Biology

Biologists study all living things, from plants and mammals to microscopic single-cell organisms. They help us do vital things such as fight disease, protect the environment, conserve nature, and increase the world’s production of food. A wide variety of careers are open to biology graduates. Many of those who study biology at La Sierra University go on to health-related careers in medicine, dentistry, nursing, veterinary medicine, or physical therapy. Others go into teaching, forest or park service, fish and wildlife management, biomedical sales, environmental safety, research, or medical technology.

1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding representing appropriate breadth and depth in the following content areas of biology: molecular, genetics, cell, organismal, population, ecology, and evolutionary biology.
2. Use effective critical thinking skills.
3. Be able to design and conduct biological research and use proper data analysis.
4. How to competently write results in a basic manuscript format.
5. Be comfortable with Science as an ongoing process, where answers are developed over time and are not always well defined.
6. Demonstrate an ability to read and understand primary literature in the biological sciences.
7. How to seek and evaluate scientific evidence of biological claims.
8. How to identify basic biological principles and apply them to problem solving.
9. The student will examine the intersection of Faith and Science through Adventist Christian and broader religious views on Faith and Science while experiencing service-oriented occupational responsibilities.