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Duluth Campus
Natural History MinorD Earth & Environmental Sci
Biology
Swenson College of Science and Engineering
The natural history minor enhances student understanding of the ecology and geology of the natural world. It places particular emphasis on courses with field labs. The minor program covers a wide range of topics in earth's history, geomorphology, ecology, ornithology, entomology, ichthyology, mammalogy, animal behavior, and field interpretation for education, as well as other topics.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
Core (22 cr)
Biology
BIOL 1011 - General Biology I
[LE CAT, NAT SCI]
(5.0 cr)
BIOL 1012 - General Biology II
[SUSTAIN]
(5.0 cr)
BIOL 2801 - General Ecology
(3.0 cr)
Earth Science
EES 1110 - Geology and Earth Systems
[LE CAT, NAT SCI, SUSTAIN]
(4.0 cr)
EES 2110 - Reconstructing Earth's Climate History
(4.0 cr)
Senior Seminar
BIOL 4992 - Senior Seminar: Classic Readings in Natural History
(1.0 cr)
Electives (12 cr)
Take 12 or more credit(s) from the following:
Biology
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
·
BIOL 3601 - Plant Diversity
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 3603 - Plant Taxonomy
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 3701 - Animal Diversity
(4.0 cr)
·
BIOL 3760 - Marine Biology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 3761 - Field Studies in Marine Biology
(4.0 cr)
·
BIOL 3830 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 3835 - Freshwater Ecology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4731 - Entomology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4740 - Geobiology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4761 - Ichthyology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4763 - Ornithology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4764 - Mammalogy
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4804 - Methods in Forest Ecology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4818 - Biotic Response to Climate Change
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4839 - Coral Reef Field Studies
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4850 - Food and Humans
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4861 - Lake Ecology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4863 - Ecosystems Ecology and Biogeochemistry
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 4891 - Animal Behavior
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5515 - Microbial Diversity and Phylogeny
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5801 - Microbial Ecology
(2.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5805 - Fisheries Ecology and Management
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5833 - Stream Ecology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5861 - Lake Ecology
(3.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5865 - Conservation Biology
(2.0 cr)
·
BIOL 5870 - Wetland Ecology
(3.0 cr)
·
Earth & Environmental Science
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
·
EES 2010 - Surface Processes
(4.0 cr)
·
EES 3301 - Meteorology and Climatology for the Earth Sciences
(3.0 cr)
·
EES 4220 - Advances in Paleoclimatology
(3.0 cr)
·
EES 4500 - Field Geology
(6.0 cr)
·
EES 4740 - Geobiology
(3.0 cr)
·
EES 5103 - Geological Paleolimnology
(3.0 cr)
·
EES 5210 - Glacial and Quaternary Geology
(4.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3401 - Weather and Climate
(3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 5.0 [max 5.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BIOL 1011/BIOL 1013 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 5.0 [max 5.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EES 1110 FST 1409 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EES 2110/FST 2082 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 1.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 8.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BIOL 4740/EES 4740 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BIOL 4839/EES 4839/FST 4839 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BIOL 4863/EES 4863 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 8.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESCI 2010/EES 2010 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 6.0 [max 6.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BIOL 4740/EES 4740 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Lim 5103/5002/EES 5103 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Summer |