We live in an age of constant scientific discovery—a world shaped by revolutionary new technologies, many of which require an understanding of biology. Biologically related topics regularly making the news include the human genome project, global climate change, pollution, environmental concerns, species diversity, genetics, and rapid advances in medicine and biotechnology. These are only some of the interests of biologists in today’s world. As human understanding of the self and the surrounding world has expanded, we have begun to understand the importance of all the organisms that share the world in which we live.

Rockford College biology majors have the opportunity to develop an area of interest from a variety of disciplines and one day may make significant contributions to their fields.