Students who want to expand their knowledge of biology will find a rigorous academic program that prepares them for many future endeavors in academia and the workplace.
Biology majors will receive ample opportunity to put their learning to practical use through fieldwork, research, and Work Program positions within the department. Biology majors will learn in state-of-the-art facilities while taught by a dedicated and award-winning faculty and earn an educational foundation to lead to successful careers in the field of biology. Small class sizes and tight-knit student and faculty relationships mean that all biology majors at Blackburn College are provided the tools to thrive during their time at Blackburn and after.
Biology is one of the largest majors on campus.
The faculty works side by side with students in the classroom, labs, and outdoor learning environments. Students have opportunities to directly apply the knowledge they are learning through lab experiments and field applications.
The Marvin and Ingrid Mahan Science Laboratory Wing is a state-of-the-art, 28,000-square-foot facility with seven teaching laboratories for biology, chemistry, and biochemistry and a water analysis lab. Off the spacious lobby are science faculty offices with a large outer office area for those students who serve as faculty assistants in the Work Program. The Mahan Wing is one of central Illinois’s first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rated buildings.
Alumni Hall and the Olin Science Building offer laboratories, lecture rooms, animal rooms, and greenhouses. Olin Hall also includes a large vivarium, two modern lecture halls, a herbarium, assigned
research rooms, and math and science teaching laboratories.
Programs Include:
- Biology
- All Things Biology (General Track)
- Environmental Biology and Wildlife and Sustainability (Environmental Track)
- Molecular Biology & Lab Science (Molecular Track)
- Health Sciences (Pre-Med & Other Health Professions Track)
