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Biology
Science and Mathematics
2006-2007 California State University, Fresno General Catalog 369
College of Science and Mathematics
Department of Biology
Shirley Kovacs, Chair
Virgie Walmsley, Administrative
Support Coordinator
Science Building, Room 106
559.278.2001
FAX: 559.278.3963
www.csufresno.edu/biology
B.S. in Biology
Options:
• Ecology, Evolutionary, and
Organismal Biology
• Molecular, Cellular, and
Developmental Biology
• Physiology and Anatomy
B.A. in Natural Sciences
Teaching Credential
Option: Biology
M.S. in Biology
M.S. in Marine Science
Minor in Biology
Preprofessional advising in
• Clinical Lab Science
• Dentistry
• Medicine
• Pharmacy
• Veterinary Medicine
Biology
The Department of Biology offers a diver-sified
undergraduate program that matches
the breadth and excitement of modern
biology and prepares students for the hun-dreds
of career opportunities that use biol-ogy
as a foundation. The Bachelor of Sci-ence
degree is awarded to those students
who successfully complete the biology core
and one of the following three options:
1. Ecology, Evolutionary, and Organismal
Biology allows students to study organ-isms,
their evolutionary change, and
their relationships with their environ-ments.
2. Molecular, Cellular, and Developmen-tal
Biology allows students to study
biology on the cellular and molecular
levels.
3. Physiology and Anatomy seeks to un-derstand
the structures and mechanisms
that operate within the individual or-ganism.
The biology major we offer has three pro-grammatic
goals:
1. To provide students with a solid foun-dation
in all aspects of modern biology
and also the intellectual skills that will
serve as the basis for a lifetime of future
achievement.
2. To provide students with the special-ized
educational opportunities that will
allow them to compete successfully for
careers in the biological sciences or for
advanced studies in major doctoral pro-grams.
3. To provide preprofessional students with
the knowledge needed for advanced
study in the many fields that build upon
a biological foundation.
Our undergraduate biology major is excel-lent
preparation for graduate programs in
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary
medicine, optometry, doctoral programs,
and many others.
The department offers a Master of Science
in biology for qualified students who wish
to explore some part of biology in greater
depth. It can be integrated with a postbac-calaureate
certificate in biotechnology.
Faculty and Facilities
Faculty expertise spans the range of biology
from the molecular to the ecological, with
a broad representation of taxonomic spe-cialties.
Laboratories in upper-division
majors’ courses are taught by faculty, and
individualized student/faculty research par-ticipation
through independent study is
strongly encouraged.
Faculty members have garnered indepen-dent
research funding from various agen-cies
including the National Institutes of
Health, National Science Foundation, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Environmen-tal
Protection Agency, and National Sea
Grant. Faculty and students also partici-pate
in collaborative studies on, for ex-ample,
medical and clinical topics with
local physicians and hospitals; agricultural
topics with Kearney Field Station and the
USDA-Agricultural Research Service in
Fresno/Parlier; ecological and environmen-tal
topics with California Department of
Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service and
Endangered Species Recovery Project; and
science educational topics with regional
school districts and state and national
credentialing agencies.
The department is housed in a well-equipped,
modern science building.
Among the specialized equipment and tech-nologies
available for students are DNA
sequencers; Polmerase Chain Reaction
(PCR) thermocyclers; apparati for con-ducting
molecular and immunological
analysis of nucleic acids and proteins; ge-netic
recombination, including use of
electroporation and gene guns; a
bioinformatics computing laboratory; a
proteomics work station; cell and tissue
culture facilities; fermenters and
bioreactors; fluorescence and Scanning
Probe microscopes; ultracentrifugation; ra-dioactive
materials methodologies; and
metabolic studies on all types of life forms.
Excellent greenhouse and animal care fa-cilities,
as well as media/reagent produc-tion
complexes, support the instructional
and research programs.
Fresno’s proximity to both the Sierra Ne-vada
and the Pacific coast provides a natu-ral
laboratory with numerous field trip
opportunities that are rarely equaled at
other institutions. High Sierra, Mediter-ranean,
desert, foothill, coastal, and forest
environments are all within a three-hour
drive of the campus. The department main-tains
a fleet of vehicles and boats, as well as
a wealth of field equipment, to observe and
collect wild organisms. A self-contained
pond ecosystem offers a unique, on-cam-pus
study resource. The department also
maintains extensive collections of museum
specimens of insects, vertebrates and a her-barium.
