The Biology Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is dedicated to providing a diverse, accepting, and supportive environment. We pledge to hold all of our members to the highest standards of conduct, scholarship, integrity, inclusiveness, respect, and engagement. Through a commitment to these values, we strive to maintain an academic community as a place where all can learn, thrive, and grow. As faculty, staff, and students of the UMass Amherst Biology Department, we are committed to upholding these common values:
- Accountability – we take responsibility for our actions.
- Scholarship – we are intellectually ambitious and seek to make significant contributions to human understanding of the natural world.
- Personal and Institutional Integrity – we are honorable in our academic and professional endeavors as well as our personal interactions.
- Equity – we give members of our community equal opportunities to participate and to access resources necessary for success.
- Respect and Civility – we treat every individual with dignity at all times, and we recognize the inherent value in all identities and abilities.
- Engagement – we participate in the community through responsible leadership and service.
We constantly aspire to live these values and work to support our collective and individual successes and well-being.
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- About
- Undergraduate
- Advising
- Major Requirements
- Major Requirements Checklist (PDF)
- Recommended Course Sequences
- Courses Approved as Major Electives
- Declaring a Biology Major
- Integrative Experience
- Minor Requirements
- Departmental Honors
- Study Abroad
- Course Catalog
- Learning Goals
- Research Opportunities
- Awards & Scholarships
- Residential Programs
- Undergrad Handbook (PDF)
- 2020 Senior Celebration
- Spring 2021 Registration
- Petitions and Forms
- Majors Fair 2020
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Research
- Facilities
- Alumni
- Make a Gift…