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Show A-PLUS: ORIENTATION • FALL 2010 • PAGE 45 Biology, Prehealth Students have great opportunities at USU USU's Department of Biology does an excellent job of preparing students for many exciting and fulfilling careers. With challenging and comprehensive courses, biology students learn everything from the fundamentals of biology to the newest scientific discoveries. Biologists find employment in the community, in industry, in government, and in educational institutions as a field or bench scientist, public school teacher, college professor, public health professional, biological (wildlife/ natural resources/microbiology) technician, doctor, physician assistant or dentist, to name just a few. The Biology Advising Center, located in the Biology Natural Resources (BNR) building in room 101, stands ready to help students organize their schedules, develop their career goals, find an undergraduate research opportunity, and prepare for graduate or health professions schools. Biology offers many options for a bachelor's degree. Students may pursue a BA or BS degree in Biology with a Cellular/Molecular, Ecology/Biodiversity, Environmental or a general Biology emphasis. The department also offers a BS in Public Health, with emphases in Industrial Hygiene, Public Health Education or Environmental Health, as well as a BA or BS degree in Composite Teaching Biological Science. Public Health Public Health is an excellent major with rewarding and abundant career opportunities waiting for students with a bachelor's degree. Public Health professionals promote the general health and welfare of people in their working and living Biology frPreHealth MEET THE CHALLENGE ducted their own research projects in faculty labs. Prehealth Professions The Biology Advising Center (BNR 101) is the home of advising for all prehealth students, with the exception o f pre-nursing/allied health students, regardless of their major. Each year up to 80 students pass through the USU Prehealth Professions Evaluation Committee; a process which, after submitting lengthy documentation and having three interviews with professionals on campus, reaps the student a detailed letter of recommendation to health professions schools. For the 2009 entering class, 64 percent of students who passed through this Committee and applied to medical school were accepted and 64 percent of the entering 2009 dental class were accepted. The key to success in gaining admittance to one of these highly selective health professions schools is to start early. Freshmen are encouraged to seek advice from the health professions advisors during their first semester at USU. In addition to taking prerequisite coursework, students need to participate in extracurricular activities which include: leadership, undergraduate research, patient exposure, volunteering and shadowing. Students who wait until their junior year to begin are usually much further behind their colleagues who began early. Contact an Advisor! To get the most out Of their university career, all students should work closely with their academic advisors. Students can an appointment with a Biology/Prehealth advisor by going to the biology website www.biology.usu.edu, click on undergraduate info and advising appointment or students may contact advisors directly Biology Advisor: Dennis Welker, welker@bio!ogy. usu.edu Prehealth Advisor: D. Andy Anderson andy@biology.usu.edu Composite Teaching, Biological Science planning to niverslty Plan ahead! The profesMajors: Richard apply to the dvising sional advisors and peer Mueller, rmueller® Huntsman advisors at University biology.usu.edu School of Advising are available Public Health: David Business or by appointment.Please Wallace, dwallace® attending contact 435-797-3373 biology.usu.edu USU through to schedule an appointAcademic Advisor: the Logan Regional Campus and ment. Yvonne Kobe, Distance Education, we are your Important Advising Dates: yvonne@biology.usu. advising center. Let us help you • October: Plan to edu unlock the door to your future! attend the USU Major Fair University Advising will: So if you want International Student Lounge, • Help you identify and realto make a differ10:00 am to 2:00 pm on ize your goals ence in the world by October 10. fighting bioterror• Provide you with informa• Late October: Call to ism, finding cures to tion regarding general educaschedule an advising appointdeadly viruses like tion and major requirements ment for Spring Registration. SARS, improving • Help you select courses • Early March: Call to schedthe safety of workthat best fit your needs and ule an advising appointment for ers in industrial setinterests Summer and Fall Registration. tings, teaching at a • Guide you to the appropriLook out! You will be receivuniversity, or being ate resources as needed ing e-mails from the University a doctor or dentist, Advising designed to keep you • Help you understand USU THINK Biology! For up to date on any important policy and procedure dates, deadlines or changes. more information, • Support your success! go to: www.biology. That's right! We are dediStop by! The University cated to helping you reach your Advising Center is located in the usu.edu or contact goals! You are in charge of your Taggart Student Center 304. We the Biology Advising educational experience but we look forward to seeing you! Center, BNR 101. will help in whatever way possible. environments. Most of the job openings in this field are in Industrial Hygiene. Industrial Hygienists are responsible for the inspection of the working environment including measurement of worker exposures to chemicals, identification and control of physical and biological hazards, and other factors which contribute to unsuitable working conditions. All students get hands on experience in the field before graduation through a mandatory internship course. The Environmental Health and protection professional is primarily concerned with the investigation and prevention of health-related problems within a community, such as air and water pollution, solid and hazardous waste disposal, food-borne illnesses in public eating establishments, water and wastewater treatment, and insect and rodent vectors of disease. The Public Health Education profession includes various responsibilities, such as teaching, research, program development, administrative duties, speaking before civic groups, arranging publicity campaigns, and coordinating the activities of various service organizations with those of governmental or community agencies. Undergraduate Research USU's Biology undergraduates rate among the top student researchers on campus. Each year Biology majors present their research at national and international scientific meetings, to members of Congress in Washington, DC, to state legislators in Salt Lake City, and in leading scientific journals. This means that a large percentage of USU Biology majors have an exceptional opportunity to do their own research as an undergraduate under the guidance of internationally recognized faculty in one of the highest ranked biology departments in the western United States. In 20092010, more than 75 undergraduate students con- MEET THE CHALLENGE Advising: Your Key To Success at USU ad-vice - n. opinion given; counsel; information. key - n.instrument for operating a lock; something providing control, explanation, means of achieving an end. Congratulations! The deci- sion to attend Utah State University is one of the best you have ever made! Returning student? Welcome back! If you are undeclared or working on the requirements for a major, |
