Biology

UNC Asheville's Department of Biology is a great place to learn about life, from microscopic cells to organisms to complex ecosystems. We have gifted faculty specializing in vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, botany, herpetology, ecology, evolution, animal behavior, human anatomy and physiology, animal and plant physiology, cellular and molecular biology, microbiology, and genetics. Studying biology at our liberal arts university allows students to explore areas of interest outside of biology. From fine literature, drama, and music to technological applications, our students learn that knowledge from all fields relates in some way to the study of and improvement of life. Top it off with over one million acres of national parks and forests within an hour's drive of campus, the opportunities for hands-on ecological fieldwork are endless.