A “minor” is a specified minimum number of hours recorded on official transcripts, but involving fewer hours than a major. Below is a comprehensive list of all minors offered at Fredonia.
Accounting Minor
School of Business
Office: E336 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3505
Dr. Julie Fitzpatrick, Chairperson
Email: julie.fitzpatrick@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-business/business/business-administration
African American Studies Minor
Ethnic & Gender Studies Program
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Office: 241 Fenton Hall
(716) 673-3861
Dr. Jeanette McVicker, Program Coordinator
Email: jeanette.mcvicker@fredonia.edu
Dr. Jennifer Hildebrand, Director of Curriculum & Special Programming
(716) 673-4267
Email: hildebra@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/ethnic-gender-studies
As a minor within the interdisciplinary Ethnic & Gender Studies program, students in the African American Studies minor will focus on the complex history, experiences and contributions of African Americans within a broad social justice framework. The program seeks to promote new ways of thinking about race, culture and social representation from different perspectives–notably, historical, literary, sociological, psychological and artistic.
African American Studies is for everyone! A minor in African American Studies will deepen students’ understanding of the complexity of US history and how African Americans have not only survived racism and segregation, but made significant contributions to every aspect of American culture and society. The African American Studies minor helps students prepare for careers in education, legislation and policy, international business and marketing, urban planning, counseling and social work, literature, arts and the media, and many other fields.
Applied Mathematics Minor
Mathematical Sciences
Office:150 Houghton Hall
(716) 673-3243
Dr. Meral Arnavut, Chairperson
Email: mathematics.department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/mathematical-sciences
**This minor is no longer accepting applications as of 8/14/26**
Please view the prior minor requirements here: Applied Mathematics (minor)
Art History Minor
Visual Arts and New Media
Office: 217 Rockefeller Arts Center
(716) 673-3537
Joe Dan Harper, Interim Chairperson
Email: visualarts.newmedia@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/visual-arts-new-media
Arts Administration Minor
Office: RAC G23
(716) 673-3217
Alison Barry, Coordinator
Email: alison.barry@fredonia.edu
Dr. Jennifer Hildebrand, Director of Curriculum & Special Programming
(716) 673-4267
Email: hildebra@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/arts-administration
The Arts Administration minor introduces students to the fundamentals of planning, financing, and managing performing arts organizations and events. Required practical experience in our campus Ticket Office and our six theatres and concert halls makes this minor a valuable enhancement to Bachelor's Degrees in the arts, business, or communications.
Athletic Coaching Minor
School of Business
Office: E336 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3505
Dr. Julie Fitzpatrick, Chairperson
Email: julie.fitzpatrick@fredonia.edu
Dr. Kerry Fischer, Program Coordinator
Email: kerry.fischer@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-business/business/applied-professional-studies/music-industry
Biology Minor
Biology
Office: 221 Science Center
(716) 673-3282
Dr. William D. Brown, Chairperson
Email: biology@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/biology
Business Administration Minor
School of Business
Office: E336 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3505
Tai Yi,
Chairperson (interim)
email:
business.administration@fredonia.edu
website:
https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-business/business/business-administration
Chemistry Minor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office: 221 Science Center
(716) 673-3281
Dr. William D. Brown, Chairperson
Dr. Mark Janik, Coordinator
Email: chemistry.department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/chemistry
Communication Disorders and Sciences
Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences
Dr. Kevin Kearns, Interim Chairperson and Undergraduate Advisor
Office: W123 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3202
Email: cds@fredonia.edu
Website:https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-education/communication-disorders-sciences
Communication Minor
Department of Communication
Office: 311 McEwen Hall
(716) 673-3410
Roslin Smith, Chairperson
Email: Communication.Department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/communication
The Communication Minor emphasizes theoretical and applied perspectives, giving students a broad understanding of human and mass communication processes. The program explores how individuals, groups, mass media, organizations, and societies communicate to address needs, solve problems, and achieve goals. In response to the rapid evolution of media and communication technologies, the minor equips students with essential skills to navigate and critically engage with various communication contexts, including human and digital communication, enabling them to understand and influence interactions across diverse settings.
