Discover The Biology Department
The biology programs at Bishop's University provide a broad foundation in the field of biology, preparing its students for numerous options. These include graduate studies in the biological or life sciences fields, and professional studies in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the allied health sciences, forestry, wildlife biology, microbiology, and many other applied areas. A degree in biology also prepares the student for direct employment in the biotechnology sector, environmental biology, or the allied health fields.
The Department of Biological Sciences is well equipped for study and student research in general biology, physiology, molecular biology and ecology. In house facilities include aquatic and terrestrial animal rooms, a greenhouse, walk-in-growth chambers, laminar flow hoods, incubators, centrifuges, research microscopes, autoclaves, and computers for data analysis, graphing and simulation studies. Students are given first-hand experience in the use of these facilities and are encouraged in every way possible to develop their capacities for independent work in biology.
Why study Biology at Bishop’s?
The biology program at Bishop's University provides a broad foundation in the field of biology, preparing students for numerous options. These include graduate studies in the biological or life sciences fields, and professional studies in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the allied health sciences, forestry, wildlife biology, microbiology, and many other applied areas. A degree in biology also prepares the student for direct employment in the biotechnology sector, environmental biology, or the allied health fields.
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F.A.Q.
What programs do you offer?
The Biology Dept offers both B.Sc. and B.A. programs.
What is the difference between the programs?
The B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science) degree requires a strong grounding in the core sciences (math, physics, and chemistry). Students graduating from these programs will be well prepared to continue on to graduate (M.Sc. or Ph.D.) or professional school (i.e. medicine or physiotherapy) programs.
The B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) programs are for students who wish to study the biological sciences but who lack a strong background in the core sciences. The strong point of this degree is that it has significantly more flexibility than the B.Sc., and can therefore be easily paired with a second B.A. degree from another program. Examples of this are students taking a B.A. in Environmental Biology and combining it with a B.A. in Environmental Studies, or a Health Science B.A. with a degree from the Psychology Department.
What fields of study are available?
Students interested in the B.Sc. can specialize in one of three areas: Health Science, Environmental Biology, or Diversity, Form and Function.
Students interested in the B.A. program can study Health Science or Environmental Biology.
Which concentration is best for me?
Health Science is tailored for those students wishing to enter graduate school in the fields of cell biology or physiology, or wishing to proceed on to a second degree in the applied health fields (i.e. medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, or athletic therapy). Many of these students also enrol in the Pre-Medicine program which is an inter-departmental degree that can be taken as a second concentration in conjunction with a regular concentration option (contact the recruitment office for more details).
The Environmental and Diversity From and Function concentrations are for those students interested in pursuing employment or graduate studies in various fields of ecology, zoology, or botany. The environmental concentration is focused on a more ecosystem approach while the diversity concentration focuses at the level of the organism and the population.
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Alexander McKelvie '99McKelvie is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, one of the top-ranked universities in Entrepreneurship in the US. He earned his PhD in 2007 from Jönköping International Business School in Sweden. He has published widely in leading entrepreneurship and management journals on topics concerning new firm growth and innovation. In 2008, he received the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) best doctoral dissertation award within the field of Entrepreneurship as well as a 'Research Promise' Award from the Academy of Management. Alex says, "BU was a huge factor in my development. I believe that BUs teaching philosophy on critical thinking and challenging the status quo really has helped me to ask more interesting research questions and bring in new approaches to understanding problems".
