Bachelor of 科学 生命科学

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Every student 生命科学 becomes a member of our community of scholars, working closely together with faculty and peers to advance the field of biology and develop a lifelong interest in life science.

的 curriculum emphasizes learning by doing. Unlike the traditional approach of separating lecture and lab sections of courses, Landmark College lab courses integrate those experiences in a modular approach that provides opportunities for students to construct knowledge for themselves.

Students also have the opportunity to develop laboratory techniques prior to engaging in internship experiences either with an industry partner or as part of a faculty member’s re搜索.

B.S. 生命科学 program culminates in a capstone experience that allows students to work in partnership with faculty in their re搜索.

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In addition to the mentoring and re搜索 activities, student clubs involved in sustainability, 园艺, and the environment have all been formed over the past few years and are growing in popularity.

Internships with area firms, 卫生保健设施, 环境 organizations, and laboratories offer added opportunities to develop and apply skills in a professional setting.

Recent internships include:

• 兽医诊所实习生
• Vermont Genetics Network Undergrad Summer 研究er
• Putney Conservation Commission intern
• Gardening and Preserving Intern
• 评估统计
• Physical 教育 and Sports Management intern
• Virtual Reality Engineer and Lab Assistant
• 数据分析师

的 college has partnerships with the following organizations that offer neurodiverse friendly supportive workforce and internship programs:

• 广泛的期货
• Dynamy
• 残疾
• 神经元多样化途径

为什么是生命科学?

Virtually every new medical advancement, 发明, or solution to our economic, 环境, and social problems has a STEM (科学, 技术, 工程, and Mathematics) connection.

A degree 生命科学 is the gateway to tomorrow’s fastest-growing careers, 包括生物技术, health care/health sciences, 环境科学, 化学/生物化学, 和药品.

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课程

要拿到B.S. 生命科学, students must complete 121 credits, which includes general education core credits, 主要的需求, 浓度学分, 开放选修课.

General 教育 Requirements: 43 credits

31 credits at the 1000 – 2000 level

• Composition and Rhetoric: 3 credits
• Humanities Distribution: 3 credits
• Interpersonal Communication: 3 credits
• Introduction to Communication: 3 credits
• Mathematics—College Algebra Major Requirement: 3 credits
• Natural 科学 Distribution with lab—Principles of Biology Major Requirement: 4 credits
• Perspectives in Learning: 3 credits
• Quantitative Reasoning: Applied Statistics or Introduction to Calculus or Introduction to Programming Major Requirement: 3 credits
• 研究 and Analysis: 3 credits
• Social 科学 Distribution: 3 credits

12 credits at the 3000 – 4000 level

• Advanced Writing in the Discipline: 3 credits
• Alternative Study: Must be science focused—Major Requirement: 3 credits
• Capstone 研究 Methods and Design Major Requirement: 3 credits
• Capstone 研究 Project Major Requirement: 3 credits

BS-LS Major Requirements: 51 credits

• Biotechnology Lab Techniques: 1 credit
• 教育 & 身份:3学分
• 进化:3学分
• Organic Chemistry: 4 credits
• Principles of Biology II: 4 credits
• Principles of Chemistry I: 4 credits
• Principles of Chemistry II: 4 credits

的 major culminates in a final 6 credit capstone experience that provides students with the opportunity to integrate the knowledge that they have gained from across the curriculum. Students are encouraged to work in teams, and can pursue either an applied or theory project.

Concentration Choice: 28 credits

生命科学轨道

Molecular Biology of the Cell: 4 credits

24 credits from the following:

• Animal Behavior: 3 credits
• 生物化学:3学分
• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology: 3 credits
• Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy: 4 credits
• Developmental Biology: 4 credits
• 人类生物学:3学分
• 运动学:3学分
• 微生物学:4学分
• Molecular Basis of Disease: 3 credits
• 神经生物学:3学分
• 营养:3学分
• Vertebrate Physiology: 4 credits

环境生物学 Track

生态学:4学分

24 credits from the following:

• Aquatic 生态学:4学分
• Bioinformatics and Computational Bio: 3 credits
• Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy: 4 credits
• Conservation Biology: 3 credits
• Environmental 科学: 4 credits
• Environmental Policy: 3 credits
• 领域的研究 & Wildlife Conservation: 3 credits
• GIS and Mapping: 3 credits
• 自然资源管理. and Sustainability: 4 credits
• 植物生物学:4学分
• Principles of Sustainability: 3 credits
• Vertebrate Physiology: 4 credits
• Winter Ecology: 3 credits
• 动物学:4学分

Open Electives: 26 credits

总学分121

Graduates of the Bachelor of 科学 生命科学 program will be able to:

• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of key concepts, 理论, and perspectives in biology as well as the scope and limitations of the discipline
• Use scientific reasoning inquiry to design re搜索 and think critically about biological information and phenomena
• Write and communicate effectively using practices found in the biological fields
• 演示事业预备, professional skills and habits of continual improvement through experience, 自我反省, 协作, 项目管理

的 STEM department’s instructional philosophy of experiential learning allows students at every level to develop critical thinking skills while providing broad, deep and state-of-the-art training in life science disciplines.