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Department of Biology Mission Statement:
The Department of Biology at Creighton University is committed to providing an excellent undergraduate biology program encompassing both breadth and depth of biological understanding. Our mission is to provide our students with the opportunity to develop:
- an understanding and appreciation of biological unity and diversity;
- competence in analytical, investigative, and communication skills appropriate to the biological discipline; and
- the ability to recognize and formulate effective responses to moral and ethical issues with biological dimensions.
The biology major should provide our students with the knowledge, aptitudes and attitudes that will enable them to be active, effective citizens throughout their lives, whatever career they choose.
Some Facts about Biology at
Creighton:
- Biology is one of the largest majors in the College of Arts and Sciences. Of the 116 majors as of October 29, 2003, 60 (52%) were women and 56 (48%) were men.
- U. S. News and World Report included Creighton as one of only 39 universities, of all types and locations, in the Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects category under the section "Academic Programs to Look For" (2004).
- Creighton is among approximately 200 colleges and universities included in the Peterson's Top Colleges for Science - A Guide to Leading Four-Year Programs in the Biological, Chemical, Geological, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences (1996).
- Since 1989, five of the Department's ten faculty members have received the Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching, including both General Biology teachers, and three faculty members have received the Outstanding Advisor Award.
- Five biology faculty have recently authored or edited books, including widely-used undergraduate biology texts.
- Undergraduate Biology majors are encouraged to earn Directed Independent Research credit. Research may be done within the Biology Department, as well as in Creighton's medical and dental schools, the Boys Town National Research Hospital, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the Henry Doorly Zoo, and various other institutions in Omaha and elsewhere.
Last modified: August 14, 2006
