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Programs

Geology
A minor in geology provides students with a broad introduction to geology, including several comprehensive field experiences.

Water Resources Program
The Water Resources Major is interdisciplinary, requiring courses in biology, chemistry, geology, physics and mathematics, in addition to water resources. It is designed to prepare students to meet the growing demand for water resource managers and scientists.

Resources

Water Quality Program
Heidelberg College's Water Quality Laboratory is nationally recognized for the collection, analysis and interpretation of the environmental data necessary for improved water resource management.

Natural Areas
Heidelberg administers four natural areas which total nearly 100 acres and are an average distance of 15 miles from campus. In addition, state-managed river and marsh preserves are within a half-hour's drive. Heidelberg's natural areas represent four different types of woodlands. Two of these parcels, undisturbed for more than a century, were given to the College by two alumni, Paul Bartholomew and Wayne Funk. Also readily available to students for field study are Rock Creek, which flows through the main part of campus.

Museum
Heidelberg has a large museum with specimens of minerals and displays of fish, native trees, birds, shells, butterflies and mammalian skulls. The collection of invertebrate fossils from America and Europe is unusually complete.

Belize
Living but 30 yards from the Caribbean shore, this class (spring vacation in alternate years) spends several days snorkeling on the second longest barrier reef in the world. Overnight trips inland investigate the world's only jaguar reserve, several ancient Mayan ruins and life in the contemporary Creole, Carib and Mayan villages.

Internships
In recent years Heidelberg biology majors have filled internships in a wide variety of situations. Local internship opportunities have included those provided by a large wholesale drug and surgical supply business, the U.S. Forest Service, Waste Management, Inc., area departments of health, Ohio EPA, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Toledo Sight Center, hospitals and nursing homes and the Heidelberg Water Quality Laboratory. Students have completed internships with the National Institutes of Health near Washington, DC and in programs with various universities and research facilities.