OVERVIEW OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Minimum number of credits required to earn minor: 22
GPA requirements to earn minor: Zoology minors require a cumulative 2.0 GPA in all courses taken in the minor.
Minimum grade requirements for courses to count toward minor: Zoology minors must have a “C” or better in BIO 100 /BIO 117 and BIO 200 /BIO 118 and BIO 119
Other requirements: A minimum of 9 credit hours must be completed at the University of Maine
Contact Information: Peg Killian, Academic Advisor, School of Biology and Ecology (UMaine), (207)581-2540, um.biology@maine.edu; Eric Jones: Chair, Division of Integrative and Marine Sciences (UMM), 125 Science; (207) 255-1267; eric.jones1@maine.edu
The minor in Zoology is designed for students in other fields who would like to develop a basic understanding of modern animal biology. Students must complete a minimum of 12 credits for this minor with courses that are not otherwise used to fulfill a requirement for their major, another minor, or a concentration. For a Biology or Botany majors, a total of 39 credits from the BIO areas are necessary to fill the requirements of both the major and the Zoology minor, and must include the labs, capstone, and plant and animal requirements of the major as well as the specific requirements of the Zoology minor. Overlap for these requirements is acceptable as long as the BIO area credit total is 39. The requirements for the minor in Zoology include the courses listed below. Students must obtain a minimum grade of C in BIO 100 or BIO 117 and BIO 200 or BIO 118 and BIO 119 , and a minimum GPA for the minor of 2.0.
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