Biology
Biology is the second most popular major at Oberlin, after English. A lot of bio majors are actually Pre-Med.
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[edit] Faculty
- Roger Laushman, Associate Professor of Biology; Department Chair
- Taylor Allen, Associate Professor of Biology
- Jane Ellen Bennett, Lecturer in Biology and Laboratory Instructor
- Mark Braford, Professor of Biology and Neuroscience
- Yolanda Cruz, Professor of Biology
- Katherine Cullen, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Mary Garvin, Donald R. Longman Associate Professor of Biology
- Marta Laskowski, Associate Professor of Biology
- Catherine McCormick, Professor of Biology and Neuroscience
- Michael Moore, Assistant Professor of Biology
- Maureen Peters, Assistant Professor of Biology
- Angela Roles, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Laura Romberg, Assistant Professor of Biology and Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Robin Salter, Associate Professor of Biology
- Keith Tarvin, Associate Professor of Biology
- Janice Thornton, Professor of Biology and Neuroscience
[edit] Courses
[edit] First-Year Seminars
- FYSP 116. Field-Based Writing: Ecology of the Vermilion River Watershed
- FYSP 121. Everyday Evolution
- FYSP 156. The Ethics of Biotech
- FYSP 165. Feeding the World
- FYSP 182. Traditions of Health and Disease in Folk and Conventional Medicine
[edit] Introductory Courses
- 032. Body in Health and Disease
- 115. Field Botany
- 119. Organismal Biology (Lecture+Lab)
- 120. Genetics, Evolution, and Ecology
[edit] Intermediate and Advanced Courses
- 201. Invertebrate Biology
- 203. Vertebrate Structure and Evolution
- 204. Plant Biology
- 205. Community Ecology
- 207. The Fungi
- 208. Population Biology
- 212. Behavioral Ecology
- 213. Cell and Molecular Biology (Lecture+Lab)
- 215. Ornithology
- 216. Ornithology Laboratory
- 218. Evolution
- 301. Developmental Biology
- 302. Developmental Biology Laboratory
- 304. Mechanisms of Plant Adaptation
- 305. Experiments in Plant Growth and Development
- 306. Microbiology (Lecture+Lab)
- 310. Genetics
- 312. Animal Physiology
- 313. The Living Cell
- 314. The Living Cell (with Research Project)
- 325. Principles of Vascular Plant Taxonomy and Systematics
- 326. Vascular Plant Diversity and Systematics
- 327. Immunology
- 328. Immunology Research Methods
- 329. Virology
- 333. Use of Mammalian Cell Culture in Research
- 403. Seminar: Prokaryotic Cell Biology
- 411. Seminar: Conservation Biology

