Initial Publication Date: April 30, 2012

Biological and Environmental Sciences, Alabama A&M University

Information for this profile was provided by Xiongwen Chen, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Alabama A&M University. Information is also available on the program website. Students in this program are pursuing a bachelors degree.

Program Design & Assessment

Overview

The department offers degree programs in Biology, Environmental Science, Forestry, and Plant Science with additional specializations and tracks within each of these degree programs.

Impetus

Our academic programs are dynamic and prepare students for a variety of careers in health care, food and agriculture, in basic and applied biosciences and environmental sciences that lead to careers in research, industry, teaching and public service professions. Biology alone and in combination with environmental sciences is the gateway to many exciting educational and employment opportunities in the industry.

Program Goals

The program prepares students for a variety of careers in health care, food and agriculture, in basic and applied biosciences and environmental sciences that lead to careers in research, industry, teaching and public service professions.

Alumni Careers

Our program prepares students in basic and applied biosciences and environmental sciences that lead to careers in research, industry, teaching and public service professions.

Program Assessment

Diverse Issues in Higher Education's Top 100 Degree Producers, 2009, ranked AAMU 7th in the production of African American graduates in Biological and Biomedical Sciences in the nation for the year 2008 and the PhD program in Plant and Soil Science as one of the leading producers of African American PhDs in Agricultural Sciences. Our Forestry, Ecology, and Wildlife degree Program is the only professionally accredited forestry program at a historically black college or university.

Courses and Sequencing

Entry into the program

  • Introduction of plant science
  • Introduction of soil science
  • Introduction of forestry
  • Introduction of GIS
  • Introduction of remote sensing

Core courses

(No information provided.)

Electives

(No information provided.)

Capstone

Forest management

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