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Biological Science at ¶¶Òõ̽̽: Get your mind fueled and your hands dirty.

Biological Science is the study of life in all its forms and at all its levels.Ìý Biological scientists work to further human understanding of living things — their bodies, behaviors, interactions, genetics, histories and futures — so that we might better appreciate, utilize, heal, and protect.

A walk down the halls of ¶¶Òõ̽̽'s life science departments - Biology, Plant Biology, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Plant and Soil Science, Environmental Science, and Animal Science - reveals the breadth of discovery at this renowned research institution.Ìý Students of Biological Science at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ can explore any of these subjects, and more.

The Biological Science B.S.

Our major program provides a thorough yet flexible exploration of life science. Ìý

Explore the major.

You can major in Biological Science through two ¶¶Òõ̽̽ colleges: theÌý or the .

BioCore CurriculumÌý

The Biological Science Program provides a foundation of Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Cell Biology, and Molecular Biology to life sciences students across majors and colleges, through the BioCore (BCOR) courses.

BioCore Curriculum

Go beyond the classroom

There is a place for undergrads in the labs of ¶¶Òõ̽̽ researchers. ÌýStudy the ecology of disease vectors, the genetics of spiders, the protein functions that enable flight in insects, the response of plant distributions to global climate change — or another of myriad biological questions being investigated here! Ìý

Research & Internships