Biology (B.A., B.S., minor)

Biology majors at Seton Hill are encouraged to ask questions, make observations, evaluate evidence and solve problems. Whether you choose to pursue a medical career, work in a research field or become a teacher, you will learn how living things work, how they interact with one another and how they evolve.



Faculty

Our experienced Ph.D. faculty will provide you with individualized attention in the classroom and the labs, and will also help to advise you as you make decisions about your future.



Labs

Because laboratory courses are small, you will do more than just watch experiments - you will perform them yourself, using the same sophisticated laboratory equipment that your professors use.



Research Opportunities

As an upperclassman, you'll have the opportunity to take part in ongoing research, both here on campus and through research internships at universities and institutions across the country.

Right here at Seton Hill:

• Biology students are doing research through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science Education Alliance’s PHAGES (Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science) project. 

• A group of student researchers, led by faculty members in chemistry and biology, just completed a multi-year study on the response of individuals with deficiencies in DNA repair pathways to potential toxins. This opportunity came as a result of a Seton Hill contract with IMS Government Solutions, the Department of Defense, and the United States Air Force.

Recent science and health majors at Seton Hill have also participated in research projects at the Mayo Clinic (cell biology), Ohio State University (HIV) and Johns Hopkins University (prostrate cancer).

Earn a Medical Degree in Only Seven Years, Right Here on the Hill

Our unique cooperative degree program with the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) at Seton Hill enables qualifying pre-med freshmen majoring in biology to 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.

Would You Like to Be a Biology Teacher?

If you plan to teach biology, you can also complete the educational requirements for your teaching certification in biology at Seton Hill.