Bob Jones University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Science=== [[File:ScienceBuildingBJU.JPG|thumb|right|Howell Memorial Science Building]] Bob Jones University supports [[Young Earth Creationism|young-earth creationism]],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bju.edu/academics/college-and-schools/arts-and-science/natural-science/creation/gap.php | title=Gap Theory Statement | publisher=Bob Jones University | year=2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428055404/http://www.bju.edu/academics/college-and-schools/arts-and-science/natural-science/creation/gap.php | archive-date=April 28, 2012 }}</ref> all their biology faculty are young Earth creationists<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bju.edu/academics/majors/biology/ | title=Biology | publisher=Bob Jones University | year=2013 | access-date=March 11, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407143452/http://www.bju.edu/academics/majors/biology/ | archive-date=April 7, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the university rejects evolution, calling it "at best an unsupportable and unworkable hypothesis".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bju.edu/academics/college-and-schools/arts-and-science/natural-science/teaching-science/distinctiveness.php | title=Teaching Science: Distinctiveness | publisher=Bob Jones University | year=2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113012242/http://www.bju.edu/academics/college-and-schools/arts-and-science/natural-science/teaching-science/distinctiveness.php | archive-date=January 13, 2014 }}</ref> According to the BJU website, "More than 80% of our premed graduates are accepted to medical or dental school within a year of graduation."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bju.edu/academics/programs/premed-predent/|title=Premed/Predent, BS}}</ref> The Department of Biology hosts two research programs on campus, one in cancer research, the other in animal behavior.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bju.edu/academics/programs/biology/|title=Biology|work=Bob Jones University|access-date=June 14, 2015}}</ref> Although ten of the sixteen members of the science faculty have bachelor's degrees from BJU, all earned their doctorates from accredited, non-religious institutions of higher learning.<ref name="fkoagz">{{cite web|url=http://www.bju.edu/academics/faculty/bydivision.php?id=1119|title=Faculty β Division of Natural Science|work=Bob Jones University|access-date=June 14, 2015}}</ref> The university's nursing major is approved by the South Carolina State Board of Nursing, and a BJU graduate with a [[Bachelor of Science in Nursing|BSN]] is eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination to become a [[registered nurse]].<ref name="autogenerated1">''Bob Jones University Catalog, 2007β08'', 90.</ref> The BJU engineering program is accredited by the [[ABET|Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.bju.edu/pr/2013/08/07/bju-engineering-program-earns-abet-accreditation/ |title=BJU Engineering Program Earns ABET Accreditation | BJU Public Relations |publisher=Blogs.bju.edu |date=August 7, 2013 |access-date=August 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807024119/http://blogs.bju.edu/pr/2013/08/07/bju-engineering-program-earns-abet-accreditation/ |archive-date=August 7, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page