Biology
- Students work with professors who are excellent and inspirational teachers. Unlike many other public universities, classes are not taught by teaching assistants and class sizes are small.
- The department prides itself in its faculty-undergraduate student collaborative research program. Students have the opportunity to engage in research with faculty in the lab and/ or field. Students work on projects across the state or country, conduct independent studies, co-author publications and present results at professional scientific meetings. Such experience is invaluable for entering graduate and medical school and pursuing a research career.
- UW-Eau Claire is a top-ranked comprehensive university nationwide among comparable university undergraduate biology programs for producing future female Ph.D.s
- Generous gifts and grants from a variety of foundations and governmental agencies have helped to supply the biology department with new and advanced equipment for innovative instruction.
- The department is housed within Phillips Science Hall, where it occupies the entire third floor. Departmental facilities include six general laboratories and 10 specialized laboratories, numerous research labs, three modern greenhouses, an animal care facility, the James Newman Clark Bird Museum and shared access to transmission and scanning electron microscopes and a Geographic Information System lab.
- The local region is great for field studies due to its abundance of lakes, streams, forests and wildlife areas. Adjacent to the Chippewa River and campus is Putnam Park, a 200-acre scientific natural area. The department also is associated with the Beaver Creek Citizen Science Research Center in Eau Claire County, the UW System Field Stations, the Mississippi Gulf Research Station and the Gerace Field Station in the Bahamas.
- For students interested in the human health professions and medical research, the city is near major hospitals and local clinics and within driving distance of Mayo and Marshfield Clinics.
- Biology-related student organizations include Biology Club, The Conservationists, Beta Beta Beta National Biology Honor Society and several pre-health professional clubs.
Biology Fact Sheet
