Biological Science
DEGREE :
1. Bachelor of Science (Biological Sciences: Biology)
2. Bachelor of Science (Biological Sciences: Biomedical Science)
B.Sc. (Biological Sciences)
3. Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology)
THE FIELD
The Biological Science Program of MUIC offers quality education which allows students entry into a wide variety of occupations, professional degree programs, and advanced research degree programs. The courses offered are surprisingly diverse for a college as small as MUIC, and are interesting and challenging. Required courses emphasize the basic principles required for all advanced programs. These principles cover every field from environmental science, population biology and regulatory biology to cell and molecular biology. The program offers three concentrations: Biology ,Biomedical Science and Biotechnology.
Biology is the science of life. The vast scope of its subject matter makes biology an extremely diverse field of study. This diversity stems not only from the tremendous variety of life forms with which we share our planet, but also from the multiple levels of organization available for biological investigation. Given an organism, a biologist might choose to investigate how it behaves, how it fits into its ecosystem, the mechanisms by which its genes shape its appearance, what its ancestors were like, how its cells divide, how it grows and develops or how it derives energy from nourishment. Biological inquiry encompasses perspectives from the planetary to the submicroscopic.
Biomedical sciences provide an understanding of the human body and the way it works. Graduates are prepared to pursue professions allied with medical research. These include areas such as human anatomy and physiology, pharmacology and toxicology, pathobiology, neurobiology, epidemiology and tropical medicine.
Biotechnology is a discipline in which technology is applied in the production or modification of molecules, or manipulation of living organisms, to develop useful products, processes, or services. Biotechnology encompasses a wide range of fields, including biological science, biochemistry, medicine, agriculture, environmental science, and many more. It also includes various technologies, for examples. recombinant DNA technology, gene transfer, embryo manipulation and transfer, monoclonal antibody production, and fermentation process for production of various microbial cells and metabolites.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
For many biology majors, undergraduate studies are preliminary to the pursuit of an advanced degree that will lead to a career as a medical doctor, veterinarian, academic, or scientist. A graduate degree is not, however, required to pursue a career related to biology. A bachelor’s degree in biology can lead to employment in the large and growing biotechnology, health care, or pharmaceutical industries. Many openings in the dynamic, high-tech fields require a degree in the life sciences.
Biology majors are likewise well prepared for careers as secondary-school science teachers, certain government agencies, including the departments of natural resources, health departments, state or national parks, and environmental regulatory offices. Businesses and industries also hire biologists to conduct technical research, to sell scientific equipment and supplies,and to work as environmental consultants. Many students interested in medical careers major in biology as undergraduates. Teaching biology in high school or middle school is another career choice of biology majors.
The aim of the biomedical science concentration is to provide graduates with the scientific, technical, communication and teamwork skills suitable for direct entry into a wide range of biomedical careers. Graduates are able to work in industry, hospitals, medical schools or graduate programs in all fields of biological sciences and medical sciences (anatomy, physiology, microbiology, pathobiology, pharmacology). Biomedical researchers apply their scientific knowledge to a range of problems in medicine and the health sciences. Depending on their area of interest, they investigate aspects of the structure and function of the human body, disease and disease prevention.
The Biotechnology graduates can pursue their careers in a number of way; i.e. research science position in laboratories applying biotechnology to problems in industry , and agriculture; management position in the biotechnology industry ; position at companies that are investing in biotechnology ; working for law firms in biotechnology.
CURRICULUM STRUCTURE
Courses |
Credits |
General Education Courses |
52 |
Total |
184 |