Biology majors at St. Lawrence University have access to an exciting variety of options. As a student, you can utilize laboratories in the LEED Gold-Certified, Johnson Hall of Science. You can study outdoors in the woods or on a local lake in northern New York, or even in another country. Do you want to conduct real-world research and also enjoy the liberal arts college experience? You can definitely do so in the Biology department at St. Lawrence University, with some of the best faculty in their fields.
Students in our biology program study the breadth of the life sciences: from ecology and organismal biology to cellular and molecular biology. A biology degree from St. Lawrence can lead to careers in environmental conservation, science education, research, medicine, physical therapy, and other health industries.
St. Lawrence has also developed quite the reputation among graduate schools and health professional programs like Syracuse, Dartmouth, Albany College of Pharmacy and Penn, as well as biotechnology companies. St. Lawrence has agreements with the SUNY Buffalo School of Pharmacy, the Nursing Program at NYU, the Physician’s Assistant Program at Clarkson, and the Physical Therapy Program at Clarkson for students to pursue a combined degree.
Health Careers range very broadly from those that involve “hands-on” care of individual patients to those that involve examining health and health care practices from a wider, population-level perspective.
The 2023 Bersani Lecture is relevant for all students pursuing a health career.
In this episode, Joe Chiarenzelli '11 shares how he combined his interests in biology and philosophy into a career as a Program Specialist in the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services.
Dr. Cynthia Mondesir, Dr. Heather Jones, Dr. Jillian Bartling, and Dr. Tim Atkinson served as panelists for Foundations of Medicine and pre-health students at the annual Community Physician Reception.
