Biology is the study of living things. There are many areas of study within biology. Botany is the study of plants, zoology is the study of animals, and microbiology is the study of living things too small to be seen with the unassisted eye.
Ecology deals with the relationships between living things and their environment.
Cell biology includes the structures and activities of individual cells. Genetics addresses the study of inherited characteristics and the molecular basis of their inheritance. The complex chemical composition and chemical activities of living things are included in biochemistry. The location of the campus allows students to accompany professors to tide pools, tropical rain forests, and volcanic areas to study the many life forms, ecology, and evolutionary biology. The small class sizes permit students to work individually with the department's transmission electron microscope.