FC-Pre-Biologia-En – Universidad Industrial de Santander

undergraduate

Biology

about the

Program

The undergraduate degree in Biology at the Universidad Industrial de Santander UIS responds to the growing need of society for highly qualified professionals to diagnose, analyze and propose solutions to biological problems in different areas and applications of basic science.

Being consistent with the mission and institutional project of the UIS, the program aims to train professionals who work to solve biological problems related to their different areas of study.

During their training process, students acquires the necessary competences for an optimal professional performance and participates actively in the design, execution, and evaluation of research projects. Likewise, they lead important proposals and extension programs for the benefit of society.

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Bucaramanga, Santander: SNIES 704 | Qualified Registration: MEN N.° 21322 of November 11, 2020, validity 8 years.

DEGREE:

Biologist

DuraTiOn:

5 years (10 semesters)

Education LEVEL:

Undergraduate

ModaliTY:

On-site

CAMPUS:

Bucaramanga main campus

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Graduate Profile
Labor Field
Our Accreditations

APPLICANT

Profile

The program stands out for having a properly regulated admission process, which is recognized by the academic community for ensuring transparency and equal admission of students without any kind of discrimination.

Our admission process contains criteria that favor the admission of students in transfer conditions. Likewise, the program has strategies to support the training and adaptation of students who come from different populations.

GRADUATE

Profile

Graduates of the UIS Biology program are creative, ethical and competent professionals to work in research activities of regional, national and international scope. Likewise, they possess the conceptual bases and competencies that allow them to continually learn to learn, learn to do, learn to live together and learn to be. Our graduates are highly qualified for the formulation and development of research and outreach projects. They are also trained to solve basic biological problems.

LABOR

Fiel

To advise universities, public and private institutes, research units or centers, in projects related to the areas of health, agriculture, natural resources, animal husbandry, nutrition, and food.
To plan, direct and supervise activities or projects in institutions in charge of natural resources management, biological control and wildlife management.
To work as a curator in natural history museums and herbaria.
To manage botanical gardens, zoos or national parks.
To teach in undergraduate programs.

OUR

Accreditations

High-quality accreditation: Ministry of National Education (MEN) Resolution no. 21322 of November 11, 2020 (valid for eight years).

Applicant Profile

APPLICANT

Profile

Graduate Profile

GRADUATE

Profile

Labor Field

Labor

Field

To advise universities, public and private institutes, research units or centers, in projects related to the areas of health, agriculture, natural resources, animal husbandry, nutrition and food.
To plan, direct and supervise activities or projects in institutions in charge of natural resources management, biological control and wildlife management.
To work as a curator in natural history museums and herbaria.
To manage botanical gardens, zoos or national parks
To teach in undergraduate programs.

Our Accreditations

OUR

Accreditations

High-quality accreditation: Ministry of National Education (MEN) Resolution no. 21322 of November 11, 2020 (valid for eight years).

