Minor Requirements and Courses
Students must complete 7 courses (at least 21 credit hours) from the following list of approved courses. The 7 courses must include at least 1 course from each of the following areas: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice Studies. The remaining 3 courses can be approved courses in any of the four areas. Students must pass each of these courses with a “C” or better. Courses applied to the minor may overlap with courses taken for major programs. Note that some of these courses may require prerequisites.
Life Sciences: Biological Sciences
Choose at least one course from the following:
BIOL 140 - Human Biology
BIOL 150 and 151 - General Biology I and General Biology II
(count as 2 courses, but must be taken as a sequence)
BIOL 220 - Genetics
BIOL 240a and 240b - Human Anatomy and Physiology
(count as 2 courses, but must be taken as a sequence)
BIOL 250 - Bacteriology or BIOL 350 – Microbiology (only 1 course may count)
BIOL 423 - Forensic Biology
BIOL 440 - Functional Human Anatomy
BIOL 483 - Entomology and Insect Collection
Physical Sciences: Chemistry
Choose only one course from the following:
CHEM 120a and 124a -General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry and Laboratory
(set counts as 1 course, taken concurrently)
CHEM 120b and 124b - General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry and Laboratory
(set counts as 1 course, taken concurrently)
CHEM 121a and CHEM 125a - General Chemistry and Laboratory
(set counts as 1 course, taken concurrently)
CHEM 120n and CHEM 124n - Nursing Principles of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry and Laboratory
(set counts as 1 course, taken concurrently)
Other approved Chemistry courses include:
CHEM 241a - Organic Chemistry
CHEM 241b and CHEM 245 - Organic Chemistry and Laboratory
(set counts as 1 course, taken concurrently)
CHEM 439 – Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry - Forensic Chemistry
Social Sciences: Anthropology
Choose at least one course from the following:
ANTH 359 - Law, Politics and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH 369 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology
ANTH 469 - Forensic Anthropology Applications
ANTH 430 - Zooarchaeology
*ANTH 374 - Biological Anthropology Field School I
*ANTH 375 - Archaeological Field School I
*ANTH 474 or 475 may be taken for 3 or 6 credits. Regardless of credit hours, the field school counts as 1 course toward the minor.
Social Sciences: Criminal Justice Studies
Choose at least one course from the following:
CJ 111 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
CJ 206 - Criminal Law
CJ 207 - Criminal Procedure
CJ 410 - Judicial Process: The Criminal Court System
