生物学

Come learn about this planet’s biodiversity including how 生物 function and where they live. Your biology 学位 can lead to jobs in museums, zoos, human health, and other fields.

Study the inner workings of living 生物 as they interact with each other and with their environment in your living lab. Situated on the shores of Lower St. Regis Lake amidst forests, 湖泊, streams and wetlands, we’re at the heart of a 6-million-acre wilderness known as the Adirondack Park, a designated biosphere reserve that encompasses everything from boggy wetlands to alpine forests and contains large populations of plant and animal life in natural habitat.

在这里, you’ll gain skills to study everything from the ecology of a natural population to analyzing DNA from a microbe. You may monitor local 湖泊 and streams for invasive species, scour the landscape for tick-borne diseases, or study how mercury affects wildlife and human health. You may be the first to identify a new insect species or explore what lived in our 湖泊 thousands of years ago.

Whether your focus is on ecosystems, 生物, cells or molecules, our faculty have widely diverse areas of expertise:

  • 哺乳动物
  • 两栖动物
  • 爬行动物
  • Aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates
  • 植物
  • Invasive species
  • Ancient sediments
  • Infectious diseases
  • 毒理学

Faculty and students work as teams to conduct innovative scientific research, 监控, and outreach aimed at preserving our rapidly-changing living world. Our students study within natural habitats and engage in environmental issues first-hand, often within walking distance of their residence halls.

Our biology program offers in-depth study of living 生物, from microbes to mammals. You will study their structure and function, their evolution, and their interactions with each other and with the environment within their natural habitats and often within walking distance of your residence hall.

If you are interested in human biology, you may wish to focus your study on human health. Within our biology program, you will learn about how the human body works, how toxins and microbes impact human health, why outbreaks of disease occur, and how we can best protect human health on this rapidly-changing planet.

Paul SMith’s College offers the classes that are requried to apply to school to be a Physical Therapist, 兽医学校, 牙科学校, and other professional programs.

Some students may also be interested in earning an accelerated BSN or Bachelor of Science of Nursing in about 18 months after earning a B.S. at Paul Smith’s College.

关键的事实
  • B.S. 学位
  • 120 credits (minimum) required
    • 40 credits must be in 300/400 level courses

Pairs well with the following minors:

Courses and objectives

At the end of the program students will be able to:

  • Articulate a global context, using the Adirondack Park as a model.
  • Acquire a body of knowledge, including biodiversity, structure and function and ecology, and apply this knowledge to answer questions.
  • Develop an ability to analyze, evaluate and synthesize scientific information.
  • Effectively collaborate with others and communicate scientific information.
  • Develop experimental and investigative scientific skills.
  • Acquire technology skills in the study of biology.
  • Consider ethical, social, economic and environmental implications of using science and technology.

Sample courses:

  • Animal 生物学 or 植物生物学
  • College Algebra
  • Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
  • 进化
  • General Ecology
  • 遗传学
  • Organic 化学
  • Animal Behavior
  • 生物化学
  • Biologic Effects of Toxins
  • 生物技术
  • Conservation 生物学
  • 昆虫学
  • 环境al Microbiology
  • 爬虫学
  • 鱼类学
  • Landscape Ecology
  • 哺乳动物学
  • 鸟类学
  • 古生态学
  • Plant Physiology
  • Special Topics in 生物学
  • 冬天的生态

More program information and a full course list can be found in the College Catalog.

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