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Academic

Curriculum

Code: 23424 Credits: 4 - English I

Code: 23427 Credits: 3 - Language Workshop

Code: 24948 Credits: 0 - University Life and Culture

Code: 25362 Credits: 5 - Introduction to Biology

Code: 25363 Credits: 3 - Matematics I

Code: 25364 Credits: 5 - General Chemistry

Code: 23423 Credits: 1 - Physical and Sports Culture

Code: 23425 Credits: 4 - English II

Code: 25365 Credits: 3 - Mathematics II

Code: 25366 Credits: 3 - Biophysics

Code: 25367 Credits: 4 - Biomolecules

Code: 25368 Credits: 3 - Geophysiography

Code: 00002 Credits: 2 - Optional Subject

Code: 20064 Credits: 5 - Cellular Biology

Code: 25369 Credits: 5 - Metabolism

Code: 25370 Credits: 4 - Fungus

Code: 25371 Credits: 5 - Protist

Code: 20072 Credits: 5 - Microbiology

Code: 25372 Credits: 6 - Metaphyta I

Code: 25373 Credits: 6 - Metazooa I

Code: 25374 Credits: 3 - Statistics

Code: 00002 Credits: 3 - Context Subject

Code: 20071 Credits: 5 - Molecular Biology

Code: 25375 Credits: 6 - Metaphyta II

Code: 25376 Credits: 6 - Metazooa II

Code: 20065 Credits: 5 - Plant Physiology

Code: 20073 Credits: 5 - Animal Physiology

Code: 25377 Credits: 5 - Ecology

Code: 25378 Credits: 5 - Genetics

Code: 20069 Credits: 5 - Developmental Biology

Code: 20070 Credits: 5 - Systematic

Code: 20075 Credits: 5 - Population's Genetics

Code: 25379 Credits: 2 - Bioethics

Code: 00003 Credits: 3 - Program Elective Subject

Code: 00003 Credits: 4 - Program Elective Subject

Code: 25380 Credits: 4 - Evolution

Code: 25381 Credits: 5 - Conservation Biology

Code: 25382 Credits: 3 - Research Seminar

Code: 00005 Credits: 5 - In-depth subject

Code: 25385 Credits: 5 - Final Undergraduate Work I

Code: 0050 Credits: 5 - In-depth subject

Code: 25386 Credits: 10 - Final Undergraduate Work II

Program Elective Subjects

Code: 25393 Credits: 3 - Bioinformatics

Code: 25392 Credits: 3 - Economic Botany and Ethnobotany

Code: 25391 Credits: 3 - Quantitative Evolutionary Analysis

Code: 25390 Credits: 3 - Herpetology

Code: 25394 Credits: 3 - Fundamentals of Chemical Biology

Code: 25389 Credits: 3 - Basic Entomology

Code: 27803 Credits: 3 - Field Techniques and Biological Collections

Code: 25388 Credits: 3 - Topics in Molecular Genetics Bacteria

Code: 25387 Credits: 3 - Macroecology

Code: 27970 Credits: 4 - Basic and Applied Data Analysis

Code: 26734 Credits: 3 - High Performance Computing

In-depth subjects

Code: 20089 Credits: 5 - Plant Ecophysiology

Code: 20086 Credits: 5 - Limnology II

Code: 25483 Credits: 5 - Reproductive and Developmental Morphology

Code: 25484 Credits: 5 - Life Stories and Ecology

Code: 20085 Credits: 5 - Limnology I

Code: 25485 Credits: 5 - Basic Ornithology II: Ecology and C

Code: 25384 Credits: 5 - Methodology in Population Analysis D

Code: 25486 Credits: 5 - Environmental Mutagenesis I

Code: 25487 Credits: 5 - Environmental Mutagenesis II

Code: 25488 Credits: 5 - Methods for the Study of Vegetation

Code: 25489 Credits: 5 - Methods for the Study of Vegetation II

Code: 25490 Credits: 5 - Comparative Biology I

Code: 25491 Credits: 5 - Comparative Biology II

Code: 25492 Credits: 5 - Basic Techniques of Molecular Biology I

Code: 25493 Credits: 5 - Advanced Molecular Biology Techniques II

Code: 25975 Credits: 5 - Population Analysis I

Code: 25976 Credits: 5 - Population Analysis II

Code: 26351 Credits: 5 - Cellular Communication in Celomados I

Code: 25383 Credits: 5 - Numerical Ecology

Code: 20092 Credits: 5 - Basic Ornithology I: Bird Morphis

Code: 27160 Credits: 5 - Phylogeography I

Code: 27161 Credits: 5 - Phylogeography II

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Additional Information

Registration
Requirements
Costs

2nd semester

2022

* Subject to demand

Collection opening

2022 May 18

Collection closing

2022 June 22

Registration opening

2022 May 19

Registration closing

2022 June 24

Admission results

2022 July 21

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Anyone who meets the following requirements may register:

Having passed the tenth grade or being in the process of doing so.
Having taken the Saber 11 State Examination as of 2016.
A minimum score of 31 points in each of the tests that make up the State Test: Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, Natural Sciences and English.

NOTICE 1:For applicants exempted from the English test, according to Article 1 of Decree 34 of 1980 of the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, only the scores in Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, and Natural Sciences will be taken into account.

A person may not register, even if he/she complies with the above requirements and if he/she does so, his/her registration will be cancelled:

He/she is enrolled in any academic program of studies at the UIS.
He/she has a disciplinary sanction in force at the UIS.
He/she has lost student status for poor academic performance on more than one occasion.
He/she is applying to the same program of study from which he/she was excluded due to poor academic performance or has not renewed enrollment in said program.
He/she has initiated without concluding studies, more than one Academic Program at the UIS. No person may attend more than two undergraduate programs at the UIS. Article 5, Agreement 16 of 2008 of the Superior Council.

NOTICE 2:In case of being admitted, the student who obtained his bachelor’s degree abroad or its equivalent, must submit the validation of the degree to the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, if you have not done the procedure enter this link

Inscription

$100.000

FOR 1 PROGRAM

Inscription

$150.000

FOR 2 PROGRAMS

The semester is settled according to the economic capacity of the family unit. Occila between 1 and 8 SMLMV. * SMLMV is equivalent to the legal monthly minimum wage in Colombia, at the time of settlement.

