How are Biology Majors engaged in their education?

Our Biology curriculum is built on the five benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice

• Academic challenge
• Active and collaborative learning
• Student interaction with faculty members
• Enriching educational experiences
• Supportive campus environment

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 and participate in internships.
• Some student research is published in biological journals.
• Students may submit a report of original research or a review article for publication in The Beloit Biologist, the department journal.

We teach science the way it is practiced by scientists: as a hypothesis-driven method of inquiry and persuasion.