About the Department

Greetings from Department Head Guy N. Cameron

Guy N. CameronThe Department of Biological Sciences offers study leading to the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. The goals of these programs are to support and encourage the student preparing for a career in the biological sciences, entrance into professional schools, or as an educator/researcher. Programs within the department encompass levels of biological organization from molecular to the ecosystem, with emphases on the integration of different levels. Students are encouraged to draw upon academic offering of other departments in the sciences, as well as departments in the Colleges of Medicine, Engineering, Design, Architecture, and Planning, and Law. In addition, close liaisons are maintained with the Cincinnati Zoo and its Center for Research into Endangered Wildlife, the Cincinnati Nature Center, the Cincinnati Natural History Museum, and the regional research laboratory of EPA.

The department takes great pride in the research and instructional quality of its faculty and graduate students. Faculty actively partner with students on advising, research, and mentoring. Individualized programs of study are offered in both the graduate and undergraduate curricula. The department currently enrolls about 400 undergraduate majors and 60 graduate students. More than 100 students are enrolled in the interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Program, housed in the department.

Please contact me at g.cameron@uc.edu or any of our faculty or staff if we may answer specific questions pertaining to our programs.

The Biology Program

Biology includes the study of life and life processes. Whether studying the molecular, cellular, organismal, population, or ecosystem level of biological organization, a student can acquire an appreciation of the fundamentals of life itself. Those with inquisitive minds, who wish to explore the nature of living things, are generally attracted to a major in biological sciences.

Graduates are taught to reason, inquire, synthesize, and analyze their knowledge of biology by the scientific method. They are then qualified to pursue advanced graduate degrees, work as research technicians for industry, teach at the secondary level, or seek other jobs related to personal interests.
Adapted from the "McMicken College of Arts and Sciences: Biology" pamphlet.

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