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Students determine their fields of study by choosing among ten different option areas.
After two years of research in the program of a faculty mentor, each student writes a senior thesis. In addition to research expertise, students graduate with strong basic science backgrounds and problem-solving and communication skills. Many will become industrial or academic research professionals, in areas of science where there will be a shortage of qualified individuals for the foreseeable future. Others will enter graduate and professional schools in the life sciences or become highly effective secondary school science teachers. The faculty are organized into 10 interdepartmental option groups according to their research interests.