A candidate for honors should consult his or her academic adviser
or department chairperson during the spring term of the junior year.
The student must have completed at least 75 credits of course work with
a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 and demonstrated an
aptitude
for original research. Once admitted, the candidate must enroll in
50:120:491,492 Special Problems in Biology (4 credits in each term of
the senior year), where he or she will carry out a research project
under guidance of a biology faculty member and write an honors paper
that must be accepted by three faculty members of the biology
department who constitute an Honors Committee. The candidate must
maintain the requisite grade-point average until the end of the senior
year and take a comprehensive examination (oral and/or written,
prepared by the Honors Committee) during the last week of classes of
the final term. The Honors Committee will determine whether the
student's work merits honors, high honors, or no honors.
Internships for Biology Major Credit
The
biology department encourages students to participate in
internships. Biology majors wishing to undertake an internship
for biology elective credit must (1) receive approval from a biology
department faculty member and (2) register for 3 or more credits of
Special Problems in Biology (50:120:491,492) or another approved course
via that faculty member, who will serve as the internship supervisor.
The
biology department also encourages students to participate in the
college's internship program administered by the career center, but the
credits received after completing that program cannot be used to
fulfill any part of the biology major.