The minor requires 21 credit hours, allowing students to tailor their coursework to their interests while developing key communication competencies.
A grade of C or better is required for a course to satisfy a major requirement.
Computer Information Systems Minor
Computer and Information Sciences
Office: 150 Houghton Hall
(716) 673-4820
Meral Arnavut, Chairperson
Email: csit@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/computer-information-sciences
**This minor is no longer accepting applications as of 6/5/24**
Please view the prior minor requirements here: Computer Information Systems (minor)
Computer Science Minor
Computer and Information Sciences
Office: 150 Houghton Hall
(716) 673-4820
Dr. Meral Arnavut, Chairperson
Email: csit@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/computer-information-sciences
Creative Writing Minor
English
Office: 278 Fenton Hall
(716) 673-3125
KimMarie Cole, Chairperson
Email: english.department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/english
Criminal Justice Minor
Department of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Office: W363 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3205
Dr. Michael Aiello, Chairperson
Email: sw.cj@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/social-work-criminal-justice/criminal-justice
Dance Minor
Department of Theatre and Dance
Office: 212 Rockefeller Arts Center
(716) 673-3596
Dr. Rob Deemer,Chairperson
Email: theatre.dance@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/theatre-dance
The Minor in Dance requires the completion of technique courses in Contemporary Dance, Jazz and Ballet, as well as theoretical courses including: Choreography, Kinesioloogy and Dance History. The Dance Minor can complement any major and is open to all students in good academic standing.
Students must earn a minimum GPA of 2.0 in all Minor courses in order to graduate with a Minor in Dance.
Data Science Minor
Mathematical Sciences
Office: 150 Houghton Hall
(716) 673-3243
Dr. Meral Arnavut, Chairperson
Email: mathematics.department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/mathematical-sciences
**This minor is no longer accepting applications as of 8/14/26**
Please view the prior minor requirements here: Data Science (minor)
Economics Minor
School of Business
E366 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3505
Dr. Julie Fitzpatrick, Chairperson
economics.department@fredonia.edu
https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-business/business/economics
**This minor is no longer accepting applications as of 6/5/24**
Please view the prior minor requirements here: Economics (minor)
English Minor
English
Office: 278 Fenton Hall
(716) 673-3125
Dr. KimMarie Cole, Chairperson
Email: english.department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/english
Entrepreneurship Minor
School of Business
Office: E336 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3505
Dr. Tai Yi,, Interim Department Chairperson
Email: business.administration@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-business/business/business-administration
Open to all non-Business Administration undergraduate students, the Minor in Entrepreneurship offers students the opportunity to leverage their unique talents, as well as their new-found business knowledge, to achieve their start-up goals. Primarily, this minor allows students to learn business skills that can be applied to both for-profit and nonprofit professional fields. Students gain insight into the customer requirements and marketing implications involved in taking a product or service from idea to implementation.
Environmental Studies Minor
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences
Office: 150 Houghton Hall
(716) 673-3303
Dr. Thomas Hegna, Chairperson
Email: earth@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/geology-environmental-sciences/environmental
The Environmental Studies minor provides students with a broad interdisciplinary perspective on the relationship between humans and the natural world. Drawing equally on insights from the natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences, the program prepares students to address key environmental and social challenges of the 21st Century—unsustainable resources use, climate change, energy policies, ecosystem devastation, social justice issues, population growth and development, industrial food systems, pollution and waste, and human health problems, to name a few.
The Environmental Studies minor is open to all students, and it is particularly useful for students who are thinking about environmentally focused careers in the areas of advocacy and public policy, communication, economics, history, journalism, law, or writing. The breadth and interdisciplinary nature of the program provides a solid foundation in the multitude of perspectives from which to view the natural world, and the variety of independent but interconnected paths from which to build a career focused on sustainability.
