Undergraduate Study in Biology
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Links to Biology course Web sites Link to U of U General Catalog (Biology Department page) Link to U of U General Catalog (Biology Courses page) Biological facts and concepts appear almost everywhere in modern life because we and the most important elements of our environment are living things, and because our rapidly growing knowledge of life gives rise to increasingly powerful practical applications. Today, biology makes close contact not just with the other basic sciences and medicine, but also with the social sciences, law, and engineering. Thus the study of biology is ideal preparation for a very wide range of careers. The number of undergraduate Biology majors at the University of Utah has grown from around 250 to more than 1000 during the last decade. The Department has worked hard to accommodate this explosion of interest in biology. With the change to semesters in 1998 we restructured the entire curriculum to make it both easier to navigate and more effective educationally. We have also developed innovative new courses (for example, in mathematics for biologists), and we have greatly increased the involvement of undergraduates in both laboratory and field research (for example, through the Bioscience Undergraduate Research Program). Students pursuing a rigorous course of study including independent research may be admitted to the Biology Honors Program. 
The links below can be used to download information about requirements for
the major in Biology, about course offerings, about research
opportunities, and about sources of scholarship support. However, these
documents are no substitute for direct personal interaction with the staff
of our superb Undergraduate Advising Office, which is located on the first
floor of Building 44 (see photo at right). If you are thinking
about majoring in Biology, then you should drop in and talk with these
friendly and well informed people early in your freshman year.
Good planning will speed your progress and greatly enhance your
educational experience.Biology Advising Office, Room 135, Building 44 Mailing address: 257 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0840 Phone: (801) 581-6244, fax 581-8571 Dr. Fred Montague (Montague at bioscience dot utah dot edu) Ms. Pam Rasmussen (PamRasmussen at bioscience dot utah dot edu) Ms. Hilary Utley (Utley at biology dot utah dot edu) Dr. Darryl Kropf (Kropf at bioscience dot utah dot edu) Information about courses, requirements, and scholarships If you have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer (and if your browser knows how to launch it), then you can download and print the following PDF documents simply by clicking on the links. Or you can obtain them on paper by visiting the Advising Office.
Link to U of U General Catalog (Biology Department page) Link to U of U General Catalog (Biology Courses page) |