Osteopathic Medicine Cooperative

Degree Program with Lake Erie College of

Osteopathic Medicine

Phase I/Pre-Med: Bachelor of Science in Biology

or Biochemistry, Seton Hill University

Phase II: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine,

LECOM at Seton Hill

Why Study Osteopathic Medicine at Seton Hill?

Our unique cooperative degree program with the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine enables qualifying Seton Hill pre-med freshmen to also reserve a seat in a medical school right here on our campus - and to earn both an undergraduate degree AND a medical degree in as little as seven years.

At Seton Hill you will be studying at a nationally-recognized liberal arts university, so you will receive not just the best in medical education - you will graduate with a comprehensive skill set and a deeper understanding of the arts, sciences and humanities.

We supply every new full-time student with an iPad2, and every incoming full-time first-year student with a MacBook Pro laptop as well. Seton Hill is a national leader in using technology for education, so you will find your learning experience enriched by professors who design their courses to incorporate the best in emerging technology - from apps to podcasts to multi-user virtual environments.

Seton Hill is just the right size to allow you to get to know your professors and your classmates, and to make new friends that will become your professional mentors and colleagues in the years to come. You will also benefit from a network of Seton Hill alumni who are successful in the medical and health care fields.

Seton Hill has a 90% career placement rate (and 36% of students pursue advanced degrees) so you can expect to graduate with an understanding of where you're headed, and with the knowledge, contacts and resources to get you there.

Since 1885, Seton Hill has been preparing students like you to succeed in life, whatever you choose to do, wherever your life takes you. Here, you will begin a career path with the potential to change lives. Beginning with your own.

Careers in Osteopathic Medicine

Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine, D.O.s, are fully licensed in the same manner as doctors of allopathic medicine, M.D.s., and practice in the same health care institutions. D.O.s differ from M.D.s in that they receive additional training in the musculoskeletal system in order to understand how disease or injury in one part of the body affects another. D.O.s also focus on disease and injury prevention, and practice a "whole person" approach to medicine that goes beyond the treatment of specific symptoms.

How the Cooperative Degree Program in Osteopathic Medicine Works

The largest medical school in the country, The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM), has a medical school site on Seton Hill's campus in Greensburg, Pa. If you are a freshman entering Seton Hill, you can be accepted into LECOM at Seton Hill at the same time through our cooperative degree program.

If accepted, you will begin Phase I of the program at Seton Hill as a biology or biochemistry major. You have the option of completing your undergraduate education at Seton Hill in an accelerated three-year format, or in the traditional four-year program.

If you fulfill the requirements for Phase I of the cooperative degree program, you can then begin Phase II: four years of study at LECOM at Seton Hill. (If you plan to spend four years at Seton Hill and four years in medical school, you would enroll in the "4 + 4" program. The accelerated program is referred to as the "3 + 4" program.)

Students successfully completing both phases of the cooperative degree program receive a Bachelor of Science degree from Seton Hill and a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.