You can pursue a variety of options through the biology department at Kean.
Our bachelor of arts degrees in biology train students to teach high school biology (B.A. Biology Education and the B.A. Biology Education Teacher of Students with Disabilities) while the B.A. Biology general option provide the foundation in biology for any number of different career pathways and is the most flexible degree option to accommodate transfer credits for students who started college elsewhere prior to coming to Kean. The B.A. Biology general is available either as an in-person degree or as an online degree. The online degree is NOT recommended however for students who plan to pursue careers working in scientific laboratories or who plan to apply for graduate school or any type of clinical degree such as medical school, PA school, PT school or related. Indeed, as biology is a discipline of study involving laboratory skills, in-person biology degree students must take biology lab courses in person.
The bachelor of science degrees in biology are ideal for students looking to pursue advanced graduate or professional degrees within the areas of biotechnology, molecular biology, biomedical research, microbiology, medicine and health-related clinical fields The B.S. Biology/Cell & Molecular option is best for students who plan to apply for M.S. or Ph.D. programs, as well as those who are pre-med, pre-vet, pre-pharm, pre-dental, or pre-optometry. The B.S. Biology/Health Professions option is geared for those who wish to apply to graduate programs in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language, or physician’s assistant. The B.S. Biology/Forensic Science option blends the study of biology with that of forensics and criminal justice.
The biology department also houses the B.S. Medical Lab Science (formerly Med Tech) and B.S. Clinical Lab Science degree programs as well as the B.S. Health Information Management (HIM) degree.
There are minors in Biology, as well as Forensic Science and even Bioinformatics.
Faculty:
Salvatore Coniglio, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Carisa Davis, Ph.D., Lecturer
Maria Gemmellaro, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Renalison Farias-Pereira, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Lucas Kirby, Ph.D., Lecturer
Brenna Levine, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Laura Lorentzen, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Nancy Lafleur, Ph.D., Lecturer
Sara Maass-Meyer, Lecturer
Sasmita Mishra, Ph.D., Lecturer
Matther Niepielko, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Maria Shumskaya, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Kim Spaccarotella, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Adriana Tagliaferro, Ph.D., Lecturer
Evros Vassiliou, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Also: Jesus Ballesteros Chavez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Assistant Professor; Kerrylynn Konecny, Lecturer; Rongsun Pu, D.Phil, Associate Professor; Kristie Reilly, Ph.D., Professor; Cecil "Jake" Saunders, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Roxie James, Ph.D., Subasinghe Dias, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Xiaobo Yu, Ph.D., Professor