Life sciences (or biological sciences) are basic disciplines of medicine, agriculture and conservation. In past two decades, biological researches became dominant and greatly change our health, food and natural environment. Following the trends of modern biological sciences, the College of Life Science, NTU, was established in 2003. The Department of Life Science is reorganized from the former Institute of Fishery Science, Departments of Zoology and Department of Botany. The department offers undergraduate program only from 2003-2013. In 2013, the department merges the Institutes of Zoology, and offers master and doctoral degree.
Department Goals:
A. Promote leading research
B. Training life science professionals with a diverse field of expertise and vision
Educational objectives:
Training life science professionals with self-learning, critical thinking and independence by integrating basic biological knowledge and modern biotechnology.
A. Processing a broad and thorough professional knowledge.
B. Having a sufficient historical background and prospective about biological sciences.
C. Using multidisciplinal knowledge (natural sciences, social sciences and humanities) to explore phenomenon of life.
D. Using the scientific method to solve problems with a scientific attitude.
E. Having the ability to study a scientific topic, such as collect wide range data, determine the validity, integrate the data, and present the result and idea in a structured way.
F. Having biological experiment operating skills and the ability to use relevant equipments.
G. Analyzing the experimental data using mathematical and statistical methods, and showing the results.