How we teach biology at Beloit College

Students learn fundamental biological principles, biometric analyses, current field methods, and important laboratory techniques in workshop and laboratory courses.

In their Biology courses, students work in cooperative/collaborative groups that design and implement research, and analyze and present their results.

Students read and critically evaluate research papers published in biological journals.

Students do independent research projects [make link to independent research] and get internship experience.

Some student research is sufficiently original that it is published in biological journals.

In the Biology Senior Seminar, students submit a report of original research or a review article for publication in The Beloit Biologist, the department journal.