Overview

These areas of study are ideal for students pursuing careers in a variety of medical and research fields. To make sure the student’s education includes much more than a textbook, NNU professors focus on hands-on learning in labs and offer summer research opportunities with professor-student collaboration.

Department Goals & Student Outcomes

Graduates who receive a Biology program from Northwest Nazarene University will demonstrate that they can think logically, analytically, and independently about the scientific principles that affect the world around them. Graduates will acquire a basic informational framework to make decisions related to such areas as nutrition, personal and family health, community policy, and national law.
Graduates who receive a biology degree from NNU will be able to collect and analyze scientific data and then integrate and prepare the data into professionally acceptable written and oral forms. Students will become comfortable in the utilization of modern technology to more effectively communicate.
Graduates who receive a biology degree from NNU will develop a historical sense of man's scientific advancement through a better understanding of natural phenomena and then apply this knowledge through a variety of scientific endeavors to accurately understand, utilize, control and predict natural processes in a way that will allow the realization of a better quality of life.
Graduates who receive a biology degree from NNU will integrate scholarship, faith, and service by exposure to a community of scholars and develop long term personal, spiritual, professional, and social interactions that allow mutual expression of the Lord's redeeming grace. Students should then be better able to excel in their chosen discipline and be effective and compassionate members of their community.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Biology

Plant and Animal Ecology

Research

Genetics

Origins

Chemistry

Physics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-31 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Nampa, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

Undergraduate Application
SAT or ACT Score (Unofficial copies accepted)
Unofficial High School Transcript (Official needed after graduation)

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

42430 USD / year

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Out-of-State

42430 USD / year

≈ 42430 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

42430 USD / year

≈ 42430 USD / year

Living costs

Nampa

United States

750 - 1100 USD / month

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Department Goals & Student Outcomes

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Credits

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General requirements

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Domestic

Living costs

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