Biology

The Biology Department of Prairie View A&M University strives to prepare its students for careers in the health professions. Many of our students, upon matriculation, enter medical schools, veterinary schools, dental schools, optometry schools, or pharmacy schools. The department also prepares its students to study medical technology, physical therapy, or occupational therapy. The department also allows students to have careers as physician assistants, dental assistants and health professional assistants. Those biology students not interested in continuing on to health professional school enter graduate studies, or become health educators.

Department of Biology
Prairie View A&M University
P.O. Box 519 MS 2210
Prairie View, TX 77446-0835
Phone:(936) 261-3161
Email: Biology@pvamu.edu
E-mail: Dr Harriette Howard-Lee Block, Department Head

Did You Know?

Dental School Early Admission Programs

PVAMU Biology Department along with several dental schools including Baylor College of Dentistry Dallas; University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston have employed a early acceptance program, that allows pre-dental students to obtain the pre-requisite course at Prairie View A&M University. After successful completion of these courses and competitive DAT scores and GPA requirement the students attend dental school prior to completion of their undergraduate degree at Prairie View A&M University.

Fields of Study
Biology Majors Matriculate Into

  • Medicine
  • Dentistry
  • Optometry
  • Pharmacy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Medical Technology
  • K-12 Teachers
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physicians Assistance
  • Podiatry
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Science and Mathematics Educators
  • Graduate Studies in various science related fields
  • Laboratory Technicians
  • Veterinary Medicine

Research Opportunities
Available for PVAMU Undergraduate Students

  • Cardiovascular and Microbial Center (CMRC)
  • Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
  • National Science Foundation Undergraduate Biology Math Grant (NSF-UBM)
  • Bioinformatics Center
  • K-12 Science Teacher Training