Program Director: Robert Styer, PhD
Office Location: Saint Augustine Center Rm. 372
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The Laboratory Sciences Minor trains the student in careful analysis and opens potential career paths in science-intensive industries such as environmental or biopharmaceutical or medical research careers. This minor is not allowed in combination with a science or engineering major. It is designed for liberal arts or business majors who desire a broad understanding of science and its experimental methods.
MINOR: Laboratory Science (24 credits)
The minor in Laboratory Sciences requires six science courses with accompanying hands-on laboratories. It is open to students in Arts, Business, and Nursing (not open to students in the sciences or engineering). The six courses must span at least three science disciplines. At most two AP course credits may be applied. MSE courses may be used, with the discipline of an MSE course determined by the primary focus of the laboratory component of the course.
Program Notes:
- Courses that fulfill minor requirements may be used to fulfill other requirements (i.e., primary major, core curriculum, minors, concentrations, or free electives).
- Eligible Courses: Science courses that have a hands-on experiential laboratory component, traditionally considered “wet lab” or “field work”, that is, hands on use of physical materials and instrumentation in a physical laboratory or field setting, generally two to three lab hours in addition to the three lecture hours per week.
Examples of Eligible Courses for Laboratory Sciences
Below is a list of courses which may count toward the Laboratory Sciences minor. This is not a complete list.
AST 2120 & 2133
AST 2122 & 2134
BIO 4251 & 4252
BIO 4451/52
CHM 1151 & 1103
CHM 1152 & 1104 or CHM 1512 & 1502
Select one sequence of courses from the options below.