Study living organisms in the laboratory, classroom and field.
As a biology major or minor, our curriculum will give you a broad background in biology while providing for specialization in your particular interest.
You’ll also gain extensive experience in testing your own hypotheses and designing your own experiments. You will carry out scientific investigations in the lab, the field and the classroom.
Biology majors pursue graduate work in biology or the health professions, or enter careers in government, business, law, journalism, secondary school teaching, environmental consulting, conservation organizations or biotechnology.
What You’ll Study
- Evolution and ecology
- Genetics, cell biology and bioinformatics
- Animal and plant physiology, developmental biology, animal behavior and conservation biology
- The process of biological inquiry
- Field and laboratory research methods
Researching at Pomona
Collecting Insects
Alexandria Long ’22 learned to collect and identify insects in her Insect Ecology and Behavior course. She put those skills to use in her internship at the Michigan Aerospace Corporation, where she created collections of insects invasive to the Michigan watersheds.
The Biology Department’s sense of community and collaboration is instilled from the first day of Introductory Genetics. We are encouraged to work together on problem sets and to help each other understand class concepts. Professors have made an incredible effort to get to know me, asking me about life outside of class and even remembering some of my family members’ names after only a few conversations.