Academics: School of Arts & Sciences

Department of Biology
Faculty Info

Almost all of our Biology Department graduates are in jobs or in graduate schools months before they even receive their Bachelor of Science degree.

Our graduating biology students go on to be science teachers, state park rangers, EMTs, cardiac intensive care technicians, pharmaceutical sales representatives, field technicians, veterinary assistants, environmental biologists and much, much more, or you can continue on to go to professional and graduate schools.

The possibilities are endless! Do you have what it takes?
Chowan's award-winning biology faculty will enable you to make informed decisions about scientific issues that can have a global impact. They will help you gain the necessary skills for continuing your intellectual growth throughout your whole career, and you will develop a desire for lifelong learning that can lead to life-saving breakthroughs.

At Chowan, it's all about choices. Biology majors can specialize their degrees in two fields - our Allied Health Track and our Environmental Biology Track.

If you are interested in health professions, Chowan's Allied Health Track can lead you on your way to exciting careers in medicine or veterinary medicine, dentistry or dental hygiene, physical therapy or physical assistance, pharmacy, nursing, optometry and countless other opportunities. You can also head straight into employment with globally-growing industries and research firms doing clinical work in a particular health field or in a laboratory setting.

If you are looking for careers in conservation, forestry, wildlife and fisheries, agriculture, pulp and paper sciences, environmental monitoring and consulting or risk management, take the Environmental Biology Track.

Chowan's incredible natural surroundings offer a once-in-a-lifetime learning experience that you cannot find at other schools.
Rooted amongst rivers and streams, lakes and sounds, wetlands and river basins, freshwater and saltwater habitats, Chowan is the ideal setting to immerse yourself in environmental study. On board Chowan's 18-foot boat equipped with the latest electronics including a GPS unit and a depth finder, students can study pristine natural laboratories. North Carolina's famous Outer Banks shoal system and its Great Dismal Swamp, and Virginia's Norfolk Botanical Gardens and its Chesapeake Bay area, are all an easy drive away.

The Biology Department also travels abroad to study tropical ecology and marine biology for two weeks of independent study mentored by our faculty on St. Johns in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Back home on Chowan's campus, the Biology Department is housed in Camp Hall where individual attention and small class size are always a priority. The Camp Hall building boasts six biology laboratories, four chemistry laboratories which helps those seeking a minor in chemistry, a greenhouse, and an extensive array of state-of-the-art biotechnology equipment.

The Biology Department's specialized curriculum allows students to gain valuable professional expertise and provides a unique educational framework that integrates classroom study and field experience through career-enhancing internships and research projects.

Students have recently interned in medical, pharmaceutical, dental, and veterinary settings, and have worked for private industries in the Research Triangle, environmental consulting firms in the Tidewater area, zoos in Philadelphia, and National Wildlife Refuges across the region. Our students have also recently completed research projects involving zooplankton ecology, water chemistry, forest carbon inventory, predator-prey relationships and DNA fingerprinting.

In their free time, many Biology students join the Science Club. Within the last year, members have visited the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, traveled to the Outer Banks, built their own homecoming parade float, and held a successful fundraiser for a ski trip to Wintergreen Mountain in Virginia. The Science Club also has participated in several community outreach programs such as the Relay for Life and NC Big Sweep to clean the litter from our area watersheds.

Chowan's Biology Department has a rich tradition of preparing students to save both people and places. Our professors teach and train students on and off campus, connecting classroom knowledge with real world experience, and our graduates are going on to change the whole world around us.


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