| | Students at RWU | Biology Department | Participants in study |
|---|
Biomajorsi | Nonmajorsk |
|---|
Number | Percenta | Number | Percente | Number | Percentj | Number | Percentj |
|---|
Total | 3,806 | 100 | 322 | 100 | 237 | 49.7 | 239 | 50.3 |
8.5a | 6.2a | 6.3a |
73.6e | NA |
Females | 1,899 | 49.9 | 214 | 66.4 | 138 | 58.2 | 118 | 49.5 |
Males | 1,907 | 50.1 | 108 | 33.6 | 99 | 41.8 | 121 | 50.5 |
Freshman | 1,179 | 31.0 | 107 | 33.3 | 91 | 38.4 | 10 | 4.2 |
Sophomore | 947 | 24.9 | 81 | 25.3 | 73 | 30.8 | 159 | 66.6 |
Junior | 905 | 23.8 | 69 | 21.3 | 34 | 14.5 | 40 | 16.7 |
Senior | 775 | 20.4 | 65 | 20.1 | 39 | 16.3 | 30 | 12.5 |
New England | 2,942 | 77.3b | 239 | 74.2f | NA | NA | NA | NA |
East Coast | 719 | 18.9c | 66 | 20.4g | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Other | 145 | 3.8d | 17 | 5.4h | NA | NA | NA | NA |
- Note that except for the larger enrollment of female than male students in biology, the biology profile is in accordance with the entire university, a trend that coincides with the biomajors subsample. The nonmajors subsample has a heavier representation of sophomores who are expected to enroll in science core during their second academic year. Participants in the study represent 12.5% of the total number of students at RWU
- aPercentages in respect to total number of full time students at Roger Williams University
- bRWU New England natives correspond to MA 36.3%, CT 20.8%, RI 11.6%, NH 4.7%, ME 2.4%, VT 1.5%
- cRWU East Coast natives correspond to NY 10.0%, NJ 6.8%; PA, MD, DC, VA (<2%)
- dRWU other natives correspond to 20 states (<1%)
- ePercentages in respect to Biology Department
- fBiology Department New England natives correspond to MA 34.3%, CT 18.5%, RI 10.8%, NH 5.9%, VT 2.5%, ME 2.2%
- gBiology Department East Coast natives correspond to NY 10.2%, NJ 7.4%, PA 2.5%, MD 0.3%
- hBiology Department other natives correspond to seven states (<2%)
- iBiology majors responded to the survey during lecture hours in ten courses (Fall semester). Freshman: Introductory Biology (91); sophomore: Anatomy and Physiology (19), Animal Behavior (13), Conservation Biology (4); junior: Ichthyology (28), Marine Vertebrate Biology (23), Genetics (4); senior: Ecology (23), Phycology (17), Developmental Biology (15). Note that Evolution, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Virology, and Microbiology (not listed) are offered in the Spring semester; biology courses at RWU have an evolutionary perspective
- jPercentages in respect to participants in the study
- kNonmajors responded to the survey during lecture hours of Core-101 Scientific Discoveries in Context (eight sections, 30 students/section)
