Major requirement
There could be a lot to do after being a Bio major! By this time, you should have made decisions on if you want to do any track or concentrations with bio major. So, from now on, your schedule will most likely be packed with biology courses - you will take lectures across different topics and gain many hands-on research experience! Are you excited about it?? Let's look closer at what you will need to complete!
Research experiences is an important component in biology major track at Haverford. If you are willing to reach out to professors, you can get into working in lab as early as a first year student! Meanwhile, a great amount of bio major course credit is attributed to lab works, namely superlabs and senior thesis.
Superlab is a year-long lab course designed for juniors that is normally composed of one lecture and two lab sections scheduled per week. There are semester-long and quarter options across different topics, and you're free to choose upon your interest. People are saying that superlab is always time-consuming, so keep that in mind while setting up your schedule.
Senior Research (aka senior thesis) is a year-long lab course designed for seniors. *Info about thesis lab match* Different from scheduled superlab courses, senior research is more like independent studies that you can self-schedule upon discussion with your thesis advisor.
