The Department of Biological Sciences offers undergraduate courses for both majors and non-majors and provides majors with diverse opportunities to pursue research in the laboratories of faculty members. The department's faculty are committed to providing students with a broad exposure to biological processes and systems and a deep understanding of biology at environmental, organismal, cellular, and molecular levels.
This site provides information useful to current and prospective undergraduate students, including descriptions of our course majors and minors, and advising program; an overview of research opportunities in biology; and helpful links about careers in biology.
To learn more about a particular topic, use the links listed above.
If you have any questions not covered here or in the Organization-Regulations-Courses (ORC), please contact the Chair of the Undergraduate Committee, Professor Sharon Bickel.
If you are a prospective student and would like to set up an appointment with a faculty member, please contact the department office by e-mail.
Christopher G. Reed Biologist Award
Christopher R. Abrecht
Joshua Cornman-Homonoff
Laura C. Myers
Jonathon J. Parker
Ha Linh Vu
Nora M. Ward
Willard W. Eggleston Memorial Botany Prize
Mayda H. Nathan
Florence Fletcher Charles Botany Prize
Susan K. Dunklee
