Mission
Statement
"Howard
University is a comprehensive, research oriented, historically black,
private university, providing an educational experience of exceptional
quality to students of high academic potential with particular emphasis
upon the provision of educational opportunities to promising black
students. Further, the University is dedicated to attracting and
sustaining a cadre of faculty who are, through their teaching and
research, committed to the development of distinguished and compassionate
graduates and to the quest for solutions to human and social problems
in the United States and throughout the world"
Howard
University Faculty Handbook
The mission, goals
and objectives of this department closely parallel those of the University.
The department has established a strong instructional and research
unit in contemporary biological sciences and will maintain a faculty
that is committed to optimizing the pursuit of new knowledge and the
discovery of new information through original research and to the
communication of specialized information and skills.
The department
is committed to providing a broad program of research and instruction
within the biological sciences focussed on:
- providing
undergraduate and graduate students with course instruction and
research opportunities
- conducting
original research in a variety of areas in the biological sciences
and
- commitment
to promoting scientific literacy in the university community.
At the undergraduate
level, the department offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Sciences
degree. The department offers both lecture and laboratory courses
as well as research opportunities organized around three areas of
concentration: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Anatomy and Physiology,
and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The department particularly
encourages students to participate in research opportunities offered
by departmental faculty and by other academic, governmental and non
governmental organization. Graduates are qualified to seek advanced
graduate degrees, pursue teaching or work at the technical level in
governmental or industrial research.
At the graduate
level, the department offers programs leading to the Master of Sciences
and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Both are research oriented; the
department is currently considering establishing a non research,
professional program at the masters level. The department offers
students a wide variety of research opportunities with concentrations
in two areas: Cellular and Molecular Biology and Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology.
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