Undergraduate Students

REU student Scott Hamby (bottom) running nutrient analyses on a spectrophotometerThank you for choosing the Biological Sciences as your major!

The Department of Biological Sciences offers a wide variety of undergraduate life sciences courses in general biology, molecular biology, ecology, and zoology that can be taken for core credit, major credit, elective credit, or general education credit by students in majors across the University of Arkansas campus.

Department faculty mentor undergraduate students participating in research projects ranging from molecular and cellular biology to evolutionary biology and population ecology.

Inside this section, you will find information regarding the department's degree requirements, course information, and University scholarships. Information about the Biology Department's REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program can be found on the EcoREU page.