Ball State University

Pick up any newspaper or surf the web for the latest news, and you will definitely read about advances in genetics and genomics. The rapidly expanding field is impacting a wide range of academic and health disciplines, as well as major corporate and governmental institutions.

With the genetics concentration in biology, you will develop a broad understanding of the field by taking courses in human genetics, molecular biology and biometry, preparing you for a career after graduation or for continued studied in graduate school or in professional programs in the health sciences.

While many of our students are interested in working in a laboratory setting, our curriculum and faculty can also prepare you for non-laboratory fields, such as genetics counseling through our developing Pre-Genetics Counseling Program.