Biology and Marine Biology
Undergraduate
Study: Bachelor
of Arts (BA), or Bachelor of Science (BS), or Minor in Biology.
Bachelor
of Science (BS) in Marine Biology
Website: www.hawaii.edu/biology
Click here for important registration information and sample 4 year schedules.
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 Transferable Skills
In addition to discipline specific content, biology majors have the ability to:
- apply scientific methodology and use scientific equipment.
- organize and maintain accurate records.
- analyze, problem solve, and make analogies proficiently.
- compute numerically and conduct basic statistical analyses.
- integrate ideas and concepts across biological disciplines.
- design, conduct, and interpret scientific research.
- make critical observations and evaluations, and apply the scientific approach to problems.
- present results and conclusions verbally and in writing.
- present information through the design and production of charts and graphs.
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Planning on pursuing biology or marine biology as a major?
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here
for important registration information for incoming natural science students.
Click
here for a sample 4-year schedule for a B.A.
Biology degree.
* Click
here for
the list of approved biology electives for the BA degree.
* Click
here for
the BA Biology major requirements.
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for a sample 4-year schedule for a B.S. Biology degree.
* Click
here for the list of approved biology electives for the B.S concentrations.
* Click
here for the BS Biology major requirements.
Click here
for a sample 4-year schedule for a B.S. Marine Biology
degree.
* Click
here for the requirements and approved electives.
Turn your 4-year academic plan into an educational plan that enriches your undergraduate experience.
Need to declare biology or marine biology as your major?
Click
here
for a form-fillable major declaration form.
Complete the first page of the Declaration of Major form and print.
Make an appointment with the departmental advisor in the Biology
Program 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
if you are adding a second major - you will need to use a
declaration of major form that has not been pre-filled to
declare Biology as your first major. 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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