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Overview of the Department The Biology department at San Diego State University has excellent degree programs with courses taught by over 40 full time, research active faculty members. We serve and mentor approximately 1300 undergraduate majors in Biology and Microbiology, 80 minors, 200+ graduate students, and thousands of students from other departments. SDSU offers a rich variety of coursework in cellular and molecular biology, ecology, evolution, and related fields. In a typical semester, undergraduates have access to over 50 courses. Nearly all of these have class sizes less than 30, or have associated laboratory sections with less than 25 students. We have a large number of laboratory and field-based courses compared with Biology departments at other institutions. The lower division laboratories are taught by graduate students (rather than undergraduates), and many of the upper division laboratories are taught by the professors themselves. There are significant opportunities for our undergraduates to conduct research with an internationally recognized faculty. For four straight years, Academic Analytics has ranked SDSU #1 out of 92 small research universities in the United States. Further, SDSU faculty research productivity is currently ranked #15 out of all 155 public research universities, and #35 out of all 222 American research universities. Within SDSU, the department of Biology has one of the strongest research programs, with undergraduate, Master's and PhD programs in the areas of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology. The SDSU student body is tremendously diverse. See a summary of student diversity and graduation rates on our Frequently Asked Questions page, FAQ #19. Because of our emphasis on laboratory courses, hands-on activities and research opportunities, our graduates are uniquely prepared for a career in biology or the health professions, or postgraduate education. |
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Important note: registration block on Biology 450 and above! Until you complete certain GWAR requirements, your registration for Biology 450 and above will be blocked! See the details on our Frequently Asked Questions, #8. |
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Biology Department courses offered in 2012-2013 The Summer 2012 schedule is now online. The Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 schedules are not yet available
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Are you graduating in the 2012-2013 academic year? In April 2010, we held an advising session specifically targeted towards students that were planning to graduate during the 2010-2011 academic year. The advice still holds true for 2011-2012, so please click here to watch the event and get advice for the coming year! This is an approximately 30 minute MPEG (mp4) movie. The file is large (131 MB), but will probably start playing inside your web browser partway through the download. |
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