Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Our major develops a deeper understanding of life processes. They develop critical thinking and an understanding of the importance of biology to real-world current events. Many of our students find the biology program helps them identify their career interests and prepares them for their future.

Biology majors learn to develop and test hypotheses, collect and analyze data, and present the results. They also learn various laboratory skills such as the preparation of chemical solutions, dissection, chromatography, electrophoresis, and DNA isolation and amplification. Furthermore, they acquire an understanding of cell structure, metabolism, heredity, ecology, evolution, and phylogenetic relationships among organisms' major taxa.

Students acquire a broad base of knowledge in the life sciences, learn current ideas in Ecology, Genetics, Cell Biology, and various other specialty areas, and get valuable preparation for jobs or further schooling.

From Martin's biology program, graduates have followed such diverse career paths as pharmacy school, high school biology teaching, and environmental chemistry. Others have gone on to study fish biology, forensics, and dentistry. Martin offers all the courses necessary to prepare for medical and veterinary schools and many other health-related programs for those interested in the health sciences. Whether you enjoy laboratory research or counseling, working with people, plants, animals, or microbes, or working outdoors or indoors, there are many careers to choose from that you may successfully start with a biology degree.

Martin Methodist College is a liberal arts, four-year College related to the Tennessee Conference of The United Methodist Church.

With a historic campus located in Pulaski, Tennessee, in the beautiful hills of southern Middle Tennessee, Martin Methodist College is convenient to both Nashville (70 miles to the north) and Huntsville, Alabama (40 miles to the south).

Martin Methodist offers a variety of certificate, diploma, and degree programs. Our programs provide training in academic, vocational, and technical fields and range from basic literacy to university degrees. Each degree, diploma, or certificate has set criteria that must be completed to an acceptable standard.

You will learn from caring faculty members who have received their training at universities like Vanderbilt, Harvard, Yale, Arkansas, Indiana, Manchester, Mississippi State, Texas, and Rochester. We keep our classes small so you and your professors can come to know one another. We offer more than 30 academic programs of study leading to the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Business Administration, and Bachelor of Science in nursing degrees. Our academic programs are offered through business, education, humanities, mathematics and sciences, nursing, and social sciences.

Martin Methodist College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate degrees, baccalaureate degrees, and a Masters's degree in Business Administration.