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Stony Brook University
is one of the nation's top public research universities and the biological
sciences departments here are among the best in the country. There are
some exciting opportunities for Biology Majors at Stony Brook.
The Biology Core courses are the foundation for all the life science
and pre-health programs on campus. Revised in 2007, the Core courses are
designed around discovery-based laboratory activities that develop student
performance in laboratory and research process.
Advanced Study: At the advanced level, biology students may elect
to pursue a concentration in Developmental Genetics, Ecology & Evolution,
Environmental Biology, General Biology or Neuroscience. The advanced tracks
are designed around areas of research excellence at Stony Brook and provide
direct links to faculty-sponsored independent research in the Centers
for Molecular Medicine, the Life Sciences departments and the School of
Medicine.
Research Opportunities: Stony Brook undergraduates benefit from
being able to work one-on-one with leading scholars and research scientists.
Greater than half of the Life Sciences students engage in independent
research in faculty laboratories at some point during their undergraduate
careers at Stony Brook, with most of them continuing for at least two
semesters. Students have the option of conducting research projects with
the Life Sciences faculty as well as with faculty in the School of Medicine
and even at sites off campus.
Facilities: Stony Brook Biology recently moved into a new state-of-the-art
facility, the Biology Learning Laboratories (BLL). This new undergraduate
facility is linked structurally and thematically to the research laboratories
in the new Centers for Molecular Medicine and the existing Life Sciences
building. The BLL houses instructional laboratories, fully equipped support
facilities, and advising and administrative offices. The 16 instructional
laboratories in the BLL offer research-grade equipment and close proximity
to scientists working to solve the most important and exciting questions
in Life Sciences.
Eugene Katz
Director
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