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.