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Advising/Mentoring

The Department of Biology has two programs of courses, one leading to a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in biology and one to a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in biology.  In addition, the Master of Science with a major in biology is also offered.

Specifically, faculty specialties for career and department advising is as follows:

Professional Programs

Faculty Mentors

Helpful Links

Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Cantonwine

  

Pre-Anesthesiologist Assistant

Dr. Chambers

Pre-Anesthesiologist Assistant Flyer

Animal Behavioral

Dr. Rose

  

Animal Physiology/Zoology

Dr. Grove

Aquatic Biology

Dr. Nienow

  

Biology Teacher

Dr. Jones

  

Biomedical/Pharmaceutical Science

Dr. Gannon

  

Ecology

Drs. Bergstrom, Cantonwine, Grabarczyk, and Rose

  

Ecology of Infectious Diseases

Drs. Turco and Lockhart

  

General Biology

All faculty members

  

Genetics Biotechnology

Dr. Ring

  

Herpetology

Dr. Safer

Marine Biology

Drs. Rose and Grove

Microbiology

Drs. Turco and Calestani

  

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Dr. Lokdarshi

Pre-Occupational Therapy

Dr. Fort

Pre-Occupational Therapy Flyer

Pre-Physical Therapy

Drs. Fort and Grove

Pre-Physical Therapy Flyer

Pre-Physician Assistant

Dr. Chambers

Pre-Physician Assistant Flyer

Plant Sciences

Drs. Cantonwine, Carter, and Lokdarshi

  

Pre-Dentistry

Dr. Nienow

Pre-Dentistry Flyer

Pre-Medicine

Drs. Kang, Lockhart, Phillips, Ring, Turco, Grove, & Uyeno

Pre-Medical Flyer and Pre-Medical Program at VSU
Letter of Evaluation Form  | New 2018 MCG Requirements

Pre-Optometry

Drs. Carter and Kang

Pre-Optometry flyer

Pre-Veterinary

Drs. Doscher, Rose, & Grabarczyk

Pre-Veterinary Flyer

Pre-Respiratory Therapy

Dr. Fort                              

Wildlife Biology

Dr. Lockhart

Zoology

Dr. Bergstrom

For biology majors with less than 30 credit hours

Your advisor is assigned by your last name:

A-E      

F-K      

L-Q     

R-Z      

Ashton Young 

Erica Almond             

Thibault Deneve        

Linda de Carlo         

ashtyoung@valdosta.edu

eaalmond@valdosta.edu

tdeneve@valdosta.edu

lfdecarlo@valdosta.edu

These advisors are located in Ashley Hall, room 1001.                 Phone: 229-253-4059

For biology majors with more than 30 credit hours

Your advisor is a biology professor and their name can be found on your Banner account. Your professor’s contact information is found on the biology website, under Faculty and Staff – Biology Team.

 

Requirements for a second bachelor’s degree

Complete all science and math courses required for the biology degree. As for the core, a new student to VSU from another state only has to meet the legislative requirements (US/GA History and US/GA Constitution) and complete Area F for their major. They do not have to do anything else within the core. Most students do the exemption exams in the testing office to satisfy the legislative requirements

Florida Colleges

We now have a reciprocity agreement with all Florida colleges, public and private, to accept their AA degree as core areas A through E.  They still need to meet the core  area classes specific for our biology degrees. In addition, they must have taken US Government and US History at their school or they will have to take the entire class here, but if they did take it they will only have to take the GA History and GA Government tests here at VSU to satisfy the legislative requirements. Credit for BIOL 1107 and BIOL 1108 will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Currently we do accept the biology courses from Florida Gateway College as BIOL 1107 and BIOL 1108 and that will be accomplished by admissions when the students enroll. A waiver is needed for Freshman seminar.

Advising Forms

Current Biology Advising Forms

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Advising Resources

Recommended Four-Year Program of Study for Full-Time Students