A List
10/29/07

SLU OFFERING NEW MAJOR IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

CANTON - St. Lawrence University has added a new major to its curriculum, in conservation biology.

The major will meet the needs of a growing number of St. Lawrence students by providing a science degree that prepares students for employment or graduate programs in conservation biology, an area of interest for many students and prospective students.

Conservation biology encompasses ideas and methods from biology, the other natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities.

An interdisciplinary major, St. Lawrence's program will include required coursework in biology, global studies, economics, environmental studies, philosophy, chemistry, geology, anthropology and mathematics. It will complement, but not duplicate, existing majors, including global studies and environmental studies, while providing a choice for students with primary interest in biology as it relates to biodiversity protection.

In recent years, St. Lawrence has added two other interdisciplinary science majors, biochemistry and neuroscience. Majors in the sciences are popular at the University; psychology and biology are perennially among the most popular degrees granted at each Commencement.

-30-

More: Science at St. Lawrence