Biology

• Discuss the sciences and research ethics within a Christ-centered context both inside and outside the classroom
• Acceptance rates of our graduates to professional or graduate schools are well above the national average
• Our faculty regularly receive grants and engage collaboratively with scientists from research centers and universities in America and abroad
• Gain valueable research experience during summers at Wheaton College Science Station in the Black Hills abroad
• Learn firsthand about marine biology and coral reef ecology during marine biology class trip to Belize over spring break
• Many opportunities exist to study and gain hands-on experience abroad in places such as Europe, Bolivia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Peru, the Philippines, and Tanzani

Biology Major integrates scientific processes of life at the molecular, organismal and ecosystem levels. The major positions students to specialize in many areas as they enter professional school, graduate school, or the workforce.

Biology Major with a Neuroscience Certificate provides knowledge in cellular, molecular, systems, and behavioral neuroscience. Students receive training in neuroscience techniques and discuss neuroscience topics in the context of a biblical understanding of the nature of persons.

Biology / Secondary Education provides students with a double major in Biology and Secondary Education and prepares them to take the teaching licensure exams.

Combined Bachelor's / M.A.T a Bachelor's and Master's teaching program may be completed in 5 years and 1 summer and is available to currently enrolled students.

Our faculty have 155 years of combined experience and are recognized experts in their scientific specialty. They have published over 100 scholarly articles and have given over 160 scientific presentations.

JENNIFER L. BUSCH ‘96
Ph.D. Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University
Teaching Interests: Anatomy & Physiology, Molecular and Cell Biology

Jovanka T. Koo
Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Washington
Teaching Interests: Microbiology and Immunology, Bioinformatics, Microbial Pathogenesis

Raymond J. Lewis
Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of California - Santa Barbara
Teaching Interests: Plant Biology, Marine Biology, Environmental Ethics

L. Kristen Page
Ph.D. Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University
Teaching Interests: Ecology, Parasitology, Global Health, Disease Ecology

Nadine C. Folino-Rorem
Ph.D. XXXXX, University of New Hampshire
Teaching Interests:Invertebrate Zoology, Marine Biology

Rodney J. Scott
Ph.D. Botany, University of Tennessee
Teaching Interests: Genetics, Botany

Nathaniel J. Thom
Ph.D. Exercise Science, University of Georgia
Teaching Interests: Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Physiology

Approximately 86% of Biology alumni attend graduate schools, medical, dental, veterinary, or nursing schools. Here are just a few of the recent schools they have attended:

• Baylor College of Dentistry Ben Gurion
• University of the Negev
• Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine
• Dartmouth University
• Harvard University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine
• Oregon Health & Science University
• Oxford University
• Reformed Theological Seminary
• Washington University