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Undergraduate Degree Programs:

Course Availability - a sketch of how often we offer different courses

General Education Requirements. The Gen-Ed requirements can be very confusing, and can be very different among students in different programs or matriculation years. If this link does not answer your questions, please visit your faculty advisor for assistance.

IMPORTANT: These are only general guidelines. Because academic programs vary depending on the year of matriculation, always consult Web Enrollment Services for Students (WESS) for specific individual degree requirements. Students can do this by selecting Analysis of Degree Progress in WESS. All students should also consult with their faculty advisor regularly to ensure all degree requirements are met.

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Interdisciplinary Degrees

The Biology and Molecular Biology Department is part of several degree programs that span more than one department. For more information, please click on:

Articulation Programs

The Department of Biology and Molecular Biology participates in a number of articulated programs with other institutions. For more information, please click on:

  1. BIDE - Dental Program Articulation Agreement with University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (BS from Montclair State University; DMD from University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Dental School).
  2. BIME - Medical Program Articulation Agreement with University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (BS from Montclair State University; MD from University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Dental School)
  3. Combined Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy with Rutgers University.
  4. Physical Therapy Program (with UMDNJ). Three year component at MSU followed by three years at UMDNJ. The program will lead to a BS in Biology from MSU and a Doctor of Physical Therapy from UMDNJ.
  5. Physicians Assistant Program (with UMDNJ). Three year component at MSU followed by three years at UMDNJ. The program will lead to a BS in Biology from MSU and a MS of Physician Assistant from UMDNJ.
    For additional details about the PT and PA programs, contact:
    Dr. Judith Shillcock, phone(973) 655-4397, email shillcockj@mail.montclair.edu
  6. BRIDGES to the Doctorate Program: MS/PhD with UMDNJ Piscataway. NIH funded program that provides salary and research assistants as well as tuition and fees reimbursement for qualified targeted minority graduate students.

Research Opportunities

As a student in our department, you have many opportunities to pursue independent scientific research with faculty members. For graduate students, this may take place in the form of BIOL 599 (Introduction to Biological Research) or a MS Thesis (BIOL 698).

The first step is to find out what faculty members are doing research that is exciting to you. This website is a good place to start - each faculty member has a web page that describes their research and publications. Contact and visit those faculty members you find interesting - you might get a chance to conduct exciting new experiments!

New Research Program

MARC (Minority Access to Research Careers) Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U-STAR).

This program is federally funded by the National Institutes of Health to encourage the participation of underrepresented minority students in biomedical research. For more information, contact Dr. Halaby. Click for a recent article about the new MARC program at MSU.

Biology Student Clubs and Activities

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Academic Dishonesty Policy

The Department of Biology and Molecular Biology considers academic dishonesty a serious offense. All students should be familiar with the university policies on academic dishonesty described in the University Code of Conduct.