Teaching
Because biology is such a broad and rapidly changing field, the department has designed a curriculum that takes this fact into account. Classes are designed to teach biological principles as well as develop skills that can be applied to a variety of situations. Professors emphasize the need for students to think critically and synthesize information; to find and extract information from continually expanding data bases; to formulate hypotheses; to analyze and evaluate data and draw scientifically valid conclusions from that data; and to communicate clearly and succinctly both orally and in writing.
As students master the skills mentioned above, they will develop the confidence to research independently and ask the kinds of questions that enable them to make new discoveries.
