In general, AP credit does NOT exempt a student from specific course requirements in the major, but may count as a credit toward graduation. Opportunities exist in organizations such as university research laboratories, university field research stations, environmental schools, hospitals, and the National Institutes of Health. Students interested in the health professions should attempt to become associated with a clinical or research environment at this time. The GLCA program in Aberdeen offers the opportunity to take science courses while on study abroad. Students should be aware that the number of students which the program can accommodate is quite limited.
Most students elect to do the SIP in biology.
One or two units of credit may be awarded, depending on the nature of the project. This research may be carried out on campus with a faculty member or off campus at another research facility. Diebold Biology Symposium All Biology majors must present the results of the SIP, regardless of their SIP topic, at the annual Diebold Biology Symposium, held each spring quarter, as part of BIOL490. The symposium is a scientific meeting with both oral and poster presentations. Those students who conduct exemplary research and make outstanding presentations at the symposium will be selected by the Biology faculty as Diebold Scholars.