Concentrations
Potential careers
Multnomah University Biology majors are prepared to enter graduate or health professional schools or general employment in a variety of occupations:
- Biologist
- Botanist
- Coroner
- Chiropractic Physician
- Dentist
- Ecologist
- Forest Preserve Management
- Health Care Administration
- Medical Tech
- Nurse
- Physical Therapist
- Physician
- Sports Medicine
- Science Teacher
- Veterinarian
- Wildlife Supervisor
Program outcomes
- Enter the workforce in settings such as field work, pharmaceutical sales, or a variety of career options
- Seek a teaching credential
- Pursue professional schools in dentistry, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, chiropractic, or veterinary medicine
- Explain the basic structures and fundamental processes of life at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels
- Describe the relationship between life forms and their environment and ecosystems
- Demonstrate an acceptable level of competency in laboratory procedures and techniques
- Collect, analyze, interpret, and present quantitative and qualitative data and incorporate them into the broader context of biological knowledge
- Articulate an understanding of scientific method and its application
- Integrate the discipline of biological science with scriptural principles
- Discuss theories of origins and evolution within the context of a scriptural view of creation and the history of Christian thought
- Effectively use and critically evaluate current scientific research literature
- Communicate in written and oral forms with interested citizens and professionals on biological and scientific issues
