Biology majors at UVM choose from concentrations in cell and molecular biology, neurobiology, environmental biology, forensic biology and pre-professional (including medical and veterinary biology), or they remain generalists.
The department focuses on learning by "doing science" through small, experience-based classes, research and close faculty interaction and mentoring. Biology professors are respected, top-notch scientists who receive nearly $1.3 million in grants each year from organizations including the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency and National Science Foundation. Student participation in research is encouraged and supported by stipends, departmental and university grant programs and awards. Consequently, during both the academic year and the summer you'll find biology students in the lab and the field, getting their hands dirty alongside faculty.
Students who choose the new cross-college Integrated Biological Science major, which leads to a bachelor of science degree, share the same core courses with students in the bachelor of arts program but take more upper-level courses in the biological sciences. For more information, see the Integrated Biological Science's website.
Phone: (802) 656-2922
Fax: (802) 656-2914
E-mail: biology@uvm.edu
Department Website:
http://www.uvm.edu/~biology/
Graduate and medical schools: UVM's Biology Department has a sterling reputation for academic excellence that contributes to a high success rate of majors' gaining admission to graduate programs and medical schools.
Careers: Biology alumni pursue careers in numerous fields, including biomedical and environmental research, government service, law, finance, wildlife conservation and rehabilitation, zoo management, public health and business.
Success stories: Recent graduates are working as a technical director of the gene sequencing facility at the American Museum of Natural History; a biology professor at the University of Colorado; a writer for a science magazine; a wildlife scientist in Yellowstone Park; and as physicians throughout the country and in the U.S. military.
Last modified February 07 2008 02:27 PM
