Department of Biology Connections
The Biology Department contribution to the QEP might include:
(1) We currently have several undergraduate students involved with faculty on research projects during the long school term and summers. The goal would be to boost that number of students from the current half dozen to at least twice that.
(2) We currently take several students every year to professional conferences where they make poster or oral presentations. The goal would be to encourage this activity and increase the number of students participating.
(3) BIOL 497 (Seminar in Biology) has been expanded to a three-hour capstone course in the Core Curriculum. This course will deepen the activity of encouraging critical thinking in graduating Biology majors through reading, discussion, and writing.