<p>"Incoming biology students at University of Wisconsin-Madison will get extensive new help navigating the tricky transition from high school to a university that has 31 different majors related to biology, funded by a $1.4 million undergraduate science education grant announced today by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute".</p>
<p>Biology</a> ?boot camp? to help incoming students through maze of UW-Madison biology (May 20, 2010)</p>
<p>That seems like a very good idea, judging from some of the uninformed questions about various bioscience majors often seen on this forum. Also, with as many bioscience options as UW-M has available, it’s prudent for new students to consider all the alternatives, especially in agriculture-related bioscience fields that many of them might tend to overlook. At many large universities, it’s no longer as simple as just majoring in “biology”—there are many subspecialities and tracks to consider.</p>
<p>Great information. My D is interested in the Biological Aspects of Conservation major in L&S but also has some interest in the Wildlife Ecology major as well. Sounds like this program will be very helpful by exposing students interested in Biology to all the options available and help them figure out what really interests them by providing them more information early on in their college carreers.</p>
<p>With nearly 30% of incoming students planning on a biosciences related major it’s a very good idea to help them sort through all the permutations and what it might mean for them over 4 years. UW also is working on re-working the basic biology sequence as there are so many subareas to consider. The good news is it’s a wealth of riches in biosciences that most schools would kill to have.</p>
<p>What “plastics” were to the 1960’s biological sciences are to today’s students. Great idea to have more info on the options.</p>