Mission

The mission of the Department of Biological Sciences seeks to support the University mission and goals, and to pursue the spirit of the mission of the Division of Academic Affairs by providing quality learning and pre-professional development experiences in the biological sciences. The Department offers the following curricula that provide focused undergraduate and graduate preparatory experiences: B.S. in Biology (Concentrations: basic, honors, pre- health, microbiology), B.S. in Marine Biology, M.S. in Biology, and Ph.D. in Microbiology.

Through continuous faculty scholarship, students’ development is supported through subject competency, understanding of the process of scientific inquiry, hands-on technology dexterity, and development of dispositions characteristic of well-prepared biological science pre-professionals. Graduates are prepared for entry into teaching, research, industry, government and private sector endeavors, as well as further study for entry into scientific research and health professions fields.