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Biology Minor

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY

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Program
Award
Minor
Catalog edition
Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biological Neuroscience, Biotechnology and Health Economics , and Computational Biology majors are not eligible to minor in Biology.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
194824
CourseShelf checklist
CK_194824_39b7b365
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Program Requirements

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  1. Students who have passed BIOL 1010 and BIOL 1015 or BIOL 1016 , or have Advanced Placement (AP) credit; may complete a minor in Biology. by taking BIOL 2120 and three 4000-level courses in Biology. BIOL 2500 may substitute for one of the three but is not required. Only a total of 4 credits may come from research credits (i.e URPs/thesis/etc.). Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biological Neuroscience, Biotechnology and Health Economics, and Computational Biology majors are not eligible to minor in Biology.
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    Required Core Course

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    1. BIOL 2120
      Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
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      3

    3 Additional BIOL course at the 4000-level*

    38 items
    1. BIOL 4100
      From Neuron to Behavior
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. BIOL 4110
      Investigative Medicine I
      Not resolved to a course
      1
    3. BIOL 4120
      Investigative Medicine II
      Not resolved to a course
      1
    4. BIOL 4130
      Biomedical Research
      Not resolved to a course
      6
    5. BIOL 4140
      Cytoskeletal Biology
      Not resolved to a course
      2
    6. BIOL 4150
      Cellular Neuroscience
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    7. BIOL 4200
      Biostatistics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    8. BIOL 4220
      Machine Learning for Environmental Biology
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    9. BIOL 4240
      Topics in Circadian Biology
      Not resolved to a course
      2
    10. BIOL 4250
      Developmental Biology
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    11. BIOL 4260
      Advanced Cell Biology
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    12. BIOL 4270
      Human Physiology
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    13. BIOL 4310
      Microbiology
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    14. BIOL 4320
      Microbiology Lab
      Not resolved to a course
      6
    15. BIOL 4340
      Animal Behavior
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    16. BIOL 4345
      Microbial Pathogenesis
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    17. BIOL 4350
      Virology
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    18. BIOL 4470
      Muscle & Cardiac Biology
      Not resolved to a course
      2
    19. BIOL 4500
      Advanced Topics in Ecology and Environmental Biology
      Not resolved to a course
      2
    20. BIOL 4520
      Human Population
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    21. BIOL 4540
      Sequence Analysis
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    22. BIOL 4550
      Molecular Modeling
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    23. BIOL 4620
      Molecular Biology
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    24. BIOL 4630
      Molecular Biology II
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    25. BIOL 4660
      The Biology of Systems
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    26. BIOL 4710
      Biochemistry Laboratory
      Not resolved to a course
      6
    27. BIOL 4720
      Molecular Biology Laboratory
      Not resolved to a course
      6
    28. BIOL 4740
      Advanced Cell Biology Laboratory
      Not resolved to a course
      6
    29. BIOL 4760
      Molecular Biochemistry I
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    30. BIOL 4770
      Molecular Biochemistry II
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    31. BIOL 4850
      Principles of Ecology
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    32. BIOL 4860
      Evolution
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    33. BIOL 4880
      Global Environmental Change
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    34. BIOL 4940
      Biology Independent Study
      Not resolved to a course
      1
    35. BIOL 4960
      Topics in Biology
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    36. BIOL 4970
      Non-thesis Research
      Not resolved to a course
      1
    37. BIOL 4980
      Biomedical Research
      Not resolved to a course
      6
    38. BIOL 4990
      Senior Research Thesis
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Notes

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      Source. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, catalog Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.rpi.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=34&poid=10022&returnto=938. Captured page pages/0240.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.