Film Studies Minor
Office: 275 Fenton Hall
(716) 673-3848
Dr. Shannon McRae, Coordinator
Email: film.studies@fredonia.edu
Dr. Jennifer Hildebrand, Director of Curriculum & Special Programming
(716) 673-4267
Email: hildebra@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/interdisciplinary
The Film Studies minor considers a variety of approaches to understanding the role of film in all its different forms and intents. A film may have predominantly literary content or may be specifically engaged with historical, political, or cultural concerns. It may also be primarily an abstract, aesthetic work, exploring alternatives to traditional narrative filmmaking. It is fundamentally a medium used to examine and study human knowledge and exploration. It is tightly interwoven into cultural identity throughout the world.
The Film Studies minor acquaints students with these ideas and introduces key landmarks in the history of film while identifying and challenging the grounds on which landmark status has been recognized. The departments of Communication, English, History, World Languages and Cultures, Politics and International Affairs, and Visual Arts and New Media, and the Women's and Gender Studies, and Film Studies programs offer courses regularly that engage in the academic study of the medium.
This interdisciplinary collaboration between many different departments and programs provides a wide variety of course offerings that change each semester. A variety of special topics courses may be offered at any time. In any given semester, as many as 200 students may be enrolled in courses in which film is the major vehicle for study. Always check with the Film Studies minor coordinator if you have any questions about course availability.
Geology Minor
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences
Office:150 Houghton Hall
(716) 673-3303
Dr. Thomas Hegna, Chairperson
Email: geographicinformation.systems@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/geology-environmental-sciences
History Minor
Office: E368 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3277
Dr. Mary Beth Sievens, Chairperson
Dr. David Kinkela, Coordinator
Email: history.department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/history
Industrial-Organizational Psychology Minor
Office: W357 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3129
Dr. Catherine Creeley, Chairperson
Email: psychology.department@fredonia.edu
Website: http://www.fredonia.edu/department/psychology/
**This program is no longer accepting applications as of 6/5/24**
Please view prior minor requirements here: Industrial - Organizational Psychology (minor)
Interdisciplinary Studies Self-Design Minor
Office: 2114 Fenton Hall
Academic Advising Services
(716) 673-3188
Amy Marshall, Director of Academic Advising
Email: Interdisciplinary.studies@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/interdisciplinary
Students who are currently in a departmental major may self-design an Interdisciplinary Studies minor combining courses from a minimum of two disciplines. Students will need to declare the minor with the Registrar’s Office (visit www.fredonia.edu/registrar for process). Students who are enrolled in any of the Interdisciplinary Studies majors may not declare a self-design minor.
Latine Studies Minor
Ethnic & Gender Studies Program
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Office: 241 Fenton Hall
(716) 673-3861
Dr. Jeanette McVicker, Program Coordinator
Email: jeanette.mcvicker@fredonia.edu
Dr. Jennifer Hildebrand, Director of Curriculum & Special Programming
(716) 673-4267
Email: hildebra@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/ethnic-gender-studies
As a minor within the interdisciplinary Ethnic & Gender Studies program, students will focus on Latine issues, culture and history within a social justice framework, and de la clase a la calle – “from the classroom discussion to the realities in the streets of our diverse communities.” The program provides an overview of the historical, political, social, educational, economic and cultural developments that affect Latines in the Americas.
“Latine” is defined broadly to include people of Latin American background who reside in the U.S., where they are the fastest growing ethnic population. We use “Latine,” following many other programs, to highlight the intersectional complexities of Latin American identity while also signaling an inclusive, gender-neutral term that is in use by Spanish-speaking people. At a time when globalization and immigration have become part of everyday political and social discourse, students gain an understanding of the complex dynamics of transnational communities and transculturation.
