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Academics at ESF: Undergraduate Minors
Biotechnology Minor

Coordinator: Dr. Christopher Whipps

The minor in biotechnology is for students who wish to add knowledge of biotechnology theories and methodologies to the experiences and qualifications gained from their undergraduate program. Required courses develop a basis for understanding biotechnology, both at the theoretical and practical levels. Directed electives allow students to focus on an area of interest in the field. The minor is available to all ESF undergraduate students except those in the biotechnology major. Admission is via petition and requires a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7.

Nineteen credit hours of coursework are required for completion of the minor. Sixteen credits of specified courses include EFB 307 Principles of Genetics (3); EFB 308 Principles of Genetics Lab (1); BTC 401 Molecular Biology Techniques (3); EFB 325 Cell Biology (3); FCH 430 Biochemistry I (3); and FCH 432 Biochemistry II (3). One directed elective course (for a minimum of three credits) must be selected from the following list. Other courses may be applicable with petition but cannot include BTC 420, 495, 498. A maximum of eight credits can count toward both major and minor requirements; overlap in excess of this number must be offset by taking additional courses from the directed elective list.

  • BTC 425 Plant Biotechnology (3)
  • BTC 426 Plant Tissue Culture Methods (3)
  • EFB 303 Introductory Environmental Microbiology (4)
  • FCH 431 Biochemistry Lab (3)
  • FCH 584 Spectro ID/Organic Compounds (3)
  • MCR 484 Scanning Electron Microscopy (3)
  • MCR 485 Transmission Electron Microscopy (3)
  • BIO 440 (M001): Applied Genomics (3) (SU)
  • BIO 446 Epigenetics of Human Health and Disease (3) (SU)
  • BIO 447 Basic Immunology (3) (SU)
  • BIO 448 Evolutionary Medicine (3) (SU)
  • BIO 462: Molecular Genetics (3) (SU)
  • BIO 464 Applied Biotechnology (4) (SU)
  • BIO 468 Microbiomes Biotech & Medicine (3) (SU)
  • BIO 473 Pharmaceuticals & Cells (3) (SU)
  • MEDT 439 Applied Techniques in Medical Biotechnology (2) (SUNY Upstate)