Biology

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BA Biological Studies BS Biology (including Pre-Med) BS Environmental Science 4+1 Tracks with Temple University:

Bioinnovation, Scientific Writing Minors: Biology, Environmental Science

Department Distinctives

• Classical Biology degreewith courses in disciplines such as Ecology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Taxonomy, and Physiology, Chemistry and Math. • Personalized teaching: All lectures and labs are taught by faculty, with a mentoring style. All students are afforded research and internship opportunities both on and off campus. • Christian faith integration: Curriculum integrates a

Christian worldview, founded on the truth revealed in the Bible, through the natural world. • Research labs are supplied with research equipment, such as laminar flow hoods for cell culture, fluorescent microscopes, ArcGIS software for environmental mapping, thermal cyclers for PCR (polymerase chain reaction), equipment for field research in ecology, and other tools for DNA and protein electrophoresis. • Our rich assortment of student internships provides students with experience and networking opportunities for their future.

Our Graduates Are Now Working:

• As physicians, dentists, physician assistants, field biologists, National Park rangers, arboretum botanists, biology professors, secondary science teachers, biomedical researchers, conservation and zoological educators, and in diverse research and regulatory positions within industry and government. • With employers such as University of Pennsylvania,

Johnson & Johnson, the US Army, Merck, the National and Atmospheric Administration, the New York

Aquarium, and many more. • Toward advanced degrees at institutions such as

Auburn University, University of Bayreuth (Germany),

Drexel University, Penn State School of Medicine, the University of Maryland School of Dentistry,

University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt

University, and Villanova University.