The Department of Biological and Earth Sciences is committed to fostering an environment of academic excellence, innovation, and sustainability. We prepare our students to be leaders and problem-solvers in a rapidly changing world through our curricular tracks, including Biomedical, Ecology and Evolution, Biostatistics, Environmental Science, Fisheries and Wildlife, and Geosciences, by focusing on technological and field skills.
Our vision is to inspire and empower our students to contribute to scientific discovery, promote environmental stewardship, and advance human health and well-being through interdisciplinary education, cutting-edge research, and community engagement. Together, we strive to build a sustainable future where science serves the greater good of society and the planet.
This program is designed to provide students with the flexibility to pursue a career in the biology field or continue their education in graduate school. Students can select from the following tracks based on their interests: biomedical, ecology and evolution, environmental science, and biostatistics.
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This program educates a diversity of people so they are able to make wise decisions and take prudent actions regarding the management, productivity, and sustainability of our fish and wildlife resources.
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The science of geology involves studying Earth's physical and chemical processes, environmental systems and natural resources. Processes that cause earthquakes, generate volcanism, form rocks and minerals, form economically important deposits and govern the movement of surface and ground waters are all subjects of geological interest, as well as the history of Earth and the record of life on Earth, as preserved in fossils. Our program graduates commonly work for environmental consulting firms analyzing human impacts on the environment, state and federal regulatory agencies or petroleum and mineral extraction companies.
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BIOMEDICAL | This track will serve students interested in medical school, dental school, physical and occupational therapy schools, pharmacy school, nuclear medicine technology, medical laboratory science, veterinary school and optometry school. This track will include a new Advanced Certificate in Biology.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TRACK | The Environmental Science track provides excellent preparation for careers in federal, state and local government, public utilities and nonprofit sectors and industries. Additionally, this program will prepare students for graduate study in a variety of related fields such as ecology and environmental science.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION TRACK | This program is designed with the flexibility to prepare students for a career within the biology field upon graduation or for graduate school should they choose to pursue that path. The track is broad in nature and allows students to specialize in an area of biology of their choosing.
APPLIED STATISTICS TRACK | This track will include the Certificate of Applied Statistics offered by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and would prepare graduates to conduct advanced statistical analyses of biological data. Employment opportunities are excellent and include working as a healthcare biostatistician, pharmaceutical data analysist, data scientist in the private sector, genomics and bioinformatics analyst, and environmental statistician.
Arkansas Tech University invites submissions for consideration to be an adjunct instructor on a part-time, as-needed basis, within the academic departments and programs indicated below. Those eligible to serve as an adjunct instructor must hold a Master's degree in the discipline, or any Master's degree plus 18 graduate hours in the discipline or substantial experience in area where they will teach (see HLC guidelines, section B.2.), unless otherwise noted, such as for AAS degrees.
Feel free to reach out to our point of contact:
Cindy Dixon
Administrative Specialist I
McEver Hall 34-E
1701 North Boulder Ave
Russellville, AR 72801
Phone: (479)968-0294
Fax: (479)964-0837
Email: cdixon13@atu.edu