The program is available at both the departmental and interdepartmental levels. The Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program extends throughout the academic year and the summer, when students spend one hundred percent of their time in research laboratories. The department provides equipment and laboratories for most modern studies in biology, including laboratories for molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, electron microscopy, advanced video microscopy, physiology, etc. There is a departmental computer facility with twenty pentium PCs and another with PowerMac computers. There are also several IBM and Silicon Graphics workstations available.
Biology is a major route for students who wish to enter the health professions.
Biology majors become Physicians, Physical Therapists, Optometrists, Ocupational Therapists, Nurses, Podiatrists. Some Biology graduates enter the pharmaceutical or biotechnology fields.