SDSU's Biology Department is the largest in the CSU system. Students have direct access to the faculty. There is opportunity to become involved in special studies with faculty members in both field and laboratory research. Indepen-dent research may be conducted by students during their junior and senior years under the supervision of a faculty member. The faculty are highly active and nationally recognized for significant research.
Research is supported by federal and state agencies and institutions.
Special Advantages of the SDSU Program Biological Field Stations at ocean, mountain, and desert field sites. Laboratory and field experience. A large number of individualized research projects are available within the department and at local institutions such as the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, Museum of Natural History and the Hubbs Research Center at Sea World. Transmission and scanning electron microscopes are available for student instruction and research. Seminars by renowned scien tists are offered weekly by the Biology Department and by the Molecular Biology Institute, an interdisciplinary group of biologists and biochemists.