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College of Biological Sciences Created at UC Davis
UC Davis has transformed its 35-year-old Division of Biological Sciences into a college, making it one of the few universities in the nation to organize faculty engaged in basic biology research and teaching into a single college.
Future students will receive their degrees from the College of Biological Sciences rather than through either the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences or the College of Letters and Science. The College comprises five sections, equivalent to departments, offering majors in nine fields of study. Some majors offer both B.A. and B.S. degrees, making a total of 13 different degrees. For a complete list of majors in the College, see “Academic Program Updates” on page 2 of the Counselor Conference pullout.
The new college currently has more than 5,000 enrolled students, and the major in Biological Sciences is the single largest on the UC Davis campus, with 1,839 students enrolled in fall 2004. UC Davis awards more undergraduate and doctoral degrees in biological sciences than any other university, according to statistics compiled by the National Science Foundation.
More information is available on the college’s website. |
