A minor in chemistry may be earned by completing a minimum of 21 credits in chemistry courses numbered 151 or higher, but excluding Chemistry 203 and 205, Essentials of Organic and Biochemistry, and CH314, Pharmacology, and including at least nine credits in courses numbered 300 or higher. At least four credits in the minor must be laboratory courses or undergraduate research. Three of the upper-division credits may be earned by taking Biology 407, Molecular Genetics; Physics 406, Quantum Mechanics; or Physics 408, Solid State Physics.