Latine Studies is for everyone! No matter your major or your future plans, the program will provide students with transferable intellectual skills and cultural knowledge. A minor in Latine Studies opens doors for careers in government, legislation and policy, education, international organizations, international business and marketing, immigration laws, urban planning, counseling and social work, literature, arts, the media, and many other fields.
Leadership Studies Minor
Office: 324 McEwen Hall
(716) 673-3260
Angela McGowan-Kirsch, Coordinator
Email: Angela.Mcgowan-Kirsch@fredonia.edu
Dr. Jennifer Hildebrand, Director of Curriculum & Special Programming
(716) 673-4267
Email: hildebra@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/interdisciplinary/leadership-studies
**This minor is no longer accepting applications as of 8/14/26**
Please view the prior minor requirements here: Leadership Studies (minor)
** Students currently enrolled in this program were contacted by the INDS Director to ensure that they could complete the minor. Please reach out to her with any questions**
Mathematics Minor
Mathematical Sciences
Office:150 Houghton Hall
(716) 673-3243
Meral Arnavut, Chairperson
Email: mathematics.department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/mathematical-sciences
**This minor is no longer accepting applications as of 6/5/24**
Please view the prior minor requirements here: Mathematics (minor)
Multi-Ethnic Studies Minor
Ethnic & Gender Studies Program
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Office: 241 Fenton Hall
(716) 673-3861
Dr. Jeanette McVicker, Program Coordinator
Email: jeanette.mcvicker@fredonia.edu
Dr. Jennifer Hildebrand, Director of Curriculum & Special Programming
(716) 673-4267
Email: hildebra@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/ethnic-gender-studies
As a minor within the interdisciplinary Ethnic & Gender Studies program, students in the Multi-Ethnic Studies minor are encouraged to focus on the rich and complex histories encompassing race and ethnicity that comprise the American experience, within a broad social justice framework. A minor in Multi-Ethnic Studies helps students better understand the ways that multiple groups have contributed to and been shaped by their experiences in the United States, while simultaneously preparing students to thrive in an increasingly diverse workplace, culture, and global economy.
Multi-Ethnic Studies is for everyone! Students in the Multi-Ethnic Studies will sharpen their ability to listen and communicate across diverse cultural, social and historical experiences and become more aware and respectful of the complexities within their communities. As the world becomes more interconnected, the ability to consider diverse perspectives and communicate across differences becomes increasingly valuable. This coursework challenges students to think critically and to write persuasively and thoughtfully, pushing them to seek innovative solutions to problems which they understand to be multifaceted. Students in the program will be well-prepared for careers in education, human services, non-profits and museums, library science, journalism, law, health, literature, the arts and media, and many other fields.
Museum Studies Minor
Office: E312 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3878
Dr. Nancy Hagedorn, Coordinator
Email: nancy.hagedorn@fredonia.edu
Dr. Jennifer Hildebrand, Director of Curriculum & Special Programming
(716) 673-4267
Email: hildebra@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/interdisciplinary/museum-studies
The Museum Studies minor provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the field of museum work. The minor will prepare students for graduate work in museum studies and for professional careers in history, art, anthropological, or science/natural history museums.
A minor in Museum Studies will uniquely qualify Fredonia students for this ever-expanding discipline, which includes positions in historic preservation, conservation, graphic design, public relations, social media, grant writing, curatorship, and other fields. The minor is congruent with majors in various areas, including Art History, History, Visual Arts & New Media, Natural Sciences (Geosciences, Biology, Physics, Chemistry), American Studies, and Communication, among others. The minor in combination with an education major will help prepare students to enter the rapidly growing field of Museum Education. Moreover, the minor provides opportunities for service learning through internships and the capstone and provides benefits to understaffed local cultural institutions.
