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Bachelor of Biology
Bachelor of Biology

Bachelor of Biology

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  • Level:4-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Entry Requirement

  • High School Transcripts: Official high school transcripts or copies certified by your high school or EducationUSA Center. Provide any national testing results, diplomas and/or certificates (e.g. GSCE, IGSCE, A Levels, CAPE, WAEC).

  • University Transcripts: Submit official community college or university transcripts from all previously attended institutions. Provide course syllabi or descriptions for every university course.

  • Credential Evaluation: Transcripts from institutions outside the United States must undergo a course-by-course evaluation conducted by an independent credential evaluation agency. These agencies must be members of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). Students attending U.S. schools abroad or international schools following a U.S. curriculum abroad do not need to submit a credential evaluation; other exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis.

  • Transfer Recommendation Form completed by your current or most recent community college or university.

  • Proof of English Language Proficiency

English Requirement

You must submit proof of English Language Proficiency if you are:

  • A High School Applicant who attended all or part of high school in a country where English is not the official language.

  • A Transfer Applicant who attended university in a country where English is not the official language, or you completed less than 24 credits at a university where English is the official language.

Proof of English Language Proficiency can be demonstrated with one of the following tests or successful completion of ELS Level 112.

  • TOEFL: 79 iBT with consistent subsection scores

  • IELTS: 6.5 with consistent subsection scores

  • SAT: 500 evidence-based reading and writing score

  • ACT: 19 composite score with consistent subsection scores

We accept self-reported ACT or SAT scores. We do not accept self-reported TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo English Test scores.

Other Requirement

  • ACT or SAT Scores may be sent directly from the testing agency or self-reported on your application or uploaded to your SJU Admission Account. SAT scores will be super-scored; we'll take your highest composite ACT score.

  • Resume uploaded to your SJU Admission Account

 

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Course Information

A biology degree from Saint Joseph’s University exposes you to all levels of biological organization, from the sub-cellular to the broad ecosystem. Our program is built with core courses covering the fundamentals of biology, a distribution of upper-level course across the major areas of biology and free electives.

What is a Biology Major?

Areas of teaching and research cover an extensive range of topics including cell and molecular biology, microbiology, genetics, plant biology, evolution, physiology, ecology, neurobiology, bioinformatics, biophysics and animal behavior. All upper level courses are taught by full-time faculty who are specialists in their fields.

You will experience a hands-on, experimental approach in all your courses. Saint Joseph’s University has outstanding equipment and facilities available for student use, including:

  • An animal biodiversity lab

  • Greenhouse

  • Plant growth chambers

  • Confocal and electron microscopes

  • Equipment for molecular biology research

Ways to Study Biology

You can pursue a major in biology or a biology minor if you are majoring in another discipline.

What Can You do with a Degree in Biology?

A biology degree prepares you for a wide range of career options and success. Many of our graduates enter medical and health profession schools, graduate schools for M.S. or Ph.D. degrees, K-12 education or industry jobs.

Additionally, the five-year B.S./M.S. biology-education program is designed for students who wish to become certified secondary school (grades 7-12) science teachers. The program incorporates the four-year B.S. degree in biology with additional work during the summer and a fifth year to complete the M.S. in secondary education and become certified. Given the numerous course requirements for the dual degrees and the certification, it is important that you speak with your biology education adviser about this program early on if you are interested to ensure you are taking appropriate courses.

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Courses

  • BIO 101 Bio I: Cells (4 credits)

  • BIO 101L Bio I: Cells Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 102 Bio II: Genetics (4 credits)

  • BIO 102L Bio II: Genetics Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 150 Science of Learning Science (3 credits)

  • BIO 150L Bio I: Cells Lab Phage (0 credits)

  • BIO 151L Bio II: Genetics Lab Phage (0 credits)

  • BIO 160 Heredity and Evolution (3 credits)

  • BIO 161 Human Organism (3 credits)

  • BIO 162 Plants and Civilization (3 credits)

  • BIO 163 Unseen LIfe on Earth (4 credits)

  • BIO 163L Unseen Life on Earth Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 165 Exploring the Living World (4 credits)

  • BIO 165L Exp. Living World Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 170 Special Topics (3 credits)

  • BIO 201 Bio III: Organismic Biology (4 credits)

  • BIO 201L Bio III: Organismic Biol Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 260 Anat&Physiol Nurs/Al Hlth I (4 credits)

  • BIO 260L Anat&Physiol Lab I (0 credits)

  • BIO 261 Anat&Physiol Nurs/Al Hlth II (4 credits)

  • BIO 261L Anat&Physiol Lab II (0 credits)

  • BIO 270 Microbio Nurse/Allied Health (4 credits)

  • BIO 270L Microbio Nurse/Allied Hlth Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 290 Career Development Seminar (0 credits)

  • BIO 320 Science Communication&Outreach (1 credit)

  • BIO 360 God and Evolution (3 credits)

  • BIO 370 Special Topics in Biology (3 credits)

  • BIO 390 Biology Seminar (0 credits)

  • BIO 401 Animal Behavior (4 credits)

  • BIO 401L Animal Behavior Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 402 Advanced Cell Biology (4 credits)

  • BIO 402L Advanced Cell Biology Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 404 Biochemistry (3 credits)

  • BIO 405 Biomechanics (4 credits)

  • BIO 405L Biomechanics Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 406 Comparative Anatomy (4 credits)

  • BIO 406L Comparative Anatomy Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 407 Developmental Biology (4 credits)

  • BIO 407L Developmental Biology Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 409 Ecology (4 credits)

  • BIO 409L Ecology Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 410 Light and Electron Microscopy (4 credits)

  • BIO 410L Light & Electrn Microscopy Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 411 Molecular Genetics (4 credits)

  • BIO 411L Molecular Genetics Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 412 Neurobiology (4 credits)

  • BIO 412L Neurobiology Lab (0 credits)

  • BIO 413 Plant Physiological Ecology (4 credits)

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Career Opportunity

While participating in research is not required, opportunities abound year-round for motivated students and are highly recommended. The experience of doing original research has far-reaching benefits in and beyond the field of biology. As a biology major, you will work closely with faculty members, all of whom have varied backgrounds and unique expertise, and who will encourage you to join them as a co-investigator, giving you the opportunity to present your work at local and national scientific meetings. It is not unusual for a student’s work to be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

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