Undergraduate Programs
Biology and BioMedical Sciences
Our undergraduate programs in Biology and BioMedical Sciences are diverse and designed to offer students the most flexibility in perusing their academic interests. Our program offers the following undergraduate degrees:
- Bachelor of Arts in Biology
- Bachelor of Science in Biology
- Bachelor of Science in Biology with Teaching Certification
- Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences
- Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences – Pre-Professional Option
- Minor – Biology
Our faculty have wide ranging areas of expertise including cellular physiology, genetics, cancer biology, microbiology, epigenetics, molecular biology, neurobiology, infectious disease, human physiology, ecology, GIS, evolution, ornithology, herpetology, mammalogy, plant biology, systematics, and ecological modeling. Regardless of your academic track, faculty have high expectations for their students in the classroom, laboratory, or research settings. Our graduates successfully matriculate to graduate and professional schools within Texas, across the country, and internationally.
Human Nutrition Program
Students in human nutrition study concepts including dietetics, food systems management and community food principles, nutrition, medical nutrition therapy, experimental foods, community nutrition, quantity food preparation and food service management. The human nutrition program is a Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).
Mission
The mission of the DPD program at Texas A&M University-Kingsville is to provide students with the Foundation Knowledge and Skills which prepares and enables students for supervised practice leading to eligibility for the CDR credentialing exam to become a RDN.