Biology
Undergraduate Study: Bachelor of Arts (BA), or Bachelor of Science (BS), or Minor in Biology
Website: www.hawaii.edu/biology
Academic Program
Biology is of fundamental importance in a science or liberal arts education, as it provides students with a keener insight into and a deeper appreciation of the many facets of living systems. The biology curricula are designed to provide students with a strong background in the principles of biology and with rigorous upper-division instruction in a number of basic areas. This combination of breadth and in-depth instruction allows students to develop the intellectual foundations and the skills necessary to deal with the specific biological concerns of today and the flexibility to meet the needs of the various professions. From this base, our graduates can pursue future specialization with confidence.
The Biology Program is a cooperative program whose faculty members are from the Biology Program and the Departments of Botany, Cell and Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences and Biosystems Engineering, and Zoology. It provides an academic home to students who wish to pursue a broad training in the biological sciences. It offers a BA degree for pre-professional students, a BS degree with five specializations: cell and molecular biology, ecology/evolution/ conservation biology, marine/aquatic biology, organismic biology and general biology, and a minor in biology.
Major-Related Skills
In addition to discipline specific content, biology majors have the ability to:
Declaring Biology as a major
Click
here
for a form-fillable major declaration form.
Complete the first page of the Declaration of Major form and print two copies.
Make an appointment with a faculty advisor in the Biology Department to discuss your interests, major
requirements, and course selection. The advisor will
complete the second page of the form. Two copies of the
completed form should then be turned in to the service
counter for Arts & Sciences Student Academic Services.
Click
here for concurrent degree requests (i.e., between
A&S and another college or different degree programs within
A&S, such as concurrent BA and BS degrees).
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