the department of ecology offers a bachelor of science in biological sciences which emphasizes a solid grounding in biology and the fundamental sciences, and which allows students to specialize within four options: organismal biology, fish and wildlife ecology and management, conservation biology and ecology, and biology teaching. organismal biology emphasizes the basic sciences of zoology and botany; fish and wildlife ecology and management and conservation biology and ecology emphasize the application of knowledge to the conservation of the biota and natural resources; biology teaching prepares students for career as a high school biology teacher.