The department is a member of a
consortium that manages and operates the
Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
(MLML). Students can study and conduct
research at MLML, located on the Monterey
Bay.
Object Description
| Title | 2006-07 General Catalog |
| Creator | California State University, Fresno |
| Format | PDF Document |
| Date of publication | 2006-05 |
| Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
| Object type | Document |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| Language | eng |
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| Full Text Search | Biology Science and Mathematics 2006-2007 California State University, Fresno General Catalog 369 College of Science and Mathematics Department of Biology Shirley Kovacs, Chair Virgie Walmsley, Administrative Support Coordinator Science Building, Room 106 559.278.2001 FAX: 559.278.3963 www.csufresno.edu/biology B.S. in Biology Options: • Ecology, Evolutionary, and Organismal Biology • Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology • Physiology and Anatomy B.A. in Natural Sciences Teaching Credential Option: Biology M.S. in Biology M.S. in Marine Science Minor in Biology Preprofessional advising in • Clinical Lab Science • Dentistry • Medicine • Pharmacy • Veterinary Medicine Biology The Department of Biology offers a diver-sified undergraduate program that matches the breadth and excitement of modern biology and prepares students for the hun-dreds of career opportunities that use biol-ogy as a foundation. The Bachelor of Sci-ence degree is awarded to those students who successfully complete the biology core and one of the following three options: 1. Ecology, Evolutionary, and Organismal Biology allows students to study organ-isms, their evolutionary change, and their relationships with their environ-ments. 2. Molecular, Cellular, and Developmen-tal Biology allows students to study biology on the cellular and molecular levels. 3. Physiology and Anatomy seeks to un-derstand the structures and mechanisms that operate within the individual or-ganism. The biology major we offer has three pro-grammatic goals: 1. To provide students with a solid foun-dation in all aspects of modern biology and also the intellectual skills that will serve as the basis for a lifetime of future achievement. 2. To provide students with the special-ized educational opportunities that will allow them to compete successfully for careers in the biological sciences or for advanced studies in major doctoral pro-grams. 3. To provide preprofessional students with the knowledge needed for advanced study in the many fields that build upon a biological foundation. Our undergraduate biology major is excel-lent preparation for graduate programs in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, optometry, doctoral programs, and many others. The department offers a Master of Science in biology for qualified students who wish to explore some part of biology in greater depth. It can be integrated with a postbac-calaureate certificate in biotechnology. Faculty and Facilities Faculty expertise spans the range of biology from the molecular to the ecological, with a broad representation of taxonomic spe-cialties. Laboratories in upper-division majors’ courses are taught by faculty, and individualized student/faculty research par-ticipation through independent study is strongly encouraged. Faculty members have garnered indepen-dent research funding from various agen-cies including the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Environmen-tal Protection Agency, and National Sea Grant. Faculty and students also partici-pate in collaborative studies on, for ex-ample, medical and clinical topics with local physicians and hospitals; agricultural topics with Kearney Field Station and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service in Fresno/Parlier; ecological and environmen-tal topics with California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service and Endangered Species Recovery Project; and science educational topics with regional school districts and state and national credentialing agencies. The department is housed in a well-equipped, modern science building. Among the specialized equipment and tech-nologies available for students are DNA sequencers; Polmerase Chain Reaction (PCR) thermocyclers; apparati for con-ducting molecular and immunological analysis of nucleic acids and proteins; ge-netic recombination, including use of electroporation and gene guns; a bioinformatics computing laboratory; a proteomics work station; cell and tissue culture facilities; fermenters and bioreactors; fluorescence and Scanning Probe microscopes; ultracentrifugation; ra-dioactive materials methodologies; and metabolic studies on all types of life forms. Excellent greenhouse and animal care fa-cilities, as well as media/reagent produc-tion complexes, support the instructional and research programs. Fresno’s proximity to both the Sierra Ne-vada and the Pacific coast provides a natu-ral laboratory with numerous field trip opportunities that are rarely equaled at other institutions. High Sierra, Mediter-ranean, desert, foothill, coastal, and forest environments are all within a three-hour drive of the campus. The department main-tains a fleet of vehicles and boats, as well as a wealth of field equipment, to observe and collect wild organisms. A self-contained pond ecosystem offers a unique, on-cam-pus study resource. The department also maintains extensive collections of museum specimens of insects, vertebrates and a her-barium. The department is a member of a consortium that manages and operates the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory (MLML). Students can study and conduct research at MLML, located on the Monterey Bay. |
