Description
Teach courses in biological sciences. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
- • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as molecular biology, marine biology, and botany.
- • Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
- • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- • Supervise students' laboratory work.
- • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
- • Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- • Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- • Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
- • Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
- • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
- • Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
- • Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
- • Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
- • Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
- • Act as advisers to student organizations.
- • Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
- • Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.
- • Maintain or repair lab equipment.
- • Prepare materials for laboratory activities and course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- • Assist students who need extra help with their coursework outside of class.
- • Provide students course-related experiences, such as field trips, outside the classroom.
- • Review papers for publication in journals.
- • Participate in campus and community events, such as giving presentations to the public.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
