US · Bachelors
Biology (BSc)
Program information
Program overview
The Department of Biology offers four majors and one minor Typically students begin their program as a Biology major and take Foundations of Biology I and II in the first year In the second year students may elect to stay as a Biology major or may apply to one of the more specialized majors Environmental Biology Biology of Global Health or Neurobiology and begin a different series of coursework to complete the majors Our programs are designed to provide the finest education in biological principles and their application Our departmental learning goals and advances in pedagogy the art and science of teaching are described in more detail on our pedagogy and learning goals page We emphasize inquiry-based coursework to promote analytical thinking and synthesis Our curriculum is communication-intensive giving students the opportunity to develop expertise in both written and oral forms of communication within the discipline more information about our communication emphasis can be found on our integrated writing page Additionally we emphasize a research intensive experience both in coursework and in research laboratories students can opt to conduct research in laboratories in our department the medical school or elsewhere in D C through volunteering research tutorials and RISE Research Intensive Senior Experience
Duration: 13
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