As an environmental biology major at Grace, you’ll dive into the complex ways organisms interact with one another, preparing to conduct groundbreaking research in any environmental field.
Our environmental science program, which includes majors in environmental science, environmental biology, and environmental studies, finds its roots in the very, very beginning. As outlined in Genesis, we as God’s image-bearers have the privilege and obligation to steward God’s wonderful Creation. As an environmental biology major, you’ll be equipped to fulfill this mandate through research and restoration.
Your core courses and labs, including biology, physics, and ecology, will equip you with strong mathematical and analytical skills for environmental research. You’ll then specialize in topics that interest you, whether that’s animal biology, probability and statistics, or microbiology.
The best way to describe Grace’s environmental biology degree program? “Hands-on” and “feet-wet.” From restoring tallgrass prairies, to holding prescribed burns, to collecting bloodworms 80 feet down in Winona Lake, get ready to grab your gear and explore all five of the major Midwestern ecosystems right here on campus: forestry, grasses, wetlands and marshlands, streams, and lakes!
Your courses will culminate in a senior seminar, in which you will research, prepare, and present scholarship about an environmental topic of your choice.
You’ll also have an entirely unique internship opportunity at the Lilly Center for Lakes and Streams, a nonprofit research center and division of Grace College. You may maintain the building’s several aquariums, take periodic research samples, or prepare educational curricula for local elementary schools!
After you graduate with a bachelor’s degree in environmental biology, you’ll be equipped for environmental research in the government, corporate, and nonprofit spheres. Environmental biology degree graduates at Grace have gone onto graduate school, the Department of Natural Resources, and county health departments.
