1	The Cell	Advanced Placement Credit	4.00	Pass/Fail
BILD	3	Organism and Evolutionary Biology	UCSD	4.00	Letter

BICD	100	Genetics	UCSD	4.00	Letter
BIMM	101	Microbiology Lab	UCSD	4.00	Letter
BIBC	102	Metabolic Biochemistry	UCSD	4.00	Letter
BIPN	100	Mammalian Physiology	UCSD	4.00	Letter
BIPN	105	Mammalian Physiology Lab	UCSD	6.00	Letter

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Please fill our your minor application online here.If you have any questions about the minor requirements, please contact Biological Sciences Student & Instructional Services at (858) 534-0557 or biousis@ucsd.edu