Bachelor of Science in Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
Program Description
This program provides students with a broad background in systematic biology and conservation biology through coursework in evolutionary biology, ecology, botany and physiology. It prepares students for graduate school as well as work in the public sector with agencies such as state and national park services and in the private sector with in fields such as environmental consulting and conservation. It is recommended that students work closely with an academic advisor to select courses that best suit their career goals.
Program Learning Outcomes
- UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE: Students can design an experiment with the appropriate control groups to test an hypothesis
- QUANTITATIVE REASONING: Students can interpret a graph or dataset to determine if the results of an experiment support or reject an hypothesis
- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY: Students can weigh the costs and benefits to society of the use of recent scientific and technological developments
- EVOLUTION: Students can explain the role that variation between individuals plays in the processes of natural selection and evolution.
- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: Students can explain how a change in the structural characteristics of a molecule, tissue or organism will affect its function
- INFORMATION FLOW AND STORAGE: Students can describe the mechanisms of information flow in classical and molecular genetics and predict the outcomes of crosses
- PATHWAYS AND TRANSFORMATION OF MATTER AND ENERGY: Students can explain how a carbon molecule flows through a biological process or system
- SYSTEMS (i.e. living systems are interconnected and interacting): Students can predict the consequences of how a change in one aspect of a biological or complex system will affect other aspects of the system
Admission Requirements
- Have a a 2.5 grade point average (GPA) in the 4.0 grading scale or B- average in academic courses completed after 9th grade.
IELTS Requirements
| Listening |
Reading |
Writing |
Speaking |
Overall |
| 6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
Remarks:
- Total 120 Credits program(Yearly tuition fee is given)
- I20(Visa Letter) can be obtained only after submitting a bank statement with a balance of USD $41,894.
- Score reporting required.
