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Animal Behavior
In Bucknell University's animal behavior major, which combines biology and psychology, students can pursue their own research alongside our teacher-scholar faculty.
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Biology
Biology majors at Bucknell University examine the very essence of life — from the molecular level to the origin of species.
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Biomedical Engineering
In Bucknell University's biomedical engineering program, students get into the lab and start designing from their first semester on campus.
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Biophysics
In Bucknell University's biophysics major, students uncover a unique perspective on the living world by connecting fundamental physics principles with biological processes.
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Cell Biology/Biochemistry
Bucknell University's cell biology/biochemistry major is interdisciplinary by design, and it prepares students to tackle these challenges from perspectives including biology, chemistry, math and physics.
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Chemical Engineering
Students in Bucknell University's chemical engineering program nearly all get jobs or enroll in graduate school within six months of graduating.
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Chemistry
Bucknell University chemistry majors launch their scientific career by gaining hands-on experience and working toward groundbreaking discoveries.
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Bucknell offers separate bachelor of science degree programs in civil engineering and environmental engineering, each major featuring hands-on labs and independent research opportunities.
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Environmental Studies & Sciences
Environmental studies majors seek solutions to environmental problems faced by humans, while environmental science allows students majoring in the natural sciences to add an environmental concentration to another degree.
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Geography
Bucknell geography majors have access to some of the finest field sites in the East, including small towns, forests, mines, rivers and wetlands.
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Geology & Environmental Geosciences
United by a common core of foundational geology courses, Bucknell's Department of Geology & Environmental Geosciences offers bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degree tracks in both disciplines.
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Neuroscience
Bucknell University's neuroscience major combines the expertise of our top-tier psychology, biology and animal behavior programs. Students explore how the brain and nervous system affect appetite, the cognition of music and more.
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Physics & Astronomy
Explore the universe in our nationally recognized Department of Physics & Astronomy, which offers bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees in physics and biophysics.
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Psychology
Bucknell psychology majors gain more than outstanding classroom instruction. Students will have opportunities to conduct faculty-guided research in our animal lab, study abnormal psychology at Danville State Psychiatric Hospital or work with children at our on-site child care center.