While studying Biology, you’re looking at life around you as a scientist. You can appreciate life’s amazing diversity, adaptability, and beauty, and embrace science as a way to learn about life. You’ll develop important skills and understand more about specialized topics such as botany and zoology.
These skills may include:
- Interdisciplinary application of biological theories, practices and ethics
- Experiment and project design, organization, and implementation
- Critical analysis and synthesis of scientific research and literature
- Field work techniques, such as plot study surveys and population estimates
- Laboratory proficiency including usage of scientific equipment and knowledge of safety protocols
- Data collection and maintenance of accurate records
- Statistics and quantitative reasoning
- Development and evaluation of models, such as estimating the flow of pollutants through an ecosystem, or predicting growth or decline of populations