Music Industry Minor
School of Business
Julie Fitzpatrick, Chairperson
(716) 673-3505
Email: julie.fitzpatrick@fredonia.edu
Dr. Kerry Fischer, Program Coordinator
Email: kerry.fischer@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-business/music-industry
The Music Industry minor is designed to complement students' major coursework with specialized knowledge and experience in the various facets of the music industry. Specific areas covered include contracts, publishing, copyrights, intellectual property licensing, the record business, recording, artist management, licensing and distribution, tour management, self-employment business basics, marketing, business and legal affairs, public relations, promotion, sales and distribution, merchandising, artist relations and ethics in the music industry. An internship adds practical application and experience.
Music Minor
Department of Music Studies
Office: 1151 Mason Hall
(716) 673-3151
Dr. James Davis, Chair of Music Studies
Email: james.davis@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-music/music
The Music Minor is designed for any undergraduate student not otherwise pursuing a degree in the School of Music. It is designed to be flexible such that it can serve a variety of interests, that is, one can focus on traditional, jazz, or world music studies. However, entry into some of the coursework requires prior knowledge and experience in music, so the student desiring a music minor must contact the School of Music Office for advice and placement.
Native American Studies Minor
Ethnic & Gender Studies Program
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Office: 241 Fenton Hall
(716) 673-3861
Dr. Jeanette McVicker, Program Coordinator
Email: jeanette.mcvicker@fredonia.edu
Dr. Jennifer Hildebrand, Director of Curriculum & Special Programming
(716) 673-4267
Email: hildebra@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/ethnic-gender-studies
As a minor within the interdisciplinary Ethnic & Gender Studies (EGS) program, students will focus on Native issues, culture and history within a social justice framework. Native American Studies highlights the historical experiences, cultural traditions and innovations, and political contributions and status of Native American peoples across the Americas. Students are particularly encouraged to consider the significance of Native Americans' prior presence on these lands. Native American Studies emphasizes the importance of exploring and interpreting historical and contemporary events from Native American perspectives that consider the many nations’ unique history and experiences.
Native American Studies is for everyone! Students completing a minor in Native American Studies will be strongly encouraged to engage with discussions and debates about how their academic knowledge relates to the lived experiences of Native American people and communities. Native American Studies coursework challenges students to think critically and to write persuasively and thoughtfully, pushing them to seek innovative solutions to problems which they understand to be multifaceted. Students in the program will be well-prepared for careers in human services, museum curatorship, library science, teaching, policy and land management, journalism, law, health, literature, film and the arts, and many other fields.
Philosophy Minor
Philosophy
Office: E370 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3207
Dr. J. Andy Karafa, Chairperson
Email: political.science@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/philosophy
**This minor is no longer accepting applications as of 6/5/24**
Please view the prior minor requirements here: Philosophy
Physics Minor
Physics Department
Office:150 Houghton Hall
(716) 673-3303
Dr. Thomas Hegna, Chairperson
Email: physics.department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/physics
**This minor is no longer accepting applications as of 8/14/26**
Please view the prior minor requirements here: Physics (minor)
Political Science Minor
Politics and International Affairs
Office: E368 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3207
Dr. Mary Beth Sievens, Chairperson
Email: political.science@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/politics-international-affairs
**This minor is no longer accepting applications as of 8/14/26**
Please view the prior minor program requirements here: Political Science (minor)
Professional Sales Minor
School of Business
Office: E336 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3505
Dr. Tai Yi,, Interim Department Chairperson
email:
business.administration@fredonia.edu
website:
https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-business/business/business-administration
Professional Writing Minor
English
Office: 278 Fenton Hall
(716) 673-3125
Dr. KimMarie Cole, Chairperson
Email: english.department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/english
Psychology Minor
Psychology
Office: W357 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3129
Dr. Catherine Creeley, Chairperson
Email: psychology.department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/psychology
Public Health Minor
Department of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Office: W395 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3205
Dr. Randolph Hohle, Coordinator
Email: publichealth.minor@fredonia.edu
Dr. Jennifer Hildebrand, Director of Curriculum & Special Programming
(716) 673-4267
Email: Jennifer.hildebrand@fredonia.edu
Public health studies the health of populations. It is grounded in the social and structural determinants of health perspective, focusing on the issues of health and wellness as they are patterned by social, political, economic, geographic, and environmental factors. Fredonia’s public health minor introduces students to substantive debates around addiction, urban public health, mental health, tobacco and nicotine use, obesity, and violence. Students are also introduced to the basic methods used by epidemiologists.
