What You Get
An environment of mentorship and collaboration
- More than 30% of our majors are involved in directed research and off-campus internships every semester.
- Group research projects and lab activities are encouraged throughout the curriculum.
- Faculty and students work together in small research groups.
A commitment to effective writing
- Students are taught principles of good science writing in freshman biology courses.
- Students write papers about data generated in the lab or the field in every major course in biology.
- Students keep a Biological Sciences writing portfolio throughout their four years at Chapman.
An emphasis on breadth and depth of study
- Students sample courses reflecting the wide variety of biology sub-disciplines during their freshman and sophomore years.
- Students concentrate on areas of specialty during junior and senior years.
- Students are encouraged to work on directed research projects.
An engagement in thinking like biologists
- Students participate in hypothesis driven laboratory experiences.
- Students learn research design and biostatistics.
- Students participate in capstone courses designed to encourage the practice of science.
- Students apply and receive summer research grants from National Science Foundation, American Heart Association, etc.
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