<p>U of Alabama at Birmingham has one of the best Biology and Life Sciences programs in the southeast. While much of the attention goes to graduate studies and research at the UAB medical/health sciences center (and lots of federal grant money, too) the undergraduate Biology department has an excellent reputation.</p>
<p>Incidentally, don’t confuse U of Alabama-Tuscaloosa with UAB. Totally separate and totally different. I think that UAB is a somewhat independent organ of the UA system, while UA-Tuscaloosa is the state flagship campus in the U of A system.</p>