Department of Biology

What is Biology?

If you're excited to discover and understand how living things work, then you have the mind of a biologist ready to transform the world. Biology is where curiosity meets purpose – where you'll ask profound questions, design innovative experiments and uncover solutions that heal, protect and advance humanity. From molecular discoveries that lead to life-saving treatments to environmental research that safeguards our planet's future, your biological sciences education becomes the foundation for careers that truly matter. 

While 60% of our majors pursue medical careers and another 20% enter dental or veterinary fields, biology opens doors to countless paths where your passion for life becomes your professional power. Your journey of scientific discovery starts here, where every question you ask has the potential to change lives.

Career Prospects

Where Your Passion for Life Becomes Your Professional Purpose

A Biology degree gives you more than scientific knowledge — it gives you the analytical foundation, laboratory expertise and critical thinking skills that today's most in-demand careers are built on. Whether you're headed to medical school, a research lab, a biotech firm or the field, your training in the science of life opens more doors than most students expect.

Healthcare and social assistance is the fastest-growing sector in the U.S. economy, projected to add roughly 2 million jobs through 2034. Biology is your foundation for entering it — and for leading within it. Our graduates go on to become physicians, researchers, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, veterinarians, environmental scientists and more.

You'll graduate with hands-on laboratory experience, research skills and the scientific literacy that professional and graduate programs demand. Our graduates turn their curiosity about living systems into careers that heal, protect and advance humanity.

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