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Program
- Identified by Peterson's
Guides as one of approximately 200 U.S. colleges and
universities offering outstanding undergraduate programs
in the sciences and mathematics
- 12:1 student-to-faculty
ratio
- Broad liberal arts education
with emphasis on academic excellence (Alpha Chi &
TriBeta honoraries)
- A small-college environment,
more personal attention, and greater opportunities to
excel without the pressure and impersonal nature of
large classes
- A caring and highly
qualified faculty
- All faculty have earned doctorate (ten more in math/computer
science/physics)
- Numerous opportunities
for on- and off-campus individual projects, independent
study, and field experience
- Environmental studies
minor
- Biochemistry major
4-4-1 Calendar
- Fall (4 courses), Winter
(4 courses), May (1 course). May Term allows students
to explore a field experience or do research that can
continue through the summer.
- Innovative on- and off-campus
courses during May Term: Marine Science, Caribbean Biology,
Aquatic Biology, Immunology, Microbial Ecology, Gender
and Science, Biotechnology, Environmental Chemistry,
Science and Religion, Ecology of Prairie Vertebrates,
Neotropical Experience.
Field Experience/Independent
Research Study
- Research with Wartburg
faculty: diatom ecology, cancer, microbiology, conservation
of urban green spaces, photochemistry of transition
metal compounds, evolutionary genetics
- Field work and research
experience with environmental agencies: Nature Conservancy;
natural resource departments in Iowa, Colorado, Minnesota
& Nebraska; county conservation boards; Osborne
Nature Center in Elkader; Heery Woods; and Hartman Reserve
- Accompanying and observing
health professionals as they see patients in hospitals
and private clinics
- Research opportunities
at universities and institutions: Iowa, Minnesota (including
its Hormel Institute Division), Iowa State, Illinois
State, Michigan, Kansas, Mayo Clinic, Baylor, Marshfield
Medical Research Foundation, Kentucky-Lexington, Texas-Galveston,
Colorado-Denver Medical Center, North Dakota, Nebraska,
Wyoming, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
- Research opportunities
in industry: Monsanto Agrichemical, Pierce Chemical
Company, Pioneer Hybrids
- Research opportunities
(summer and semester-long) at national energy laboratories:
Argonne, Pacific Northwest, Brookhaven, Oak Ridge Laboratories,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Internships in Tanzania
and Ghana, Africa; England; and Denver, Colo.
Extracurricular Activities (professional schools encourage such participation)
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