Welcome to the Department of Biology
A good Biology education is crucial in order to understand the world we live in and to leave a habitable natural environment for future generations. In this context, our department has an important role in increasing the biology education in our country thanks to the academic staff who are experts in their field and who are active in national and international levels. As the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Çukurova University, we pursue this mission by providing contemporary undergraduate, graduate and doctorate programs. In addition, employees of our department contribute to the natural and life sciences internationally through the national and international projects they are conducting, besides their educational activities. The Biology department, founded in 1978, consists of Botany, Zoology, Molecular Biology and General Biology sub-disciplines. In addition to student education laboratories, active scientific research is being conducted in our department's Ecology, Plant Physiology, Animal Physiology, Animal Ecophysiology, Molecular Ecotoxicology, Bacteriology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, TUBITAK Yemen and Ecotoxicology laboratories. Our department also serves the Eastern Mediterranean Plant Bank and Herbarium (ADA). In the Department of Biology, there are a total of 22 full-time staff including 11 professors, 2 assistant professors, 6 research assistants, 1 biologist, 1 secretary and 1 service officer.
In our department, which has recently initiated work to be accreditated, 382 students (daytime education) are continuously provided with theoretical and practical knowledge and professional skills during their undergraduate education. Students are also given the ability to work independently, to increase their independent learning skills as well as communication and social skills, and to specialize in their own fields of science. Students are encouraged to participate in social and other educational activities (congresses, symposiums, conferences, panels etc.) and to organize these activities as an adjunct to their normal education process. For our students, there have been an obligation to do internships in the subjects covering the field of Biology for 30 working days. In addition, the senior students of our department are constantly given professional information about career development in the post-graduation period. Senior students of our department, under the responsibility of the department's faculty members, are encouraged to carry out research projects on their topics of interest.
Our department, in line with its mission, targets national and international qualifications framework within the scope of the Bologna process and constantly renews its courses according to the requirements of the contemporary educational era. In this respect, students are encouraged to participate either in the Erasmus and/or domestic (Farabi) programs of study or internship mobility. Moreover, a telephone and e-mail database is currently being established to ensure communication and information support by maintaining communication with our graduates or students who continue their Biology education.
AREAS of WORK of BIOLOGISTS
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PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
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STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, WATERWORKS
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