Biology & Toxicology

Your gateway to a great career in some of today’s most in-demand fields.

The science of biology is a science for our time, exploring the questions that may lead to profound changes in our world and even to the future of life itself.

What occurs in the brain to cause autism? How do toxins affect the environment? How do invasive species spread in wetlands? When you choose a Biology Science major at Ashland University, you join a program on the cutting edge of scientific exploration with outstanding facilities and research equipment, access to five local nature preserves, strong pre-professional programs, and many opportunities to work with your professors on scientific research projects. Our graduates have a high success rate entering medical and other health professional programs, attend prestigious graduate programs and get jobs in the biosciences, where employment growth is expected to be 21% between 2008 and 2018.

Why pursue a Biology degree at Ashland University?

• All of your biology courses, including lab sections, are taught by full-time faculty that are experts in their fields, in class sizes typically ranging from 8 to 24 students
• You will take courses and do scientific research in modern laboratory facilities that will prepare you for diverse science careers, and have access to five environmental preserves, a greenhouse, and human cadaver facility
• Courses and research opportunities in areas such as cell and molecular biology, physiology, toxicology, field ecology, animal biology, aquatic biology, environmental science, forensic science and biotechnology
• Our faculty/student research projects have been supported by over $700,000 in federal funding since 1997
• Being part of a program that has an outstanding record of admission to medical, dental, veterinary, physician assistant and physical therapy schools. Since 2004, over 90 percent of our majors who applied to professional schools were admitted within one year of graduation. Watch faculty and students talk about our pre-professional program