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The Biological Sciences undergraduate program at UAH is designed to offer each student exposure to the intellectual breadth of the modern life sciences -- from cell and molecular biology, through microbiology, integrated physiology and anatomy, to ecology and environmental biology. Programs of study lead to specialized training in a variety of fields: secondary education, pre- professional programs in medicine and dentistry, certified programs in medical technology, microbiology, environmental science and conservation biology. Many students continue their education in graduate and professional programs.
Students in the Biological Sciences develop their own specific programs of study in consultation with personal faculty advisors. All programs in the future (starting Fall 1994) will have a common core of courses: Introductory Biology, taken in the freshman year; Genetics in the sophomore year; Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology in the junior year; and a capstone seminar taken in the senior year. But in either case students choose their faculty advisors to help them tailor the rest of their program to fit their particular interests and professional goals.
In general, Biological Sciences will finish their general education requirements and begin supportive coursework in chemistry, mathematics and their minor in their freshman and sophomore years. During the junior and senior years coursework will typically concentrate on courses in biology and the minor.
Biological Sciences majors are encouraged to become involved in the research programs of the department. Faculty advisors can assist in arranging undergraduate research opportunities in fields as diverse as cell biology and and marine ecology. In addition to the laboratories of the Department, working arrangements for UAH can be established at the UAH Johnson Research Center, at NASA's Space Life Sciences facilities, and at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab on the Gulf of Mexico. UAH honors students are encouraged to set up undergraduate honors thesis research programs under the direction of their advisors. Since the Biological Sciences faculty are all actively involved in research as well as being strongly committed to undergraduate teaching and advising, undergraduates in all fields have the opportunity to become involved in the presentation of research results in professional journals and at state, regional and national scientific meetings.
