Undergraduate Program
Ιntroduction
At the start of the new Millenium, Biology is at the forefront of scientific discovery and public attention. The recent delineation of the complete genomic information of human and several other organisms provided the foundation for unprecedented advances in understanding Life at the molecular level. It also provided new tools and approaches to medicine, agriculture, anthropology, and other disciplines. The way Biology is taught, practiced, and understood has been revolutionised through advances in biochemistry, cell and developmental biology and genetic manipulations based on molecular biology. Biology has expanded to create novel fields, beyond its traditional scope, via synergies and interactions with information science, chemistry, physics and engineering. In this framework, Biology has become a driving force of discovery and application in the modern economy and industry (biotechnology, agriculture, medicine, pharmaceuticals, to name a few), and a source of employment improvements in health and quality of life.
Objectives
The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cyprus aims to provide high quality training through its programs of study and research in line with international trends in the Biological Sciences. The Department accepted its first graduate students in September 2003 and will accept undergraduate students for the first time in September 2007. Biology courses were chosen and designed to prepare students for employment as well as to continue their education. Undergraduates may choose to pursue further graduate study and research in biology or be employed in research labs, allied health labs, science education, government agencies ect. The undergraduate Biology program first establishes a broad background in basic science and biological principles which then allows as much flexibility as possible during the junior and senior years of study.