The biology program at Hiram College provides students with the knowledge and experience to become professional biologists. With our emphasis on experiential learning and hands-on applications, coupled with close faculty mentoring relationships, Hiram’s biology students develop the expertise to succeed in graduate programs and professional work environments in the modern life sciences.
The hallmark of Hiram’s biology program is our emphasis on research. Every biology student is required to complete a senior project in an area of his/her interest and expertise. This project may be conducted in coordination with a faculty member’s research, or it may be an independent research project executed with faculty direction. The project may also be an off-campus internship that involves research in a laboratory or at a field site. In addition, students may choose to shadow a professional in a clinical setting, intern as a naturalist at a park or nature preserve, or work in animal or plant care with a zoological or botanical garden. To enable our students to explore virtually limitless research areas, Hiram’s biology department sustains a faculty with a broad scope of expertise, ranging from paleontology to ecology, marine biology to genetics, animal behavior to plant systematics.