The UNCP Biology Department offers the course BIO. 499 Research in Biology.
The course description is as follows: Restricted to senior biology majors with a quality
point average of 3.0 or better in biology. Designed to provide the student with
experience in the analysis and solution of problems in the areas of his/her major interests.
The problems will be presented to the biology faculty in written form.
Fall, Spring, Credit 1-3 hours each offering with a limit of 6 hours.

Students interested in taking BIO 499 must talk with a chosen faculty member as early
as possible in advance of registering for the course to discuss the nature and the possibility
of doing a research project. The student and faculty member must agree on a project prior
to the student registering. Faculty reserve the right to allow or disallow student registration
in BIO 499, depending on the feasibility of a project, faculty workload, student potential, etc.