For more information, contact the Admissions and Academic Registry.

Maximum 2 enrollment programs.

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Additional Information

Registration
Requirements
Costs

2nd semester

2022

* Subject to demand

Bucaramanga

Collection opening

2022 May 18

Collection closing

2022 June 22

Registration opening

2022 May 19

Registration closing

2022 June 24

Admission results

2022 July 21

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Anyone who meets the following requirements may register:

Having passed the tenth grade or being in the process of doing so.
Having taken the Saber 11 State Examination as of 2016.
A minimum score of 31 points in each of the tests that make up the State Test: Mathematics, Critical Reading, Social and Citizenship, Natural Sciences and English.

A person may not register, even if he/she complies with the above requirements and if he/she does so, his/her registration will be cancelled:

He/she is enrolled in any academic program of studies at the UIS.
He/she has a disciplinary sanction in force at the UIS.
He/she has lost student status for poor academic performance on more than one occasion.
He/she is applying to the same program of study from which he/she was excluded due to poor academic performance or has not renewed enrollment in said program.
He/she has initiated without concluding studies, more than one Academic Program at the UIS. No person may attend more than two undergraduate programs at the UIS. Article 5, Agreement 16 of 2008 of the Superior Council.

Inscription

$100.000

FOR 1 PROGRAM

Inscription

$150.000

FOR 2 PROGRAMS

For more information, contact the Admissions and Academic Registry Office.

Maximum 2 enrollment programs.

Start registration process

Program

Professors

Sergio Andrés Marchant Rojas, professor of the School of Biology, is introduced to the general public and the educational community. D. in Biological Sciences. The photo was taken in the foreground, white background and the professor is located in the center.

Sergio Andres Marchant Rojas

Doctor of Biological Sciences

Enrique Arbeláez Cortés, professor of the School of Biology, is presented to the general public and the educational community. D. in Biological Sciences. The photo was taken in the foreground, white background and the professor is located in the center.

Enrique Arbelaez Cortes

Doctor of Biological Sciences

Andrés Felipe Castaño Gonzales, professor of the School of Biology, is introduced to the general public and the educational community. D. in Biology. The photo was taken in the foreground, white background and the professor is located in the center.

Andres Felipe Castaño Gonzalez

Doctor of Biology

Björn Reu

Doctor of Geography

Daniel Rafael Miranda Esquivel

Doctor of Natural Sciences

Jorge Hernández Torres, professor of the School of Biology, is introduced to the general public and the educational community. Doctor of Science (Molecular Biology). The photo was taken in the foreground, white background and the professor is located in the center.

Jorge Hernandez Torres

Doctor of Science (Molecular Biology)

Jose Gregorio Moreno Patiño

Doctor of Science (Biology)

Francisco José Martínez Pérez, professor of the School of Biology, is introduced to the general public and the educational community. D. in Biological Sciences. The photo was taken in the foreground, white background and the professor is located in the center.

Francisco Jose Martinez Perez

Doctor of Biological Sciences

Nelson Facundo Rodríguez López, professor of the School of Biology, is presented to the general public and the educational community. D. in Agricultural Sciences (Plant Physiology). The photo was taken in the foreground, white background and the professor is located in the center.

Nelson Facundo Rodriguez Lopez

Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (Plant Physiology)

Fernando Rondon Gonzalez

Doctor of Science (Biology)

Jorge Luis Fuentes Lorenzo

Doctor of Agricultural Sciences

Luz Nayibe Garzon Gutierrez

Doctor of Agricultural Sciences

Maria Isabel Criales Hernandez

Doctor of Biology

Victor Hugo Serrano Cardozo

PhD in Biological Sciences

The UIS School of Biology presents its research groups to the educational community and the general public. Photo taken at the Guatiguará Campus, in one of the laboratories where you can see a member of the research groups handling one of the equipment of the place.

research

Groups and Hotbeds

Biodiversity Study Group (GEBIO)

Research group

Industrial Biotechnology and Molecular Biology (CIBIN)

Research Group

Plant Ecophysiology and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GIEFIVET)

Research Group

Microbiology and Genetics (GIMG)

Research Group

Socio-Ecological Studies

Hotbed of Research

Genetics and Biotechnology Hotbed

Hotbed of Research

Seed of Hydrobiological Studies

Hotbed of Research

Ichthyology Seedbed

Hotbed of Research

Plant planet & global change hotbed

Hotbed of Research

AGREEMENTS

and allies

The UIS has established different agreements with national and international entities in order to have a greater impact on their training, teaching, research and related processes in the articulation of the public university with the different social actors.