The purpose of Biology Club is to promote awareness of the various disciplines in Biological and Health Sciences, examine ways of helping students succeed, while focusing and mapping out strategies to help them. We also collaborate with various...
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INBRE 2022 Summer Research Opportunity
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Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office Pathways Program
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Overview
Pursuing a Biology degree from CWI provides students an opportunity to choose from a number of distinct focus areas to prepare for a variety of careers and advanced science degrees. With biology associate degrees offered in multiple discipline areas, students can focus their studies on an area of the discipline that interests them most. While being introduced to life sciences like cellular and molecular processes, organism physiology, biochemistry, botany, and genetics, students can also study more-specialized subjects like medical terminology, nutrition, anthropology, ecology, chemistry, and geology. Whether it is biochemistry, zoology, pre-med, radiology, or another life science, start with a CWI Biology program and customize a degree to meet your goals.
Biology - Areas of Study
A.S. Biology – General:
- Courses will prepare students with fundamental skills in critical thinking and analysis, data collection and management, and supporting laboratory and field technologies.
- Curriculum can be tailored to a student’s particular interest within the broad field of biology.
- Completion of the program is designed to result in an Associate of Science degree in Biology and meet the general education requirements to all Idaho public universities.
A.S. Biology – Human Biology:
- Prepare to enter professional programs in medicine, research, and biomedical engineering.
- Develop your abilities to think and reason like a scientist!
- Be amazed by you and the incredible processes happening with you.
A.S. Biology – Microbiological, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences:
- Get your hands dirty! In the first semester, students will begin designing their own experiments!
- Develop the ability to think and reason as a scientist
- Students will learn about the scientific method and critical analysis in the class and laboratory.
- Completion of the program results in an Associate of Science degree in Biology - Microbiological, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences and transfers to all Idaho public universities.
A.S. Biology – Natural Resources:
- Learn to think and reason like a scientist!
- Network with professionals working for state and federal agencies in Idaho
- Chase butterflies!
- Spend time outdoors. Our natural environment becomes your classroom.
- Completion of the program results in an Associate of Science degree in Biology - Natural Resources and meets the general education requirements to all Idaho public universities.
Mission
Our mission is to provide an outstanding and supportive educational environment that encourages student and faculty growth while promoting discovery and broad communication of knowledge about the field of biology to majors and non-majors. Graduates of our programs will have a robust foundation that will support the growth of their comprehensive knowledge of the biology and evolution of organisms as they continue with life-long learning.
What You Will Learn to Do
- How to design and run your own experiments! (Participate in Course-Based Research Experiments in most Biology classes)
- Understand how biology creates the world around us.
- Critically evaluate data and information to form your own conclusions.
- Participate in conversations about our world, environment and bodies and how these are interdependent.
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News and Blogs
Join University of Idaho professor, Jason Barnes, April 13 to learn more about the Dragonfly space mission, a project to explore Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.
The Pathways Program will provide appointed CWI students the opportunity to work with local and regional biologists on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s environmental review process.
CWI is excited to offer paid summer research opportunities for students through the Idaho INBRE Research Program. Apply by March 18.
Resources, training, and contests during CTL's Accessibility Week for faculty highlight how small changes can help students access and engage in courses.
CWI's science legacy was on spectacular display at the Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research hosted by Boise State.
Congratulations to CWI instructors, Liza Long, Anna Gamboa, Cathy Carson, Hollie Leavitt, Joel Gladd, and Charles Dickinson!