What is a Major Exploration Group?
With over 100 majors offered here at UConn, it's easy to feel overwhelmed when you're exploring. We suggest you start by choosing a Major Exploration Group. Major Exploration Groups are clusters of majors with related content and disciplinary focus. Having a Major Exploration Group (instead of being undecided) will give you a direction and will greatly simplify the exploration process.
Biological, Environmental, and Physical Sciences Exploration Group:
From studying the earth we live on to the human cell, science majors are all about exploration and investigating the unknown. If you're into the sciences, you're in luck because UConn offers quite a few! Explore the biological, environmental, and physical sciences below.
All majors within this group are listed below. Click any major to learn more about it. Additional information can be found in the sidebars to the right.
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Animal Science
Biological Sciences
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) major provides an integrated perspective on the origins and complex interactions of life on Earth, from microbes to rainforests, while building a comprehensive foundation in the biological sciences and emphasizing undergraduate research experiences.