The Department of Biological Sciences offers a broad, integrated, and in-depth approach to the life sciences. Departmental requirements consist of a balanced core of courses selected from several subject areas, combined with elective courses from the Department of Biology and other life science departments such as Anatomy & Physiology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. Several options are available to students. The programs of study accommodate students with such differing interests and objectives as graduate work in molecular biology, laboratory work in microbiology, or field work in ecology. Programs also can serve as preprofessional preparation for medical, dental, veterinary or physical therapy sciences.
Our Department has approximately 500 undergraduate and 40 graduate students. We award over 130 Bachelors and about a dozen graduate (Master's and Ph.D.) degrees per year. Our faculty consists of approximately 20 tenure track faculty with over a million dollars in research productivity and expertise in areas such as animal and exercise physiology, cell and molecular biology, toxicology, parasitology, and aquatic ecology. In addition, our office support staff includes 2 advisors who assist students with choosing a program that satisfies their goals, needs and academic progress.
Graduates from our program occupy diverse positions locally, nationally, and internationally. As examples from this region, we have graduates working for the Ohio and Dayton offices of the Environmental Protection Agency, for the Montgomery County MetroParks, for Eli Lilly and Procter and Gamble, for Compunet Clinical Laboratories and Miami Valley Hospital, and even as tenured faculty at Wright State University!
For more information regarding our Department, please contact our office at (937) 775-2655. Or continue exploring our web site, where you will find admission requirements, program information, research summaries, and a world of opportunity.