Biology - Humboldt State University

Biology from Humboldt State University is a Campus Bachelor Biology degree that prepares you for a Science career. The Program Students completing this program will have demonstrated: understanding of the process of formulating alternate, testable hypotheses, to employ the methods of science to gather and interpret data in testing those hypotheses, and to distinguish scientific reasoning from other types of thought literacy in the language of science, which includes the use of mathematical equations, quantitative data, analytical procedures, and the representation of data in graphs, tables, diagrams, and in written expression understanding of the mechanisms that all life forms possess to extract, transform, and use energy from their environment in ways that allow for their maintenance, growth, and reproduction awareness of the interconnectedness of life on earth and that all biological processes occur with both a genealogical (evolutionary) and organizational (molecules, cells, organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and the biosphere) framework understanding that descent with modification has shaped all biological processes and that biological evolution offers the only logical scientific explanation for the simultaneous unity and diversity of life on earth. Humboldt offers diverse facilities, including the largest greenhouse in the California State University system. Near the campus are many parks, forests, and undisturbed habitats for studying plants and animals in their natural surroundings. A well-equipped biotechnology laboratory and a Biology Core facility have been designed to give Humboldt State's students first-hand access to proven DNA analysis techniques. Scanning and transmission electron microscopes are available for student use. Students also use a large invertebrate museum and a vertebrate museum containing bones and skins of animals. Humboldt's marine laboratory, located on the coast in the nearby town of Trinidad, gives students splendid opportunities for marine biology projects. The research vessel, the Coral Sea, is used for seagoing field trips. Several smaller boats are used in nearshore waters, coastal lagoons, and Humboldt Bay. Biologists have many job opportunities: teacher, biological technician, food and drug specialist, museum curator, science librarian, clinical lab technologist, agricultural inspector, industrial hygienist, pest control technician, chemical analyst, laboratory technician, public health microbiologist, field biologist, marine biologist. View more details on Humboldt State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Biology courses.