We emphasize hands-on learning in laboratory and field settings in a wide variety of specialty areas including ecology, molecular biology, microbiology, physiology, evolution, developmental biology, cell biology, and systematics.
The SOU Biology Department provides excellent, unified, and integrated education to prepare students for a life of continued learning and informed participation in a democratic society, as well as for careers in life science, health professions, and environmental education. We emphasize environmental questions, taking advantage of our unique biogeographic setting, and integrate up-to-date field Biology with laboratory work using molecular and biochemical techniques through coursework and undergraduate research. In keeping with the increasing integration of biological science, the Department emphasizes the unity of life processes at all levels of organization, from molecules and cells, to whole organisms, to ecological systems and evolutionary lineages. The Department strongly supports Environmental Studies, Nursing, science teacher preparation, other science majors, general education, and nonscience majors.
The biology department is committed to broadening its recognition for excellence in teaching, research, and service in our region and beyond. We will maintain a high quality and diverse curriculum and expand both our undergraduate program and our distinctive masters program in environmental education. We will enhance student learning through improvement of existing facilities and by establishing a field station, an arboretum, and a new science building. We will continue to integrate modern environmental biology with molecular techniques to meet the scientific challenges our students and society will face in the future. We will increase our integration with the environmental studies program and continue to seek partnerships with government agencies, non-profit organizations, and businesses in our region.
SOU Biology Program
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
541.552.6344
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