Double Degree - Bachelor of Arts - Pre-Biomedical Engineering & Bachelor of Science - Engineering

Accordingly, the twin departments offer six different majors. Most majors begin with a common set of core courses, but each major has unique features that make it most appropriate for the specific area of biology in which a student has the greatest interest. Some students are especially interested in particular groups of organisms, such as microbes, plants, or human beings and other animals. They may best be served by majors in Microbiology, Botany, or General Zoology, respectively. Other students, however, may be attracted to the study of biological processes, and they will be better served by combining courses from both departments. Genetics, molecular biology, physiology, evolution, and ecology, for example, apply across all groups of organisms. For students interested in the process-oriented approach, the Genetics or Biology majors may be more appropriate.

All members of the Biological Sciences departments serve as academic advisors and help majors and potential majors in curriculum planning. Advisors will help students choose among courses that have diverse emphases: molecular to whole-organism, laboratory and field, practical and theoretical. Students in both departments have access to state-of-the-art equipment and facilities such as digital imaging equipment, a fluorescence microscopy laboratory, a scanning transmission electron microscope laboratory, and molecular biology laboratories. In addition, two museum facilities serve the program: a museum for Zoology and a herbarium for Botany and Microbiology.