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The Bachelor of Science in Biology - Pre-Medical at Seton Hill will prepare you for medical school, and careers in medicine, dentistry, optometry and more. 

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Why Study Biology - Pre-Medical at Seton Hill?

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At Seton Hill University, you will enjoy learning from faculty who are scientists, researchers, biologists, chemists, exercise physiologists, doctors and dietitians with practical experience in their fields of expertise. 

Courses

Seton Hill's Biology - Pre-Med curriculum includes the course requirements for most medical schools, including courses required for the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Early Acceptance Program. Courses include 6 credits of Biology elective courses. You can choose options that are commonly part of the medical school curriculum, like Microbiology, Histology and Immunology. 

Apple Distinguished School

Apple Distinguished School

Seton Hill has been an Apple Distinguished School for more than a decade, due to the strength of our innovative Mobile Learning at the Hill Program. Here, all full-time traditional undergrads are provided with MacBook Air laptops. Our campus infrastructure supports all types of online learning and discovery.

Boyle Health Sciences Center

Seton Hill’s new Boyle Health Sciences Center provides up-to-the-moment technology and resources throughout its clinical and research classrooms and labs. 

LabsLabs Taught by Faculty

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

Anatomage Tables & Human Anatomy Lab 

Anatomage tables allow you to take a digital, interactive look into the systems that make up the human body, from muscular and skeletal systems to nerve pathways. This learning is supported by hands-on experiences in our Human Anatomy Lab

Research & Internship OpportunitiesFaculty/Student Research

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

Current and recently-completed research projects here on The Hill include:

      • A semester-long research study conducted through General Biology Laboratory 2 investigating the ecological effects of caffeine micropollution
      • The antimicrobial efficacy of foods containing monosaccharides, sulfoxides, alkaloids, flavonoids, and terpenoids on human microbiome bacteria growth and survival
      • Identification and characterization of novel bacteriophages in the Greensburg, PA region
      • Relationship between protein levels and polymorphisms in the ACE2 surface receptor and Covid-19 severity
      • An inquiry-based, semester-long drug discovery project conducted through General Biology Laboratory 1, identifying and characterizing the medicinal effects of plants
      • An inquiry-based, semester-long research project conducted through Cell Biology Laboratory studying the impact of chemicals found in cigarette smoke on cell survival and protein expression

View more recent research projects and internships completed by Seton Hill students here.

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