Bachelor of Science in Cancer Biology

UAB is the only university in the United States with a cancer biology undergraduate program, which means you can get a head start on preparing for a career in research, treatment, and other areas.To create this one-of-a-kind degree, we brought together high-level educators in both the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine. The curriculum is designed to give you a comprehensive understanding of cancer cell biology and behavior something thats usually reserved for graduate students. And our ONeal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB, the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Alabama, means national leaders in both treatment and research will have ties to this program. By the time you graduate, youll have learned about areas such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, gene therapy, and much more. Our goal is to help put you in a prime position for a career in research, clinical care, health care, and many other fields.

The Undergraduate Cancer Biology Program is designed for graduating high school seniors and college freshmen and sophomores with an outstanding academic record and the desire to pursue a career in biomedical research, medicine or the health professions. Successful applicants to the program should meet the admissions criteria below.First-time freshmen applicants must have a high school cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) and an ACT composite score of 28 or higher (or the SAT combined VQ score at 1300 or higher). High school students who do not meet these requirements may be accepted into the program as pre-Cancer Biology majors. Any student who is admitted as a pre-Cancer Biology major must have an overall GPA 3.0 after 24 credits of work at UAB, a GPA 3.25 in their Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics (MA 105 and higher) coursework, and have taken a freshman year curriculum that is compatible with the Program. Current UAB students and transfer students from other institutions who are freshmen or sophomores (non-direct admits) may select Cancer Biology for their major, but must have an overall GPA 3.0 and must have demonstrated excellent academic performance in science/mathematics courses and have a GPA 3.25 in those courses.Students must maintain an overall GPA 3.0 in order to remain in good academic standing in the Cancer Biology Program. If a students overall GPA falls below 3.0, they will have one semester to bring their overall grade to 3.0 or better.a completed applicationofficial transcripts. All documents must be sent in EnglishIELTS - 6.0 overall with at least a 5.5 on each section of the examinationTOEFL-(iBT) - overall 77