Biology Dept. Handbook for Majors*

• Welcome to the Biology Department (Spring'11)
• From the Biology Club President (Fall'10)
• From the Lincoln Pre-Medical Society President (Fall'10)
• Advice from Graduates

• Introduction to the Biology Department (Spring'11)
• Faculty Biographies (Spring'11)
• General Guidelines and Recommendations

• Proposed Courses of Study
  • B.S. Biology
  • B.A. Biology
  • B.S. Medical Technology
  • Pre-Med Students Regardless of Major
  • Double Majors
  • Biology and Environmental Science Double Major
• Course Rotation Schedule (Fall'10)
• Experiential Requirement Guidelines
  • Internships
  • Specialized Laboratory Assistantship
  • Research (see below)

• Health Professions Advisors (Spring '11)
• Graduate School Advisors (Spring '11)
• Helpful Reminders when Requesting Letters of Recommendation
• Developing a Curriculum Vitae or Resume
• Elon's Career Services offers a wide range of resources for career planning

• Undergraduate Research overview
• Research interests of Elon Biology Faculty (Fall '08)
• Biology Department Research Website (Fall'11)
• Elon University Undergraduate Research Program (all current, maintained by Elon URP)
  • Information about Bio499 (mentored research for credit)
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Experience funding (SURE)
  • Student Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF)
  • Grants in aid of research and research-related travel
• Lumen Awards

• Scholarships for the Biology Department
• Belk Library Biology literature databases - a great set of literature tools set up by Diane Ford who is the Biology representative at the library. You can also IM her from this page with your literature resource questions.
• Elon Media Services for getting research and intership posters printed. As of 4/2011 posters are submitted online, produced offcampus and then shipped every Tuesday or Thursday to the Media Services in the Library.
• Virtual Aps link via Elon Technology - allows you to use certain commercial software for free from an Elon U. computer 
• Lynda.com - video tutorials about core software features
• Academic Advising - a great resource to help you with many things including:
  • if you have special learning needs, or if special situations arise during the course of the semester. 
  • getting majors checklists
  • declaring your major officially
  • getting assigned a Biology advisor if you haven't already