生物学

获得生物学学位

Prepare for a STEM-related career in healthcare, 医学, 环境管理, 生命科学, 和更多的. As a student in one of the largest programs on campus, you will be challenged to perform in both the classroom 和 laboratory. Learn from numerous full-time faculty with terminal degrees 和 active research projects.  

生物学课程亮点

• 满足你的 在进行职前培训 requirements 和 get strong training for medical, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary school, 和更多的.  
• Work directly with advisors to strengthen your c和idacy for graduate or professional programs.
• Design your own fruit fly experiment through our pilot Course-based 本科 研究 Experiences (CUREs) program.
• Engage in ongoing opportunities for grant funding, state recognition, 和 independent research.

更多关于生物学的知识

研究

Our biology faculty maintain active research programs of their own 和 encourages students to apply for grants, conduct independent mentored research, 和 present their findings at state 和 regional meetings.

• Dr. 维达Mingo is part of the Genomics Education Partnership 和 uses bioinformatics to help create a national database of genetic sequences.
• Dr. Kirt喜怒无常 uses macroinvertebrates to examine ecological relationships 和 monitor environmental factors
• Dr. 玛丽沼泽 is interested in how environmental pressures impact the immune systems of fish, 常见的生物医学模型, as well as basic biological research examining systems as diverse as spider webs to tomato fungi to fisheries forensics

项目奖

• Two recent biology majors received awards for their presentations at the South Carolina Academy of Science meetings. These students were also invited to publish their work in the Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science.
• 在过去的5年里, ten biology students secured grant funding to conduct independent research from the South Carolina Independent College 和 University Faculty-Student 研究 program.
• Two of the last three 哥伦比亚大学 Savory PURL (Program for 本科 研究 和 Learning) award winners were biology majors. These students received grant funding for independent research.
• Two recent biology majors were awarded the Dr. Selden K Smith Endowed Scholarship for Student Global Experience 和 traveled 到 Central Philippines for ecology research 和 Masindi, Ug和a for a medical mission trip, 分别. Clover also obtained funding from the SC Explorer’s Club Youth Grant.