Minor Requirements (27 Semester Hours)

For Education and Non-education Majors

• BIO 111 - Life Sciences I (4 semester hours)
• BIO 112 - Life Sciences II (4 semester hours)
• BIO 262 - Genetics (4 semester hours)
• BIO 350 - General Ecology (4 semester hours)
• Eleven (11) additional semester hours of Biology (BIO) and/or Biochemistry (BIOC) coursework, seven (7) semester hours of which must be at the 200 level or above.

Teacher Certification

To qualify for teaching certification at the Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence level (grades 1-8), a student must complete the Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence Education Major/Professional Sequence in addition to completing the courses listed above.

To qualify for teaching certification at the Early Adolescence through Adolescence level (grades 6-12), a student must complete a major in Chemistry and the Early Adolescence through Adolescence Professional Sequence in addition to completing the courses listed above.

Both teaching certification areas require completion of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) statutory requirements.