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Professors Coenen, Dawson, Demi, French, Hersh, Houtz, Humphreys, Kadmiel, Lundberg, Nelson, Venesky, Whitenack

Biology, the study of life, is a discipline of astonishing variety and complexity. It encompasses the diversity of living things on the earth today and in the past, and also a diversity of levels (from molecules to cells to organisms to ecosystems) at which life can be studied. The Biology Department offers a comprehensive treatment of biology, emphasizing independent research, analysis of information, and integration among its subdisciplines and with other areas of the liberal arts. New discoveries in biology have the power to radically transforming our perception of what biology is and what it can mean to our everyday lives. The social, political, economic and moral implications of these discoveries require not only that a liberally educated person understand the principles of modern biology, but also that a biologist be liberally educated.

 The Biology major and minor are programs in the Mathematical and Natural Sciences Area of Study. Biology majors may not double major in Biochemistry. Biology minors may not major in Biochemistry.

Biology Program Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete a major or minor in Biology will be able to:

• Apply principles and laboratory techniques of biological sub-disciplines;
• Design and execute independent or collaborative research to investigate novel biological questions;
• Communicate, in written and oral forms, the results of scientific research and the societal implications of those results; 
• Apply concepts, skills, or approaches of other scientific fields to inform biological practices.

Courses

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Programs

• Biology Major

• Biology Minor

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