Biology Minor

Biology
Office: 221 Science Center

[phone]

William Brown, Interim Chairperson

Email: [e-mail]

Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/biology

Minor Requirements

 

Required Courses

Some courses require prerequisites.  Click on any hyperlinked course for additional information. 

BIOL 131	Introductory Ecology and Evolution	3
BIOL 132	Introductory Ecology and Evolution Laboratory	1
BIOL 133	Introductory Cell and Molecular Biology	3
BIOL 134	Introductory Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory	1
Total Credit Hours:		8

Select Track in Biodiversity and Ecology OR Genetics and Biochemistry:

BIOL 243	Organismal Biology	3
BIOL 244	Organismal Biology Laboratory	1
BIOL 330	Ecology	3
BIOL 331	Ecology Laboratory	1
	or
BIOL 237	Genetics	3
BIOL 238	Genetics Laboratory	1
BIOL 333	Biochemistry	3
BIOL 334	Biochemistry Laboratory	1
Total Credit Hours:		8

	Biology courses at the 300 or 400 level (not including BIOL 440)	6
Total Credit Hours:		6

NOTE:

• Students electing BIOL 330 must complete a minimum of 4 credit hours of chemistry, prior to taking the course, including CHEM 115 and CHEM 125;
• Students electing BIOL 333 must complete 16 credit hours of prerequisite chemistry courses, specifically CHEM 115, 125, 116, 126, 215, 225, 216, 226;
• 200 level Biology courses may not be counted towards the 6 credits of Biology courses at the 300/400 level.

Total Credit Hours: 22