Biology Department Programs of Study . Knowledge of the philosophy and techniques of genetics, cell biology, and molecular biology and biotechnology is fundamental to both basic research and practical applications in the fields of medicine and allied health, pharmaceutics, forensics, microbiology, botany and zoology. It has applications in such fields as wildlife and natural resources management as well. There is a high demand in research and production laboratories for people with experience in molecular technologies . Rachel Morrison and Michelle Green do photomicroscopy for the the Cell and Molecular Biology laboratory.
Students learn techniques and work with the equipment common to contemporary biotech facilities.
Additionally, the emphasis nurtures facility in written, visual, and oral presentation that is fundamental to scientific and technological communication. Students will be mentored individually, either on or off campus, and will be expected to make use of the skills discussed in the preceding paragraph. This experience will be evaluated through a formal paper, essentially a senior thesis. Comparative Animal Physiology. Nucleic Acids Laboratory.