波士顿学院的生物学系致力于在研究密集型环境中对本科生和研究生进行教育和指导。我们的教师擅长于对学生的教学和建议以及先进的研究。结果，学生在实验室和教室中都享有独特的氛围，这是严格的学术和人际关系共同定义的。当前的教师奖学金和专长领域包括细胞和发育生物学，微生物学和免疫生物学以及生物信息学。生物化学是一门跨学科专业，由生物和化学部门共同管理。该专业为学生提供了生物化学以及生物学和化学相关课程的广泛背景。
Biochemistry is an interdisciplinary major, administered jointly by the Biology and Chemistry departments. The major provides the student with a broad background in biochemistry and related courses in biology and chemistry. The Bioinformatics Concentration is offered to students majoring in Biology, Mathematics, and Computer Science.<br><br>In order to obtain a concentration in Bioinformatics a student must complete a number of core and elective requirements. Courses that count towards a student's primary major can be used to simultaneously count towards the bioinformatics core or elective requirements as well. For example, the basic requirements for the biology major will automatically fulfill the required elective course requirement at the level of BIOL 2000 or above, and the BIOL 4200, BIOL 5240, or BIOL 6160 courses can double count to fulfill biology electives. Computer science majors will naturally fulfill the three CS course requirement in their primary coursework. Computer science students taking the B.S. option will also naturally fulfill the Probability requirement through CSCI 2244 (Randomness and Computation).