BioTap
High school students considering an application to UMass Amherst may be interested in the Biological Sciences Talent Advancement Program, our residential program for first-year students.
Biology Intensive Orientation Session (BIOS)
This "biology boot camp" that takes place just before school starts, BIOS helps prepare incoming first-year students for college-level biology courses.
- Advising
- Major Requirements
- Major Requirements Checklist
- Recommended Course Sequences
- Courses Approved as Major Electives
- Declaring a Biology major
- Course Offerings 2024-25
- Learning Goals
- Integrative Experience
- Minor Requirements
- Departmental Honors
- Study Abroad
- Awards & Scholarships
- Residential Programs
- Fifth-year Master's
- Petitions and Forms
- Majors Week