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Biology, Botany, and Zoology
Students majoring in biology, botany and zoology will study a wide variety of topics including,
cell biology, general ecology, entomology, evolution, genetics, limnology, microbiology, morphology, physiology,
plant anatomy, and vertebrate and invertebrate zoology.
Conservation
Some of the subject areas included in this program are local flora, genetics, forestry, ecology,
wildlife resources, physical geography, environmental geology, conservation of natural resources and geomorphology.
Medical Technology
Students majoring in medical technology combine three years
(97 semester hours) of study at Kent State with 12 months of professional training at an
approved hospital. Courses at Kent State include cell biology, human physiology, human genetics,
microbiology, chemistry and mathematics.
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Special Programs
The University Herbarium
Containing 50,000 plant specimens, it is one of Ohio's major scientific museums. The collection is unparalleled in its specialization: contemporary records of Ohio Plants. Other specimens come from eastern and western North America, Alaska and Hawaii.
The University Arboretum
The arboretum is situated on a tract of 30 acres on a corner of campus. It is still in an early age of development and now has plantings of some 50 specimens and a nursery stocked with young, woody plants.
The Herrick Conservator
The conservatory and greenhouse staff support botanical teaching and research in the Department of Biological Sciences, and the conservatory provides a showplace of botanical diversity for the university at large.
The Art and Margaret Herrick Aquatic Ecology Research Facility
This unique on-campus experimental wetland facility includes 10 independently flooded basins that are used for teaching and research.
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