Biology

Address: 312 Eberhart Building
Phone: 336.256.0071
Web site: www.uncg.edu/bio

Majors & Concentrations

Opportunities to perform research under the direct guidance of faculty mentors
State-of-the-art facilities that include confocal, fluorescence, and electron microscopes; environmental sampling and analytical equipment; nucleic acid sequencers, advanced documentation systems for biotechnology; growth chambers; greenhouses; and animal-care facilities
A wide selection of upper-level courses to interest all students, including courses in virology, neurobiology, evolution, the environment, microbiology, and cancer
Ties with other departments, such as Nutrition, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Math, and Geography, which expand educational opportunities that cross disciplines
An accelerated master's program for Biology majors is available.

Beta Beta Beta is the biological national honor society. Members of the UNCG chapter organize social and philanthropic activities and help coordinate the spring departmental graduation ceremony.
Biology Club (Beta Iota Omicron)is a community service-oriented club for students interested in Biology or any science.

Opportunities for research experience with internationally-renowned faculty (students often present their work at national meetings and publish scientific papers in journals)
Internships at companies and organizations in the NC Piedmont
Work possibilities, such as undergraduate lab assistant and lab technician positions
Honors program in Biology
Studies abroad (for example, sea turtle conservation on location in Costa Rica)
Weekly departmental seminars involving leading biologists
Math-Bio Undergraduate Research mentoring program

Career options include a wide spectrum of jobs, such as research technologist, medical lab technologist, anesthesiologist, and plant conservation biologist.
Graduates of the program have pursued careers with Guilford Day School, Lakeview Regional Medical Center, Fuji Corporation, Pfizer, South West Cancer Center, and Western Rockingham Family Medical Center.
Many graduates extend their degrees through graduate and medical schools in order to pursue further training and professional degrees. Graduate schools attended by recent graduates include Wake Forest University, the University of Virginia, UNC Chapel Hill, Cornell University, and Johns Hopkins University.