Laura
Gutierrez
Jamestown, New York
Major: Biology
Minor: Psychology
"The faculty here is amazing....Their enthusiasm for biology is contagious."
Laura Gutierrez has always been fascinated with living organisms — and learning how things work. After exploring biology through introductory courses, Laura decided to concentrate in plant biology, narrowing her focus to plant physiology and hormones.
Learn more about Laura here.
Allegheny's biology students learn by doing. With the guidance and support of the faculty, they apply scientific methods and theories learned in the classroom to their own research in the lab or in the field, discovering first-hand how scientists think and what they do.
Coherent set of five Biology courses totalling 20 semester hours: Organismal Physiology and Ecology, Genetics, Development and Evolution, Investigative Approaches in Biology, and two 300-level Biology electives. Introductory chemistry sequence and Organic Chemistry I are also required.
