Bachelor in Biology
Appleton, USA
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: Lawrence University's Bachelor in Biology trains undergraduates in laboratory methods, fieldwork, and collaborative faculty research across scales from DNA to ecosystems and fieldwork. You can tailor a unique major and combine biology with chemistry, environmental studies, geology, pre-med, psychology, or Spanish. Coursework and increasingly sophisticated experimental projects develop skills in molecular genetics, organismal biology, ecology, and conservation.
Career Outcomes: Graduates pursue research, medicine, veterinary medicine, nursing, physical therapy, biotechnology, wildlife biology, education, and law. Employers include Mayo Clinic, USDA, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and universities. Many earn advanced degrees in biology, marine biology, ecology, medicine, microbiology, and law.
One of our largest majors at Lawrence, the biology program’s coursework and collaborative research with faculty will help you study and apply your talents to create new knowledge. Experimental work increases in sophistication as you flex your creative muscles and synthesize new information with previous discoveries.
Since biological entities span a range from macromolecules such as DNA and proteins within cells, to organs such as animal hearts or plant leaves, to entire ecosystems, you’ll be exposed to the breadth of biology through courses, labs, local and global field experiences, and research. Your path toward the major will be unique.
Lawrentians sometimes pair biology with
- Chemistry
- Environmental studies
- Geology
- Pre-med
- Psychology
- Spanish
The Biology Curriculum
Integrative Biology: Cells to Organisms
Integrative Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems
Integrative Biology: Experimental Design and Statistics
Principles of Chemistry: Energetics and Dynamics
At least seven courses in intermediate and upper-level biology, at least five of which must be lab courses
Completion of Biology Senior Experience.
Life After Lawrence
Lawrentians enjoy careers in
Research (recent areas include molecular genetics, marine biology, human genetics, and more), medicine (cardiology, radiology, pediatrics, internal medicine, surgery, sports medicine, and more), wildlife biology, nursing, veterinary medicine, physical therapy, sports medicine, genetic research, education (elementary, secondary, collegiate), biotechnology, hospital administration, law, marine biology
Recent employers include
Mayo Clinic, 3M, U.S.D.A., U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, New Jersey State Academy for Aquatic Sciences, Shaw Group (environmental consulting), Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries, University of California-San Diego
Lawrentians earn advanced degrees in
Marine biology, biology, biotechnology, ecology, medicine, microbiology, veterinary medicine, nursing, dentistry, law, physical therapy, business
Recent schools include
(MD) Dartmouth, Mayo Clinic, Medical College of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Utah; (DDS) Iowa, Louisville, Marquette, and Michigan; (Ph.D.) Boston University, Chicago, Emory, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Penn State, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Wash U, University of Washington, UC-Riverside, Wisconsin; (DVM) Minnesota, Wisconsin; (MPH) Columbia, Duke, Emory, Johns Hopkins, North Carolina, Wake Forest
You might enjoy this if you're interested in
- Understanding how living things work
- Understanding how living things interact with their environments and with each other
- Conducting research with others and on your own
- Human health and public health
- Ecology, animal behavior, plant biology, marine biology
- Genetics, cell biology, microbiology, molecular biology, immunology, and more!
