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===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.<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>
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