Therefore, it is important when considering these majors to identify your academic strengths and weaknesses. Successful students choose their major and degree programs based on their interests and abilities. Many students following one of the biological science majors are planning professional health careers in medicine, veterinary medicine, or in allied areas such as medical technology, nursing, dentistry, and pharmacy. It is a common misconception that professional schools will accept only students following a life science major. Professional schools prefer students who demonstrate that they have the intellectual and personal qualities necessary for a successful career in the profession.
All divisional majors offer the Bachelor of Science degree.
In addition, Biological Sciences, Evolution and Ecology, Microbiology, and Plant Biology offer a Bachelor of Arts degree. Requirements for the B.S. degree include more science and laboratory courses. Requirements for the A. B. degree, on the other hand, include a foreign language and more courses in humanities and social sciences. Students choosing to fulfill requirements for a B.S. degree may register in either the College of Letters and Science or the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Students choosing to fulfill requirements for an A.B. degree must declare their major in the College of Letters and Science.