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Undergraduate Program :: Biology Major
Note: Information on this page applies to students who declared the Biology major after July 2007. Students who declared the Biology before then should go to the IDS Biology Major web site. The Biology MajorBiology is the study of the many diverse forms, processes, and systems of life. These studies range across all levels of the biological hierarchy, from the simplest to most complex life forms, across all environments on the earth, and across recent and evolutionary time that interconnects ancestors to their descendants. To understand this vast diversity, the field of biology correspondingly relies on integrative and comparative approaches for the resolution of the general processes, principles, and unifying themes that govern living systems. Consequently, the field is very interdisciplinary, relying on knowledge from the physical sciences and mathematics, as well as from across its own disciplines and sub-disciplines, for its advances and breakthroughs. The new Biology major is jointly run by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) and the College of Agriculculture and Life Sciences (CALS). The major has six degree tracks: the Pre-professional Track, the Biology Track, the Biology Secondary Education Track, the Natural Science Track, the Biotechnology Track, and the Applied Biology Track.Together, these two colleges will coordinate and offer a Biology major with six tracks designed to access their respective and shared expertise in the biological sciences. CLAS will coordinate and offer the Biology Track and the Biology Secondary Education Track, and CALS will coordinate and offer the Natural Science Track, the Biotechnology Track, and the Applied Biology Track. The Pre-professional Track will be shared between CLAS and CALS The curricula for this new major are both rigorous and flexible, as they combine key integrative foundation courses for interdisciplinary studies with the large array of more specialized offerings at UF for individual student interests. The new Biology major is intended to fill the need for a Biology degree at UF, while promoting and clarifying the many outstanding opportunities for life sciences undergraduates across campus. All students should seek advance guidance from an academic advisor for the program to determine which courses are most appropriate for their interests and proposed careers. Information on this page pertains to the three Biology tracks admininstered by CLAS: Course requirements for the Pre-Professional Specialization Printable list of course requirements for all three tracks Approved Additional Life Sciences Courses See the Academic Advising Center to change majors |
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