Students majoring in zoology take a balanced core of courses.
This provides a broad background in zoology, introduces scientific reasoning, develops skills in hypothesis formulation and testing and develops the ability to make educated decisions, especially on biological issues. Human biology provides the opportunity to explore the characteristics of human beings and their relationship to other living organisms. It trains graduates for careers in all areas of professional biology as well as providing preprofessional preparation. Human biology prepares students for professional school, for a variety of medical-related areas, and for graduate study. Through the core curriculum, students obtain skills enabling them to formulate hypotheses, interpret data and make educated predictions.