The mission of the Department of Biology is threefold:

(1) to provide the opportunity for all students who matriculate through Texas Southern University to become better informed about biological phenomena and life processes, as well as apply information and knowledge gained toward an improved understandin gof man, society, and the universe;

(2) to provide undergraduate students with the appropriate background in Biology that will allow them to pursue medical, biomedical, and other allied or related careers; and

(3) to ensure that undergraduates who intend to matriculate in graduate programs in the biological sciences, or related areas, are adequately prepared.