The Department of Biology at Villanova University provides research training
and advanced coursework in a broad range of the biological sciences. The graduate
programs seek to build a diverse, intellectual community that enhances the scholarship
of all members. The interactions at all levels between students, faculty, and staff
enhance all aspects of inquiry in the Department, and we strongly promote the exchange
of different ideas and perspectives as an essential part of scholarship.
The intellectual
community requires of all its members a dedication to excellence in creative and
critical thinking, in the analysis and interpretation of existing knowledge, in
the execution of descriptive, experimental, and theoretical research, in teaching
and in communication. Scholarship in the community is directed at improving our
understanding of biological systems and processes in all their diversity, and communicating
this understanding in the broadest possible ways. Thus, the programs provide intellectual
experiences in a diversity of formats: laboratory and field study, seminar and independent
study, and teaching. Each provides the student with advanced training to develop
technical and problem solving skills that have broad application.
The Graduate Programs
in Biology - built on the principle that science is a continuing human endeavor
that encompasses research, learning and teaching - prepare students for lives of
continuing inquiry.