Public health is an interdisciplinary minor. Students will take classes in the social and natural sciences. The public health minor prepares students for careers that address community health, mental health, physical health, and environmental health, and preparation to pursue a graduate degree in the area of public health.
School and Counseling Psychology Minor
Psychology
Office: W357 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3129
Dr. Catherine Creeley, Chairperson
Email: psychology.department@fredonia.edu
Website: http://www.fredonia.edu/department/psychology/
Social Media Minor
Department of Communication
Office: 311 McEwen Hall
(716) 673-3410
Roslin Smith, Chairperson
Elmer Ploetz, Coordinator
Email: Communication.Department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/communication
Sociology Minor
Department of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Office: W363 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3205
Dr. Michael Aiello, Chairperson
Email: sw.cj@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/social-work-criminal-justice/criminal-justice
Some courses require prerequisites. Click on any hyperlinked course for additional information.
Spanish Minor
World Languages and Cultures
Office: E332 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3380
Dr. Kimmarie Cole, Chairperson
Email: kimmarie.cole@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/world-languages-cultures
Sport Management Minor
School of Business
E336D Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3505
Dr. Julie Fitzpatrick, Chairperson
julie.fitzpatrick@fredonia.edu
Dr. Kerry Fischer, Program Coordinator
Email: kerry.fischer@fredonia.edu
Statistics Minor
Mathematical Sciences
Office:150 Houghton Hall
(716) 673-3243
Dr. Meral Arnavut, Chairperson
Email: mathematics.department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/mathematical-sciences
**This minor is no longer accepting applications as of 8/14/26**
Please view the prior minor program requirements here: Statistics (minor)
Theatre Minor
Department of Theatre and Dance
Office: 212 Rockefeller Arts
(716) 673-3596
Dr. Rob Deemer, Chairperson
Email: theatre.dance@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/theatre-dance
Visual Arts Minor
Visual Arts and New Media
Office: 217 Rockefeller Arts Center
(716) 673-3537
Joe Dan Harper,
Interim Chairperson
Email: visualarts.newmedia@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/visual-arts-new-media
Some courses require prerequisites. Click on any hyperlinked course for additional information.
Women's & Gender Studies Minor
Ethnic & Gender Studies Program
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Office: 241 Fenton Hall
(716) 673-3861
Dr. Jeanette McVicker, Program Coordinator
Email: jeanette.mcvicker@fredonia.edu
Dr. Jennifer Hildebrand, Director of Curriculum & Special Programming
(716) 673-4267
Email: hildebra@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/ethnic-gender-studies
As a minor within the interdisciplinary Ethnic & Gender Studies program, students in the Women’s & Gender Studies minor will focus on the complex history of the social construction of gender within a broad social justice framework. The minor engages students to think about themselves, their communities and their world through dynamic and critical, creative pedagogy and experiential learning. Its multi-ethnic focus is a critical component that demonstrates to students the importance of taking an intersectional and transnational approach to social issues and problems impacting all people, with a specific focus on exploring women and LGBTQ+ people, changing tropes of masculinity and more.
Women’s & Gender Studies is for everyone! Because all the primary institutions of society contribute to and reflect particular ways of thinking about gender, students gain intellectual and critical thinking skills that help them contemplate social change through a multi-faceted lens. A minor in Women’s & Gender Studies opens doors for careers in public policy and politics, law, non-profit organizations, public relations and communication media, the arts, education, health counseling and social work, and many other fields.