Degree Detail


Program Overview

The Biologymajor at MountAloysius College prepares students to enter careers in biology or to pursue graduate or professional education with a foundation in the liberal arts. The goals of the program include:

  1. familiarizing students with the process of science;
  2. preparing students for biologically-based careers or for graduate/professional study through an organism-focused biology curriculum; and
  3. engaging students in the quest for a life-long commitment to learning.

Entrance Requirements

  1. Completion of high school coursework in biology, chemistery, and algebra with a “C” or better.
  2. Acombined score of 900 on theMath and Critical Reading sections of the SAT or a 19 on the ACT. Any required Educational Enrichment courses per the results of SAT or ACT testing must be completed with a “C” or better prior to achieving sophomore status.