The Department of 生物学 provides the student with opportunities to obtain a broad foundation of biological knowledge and to pursue the study of a particular area of biology through upper-division coursework and mentored research. The curriculum is based strongly in the sciences of biology, 化学与物理, within the context of the critical and analytic skills derived from the liberal arts core.

该部门提供指导, mentoring and research opportunities that serve a variety of students. 系里的教师都致力于教学, 保持积极的研究项目，让学生参与, and have a broad range of expertise in sub-disciplines of biology.

对教7-12年级生物感兴趣?

在圣. Bonaventure您有两条途径获得初始认证:

• Earn your 生物学学士学位 while completing requirements for initial certification as a biology teacher in grades 7-12. 了解更多.
• Earn your Bachelor of Science in Adolescent Education with a concentration in biology, which also completes the requirements for initial certification as a biology teacher in grades 7-12. 了解更多.

生物学项目的优势

• The curriculum is broad and covers the foundations of biology as well as contemporary areas of biology such as neurobiology, 分子和细胞生物学和遗传学.
• There is enough flexibility to allow secondary concentrations in a wide variety of other areas. 例如, 生物学 majors have completed secondary concentrations in chemistry, 数学, 计算机科学和工商管理.
• Classes and labs are small (nearly always less than 35 students and often fewer than 20 students). 
• The university's general requirements guarantee a well-rounded, liberal arts education.
• You receive the benefits of one-on-one advising with departmental faculty in selecting your program of study and in pursuing admission to graduate school, 生物学的专业课程或职业.

Our 生物学 major prepares you for a career or further studies

• Students may elect to do independent research with departmental faculty or take advantage of internships in the local community.
• 我们的专业都去读研了, 医学院, 牙科学校, 物理治疗和医师助理项目, 法学院, 高中教学. Over the past 15 years about 90 percent of our pre-health care students have succeeded in entering 医学院 or other health care programs.
• There has been consistent emphasis on professional preparation. Since 1975 over 90 percent of our graduates have gone on to postgraduate study or careers in biology.
• The 生物学 major provides excellent preparation for secondary school teaching. 如上所述, a student has two Bachelor of Science options for obtaining their initial certification to teach biology in grades 7-12 in New York State. 或者，一个学生可能会得到传统的B.S. 并留在全球网赌十大网站完成了一个 青少年教育硕士.

非生物专业学生的福利

• Science students who are not 生物学 majors but take biology courses as part of their departmental requirements receive solid grounding in the fundamentals of biology to aid in the understanding of their major fields.
• Non-science majors may take a number of courses to better prepare them to enter professional fields that require an understanding of the fundamental principles of biological sciences and the empirical method used by scientists.

生物系的成绩是B.S. 在生物学方面，得了B.S. in 生物学 with grades 7-12 teaching certification, and a minor in 生物学.

生物学学士学位

The major in 生物学 provides the student a broad foundation of biological knowledge and a deeper study of a particular area of biology through upper-division coursework and mentored research.

Degree requirements and a four-year plan for the 生物学 major

生物学学士学位，有教学资格证书

Earn a 生物学学士学位 while completing all requirements for initial New York state certification to teach biology in grades 7-12.

计划详情及要求

生物学小

对于非专业学生, the 生物学小 provides a solid grounding in the fundamentals of biology to aid in the understanding of their major fields.

辅修生物学的要求

对生物化学感兴趣?

生物系也提供B.S. 在生物化学. 要了解更多信息， 参观生物化学项目.