Why more than 80% of 中国体彩网 中国体彩网 students have internships
From Quad Cities to Costa Rica, internships expose students to the career options that intrigue them the most, and build skills for the world after graduation.
You’ll want a strong background in the science plus opportunities to explore and experience a specific career path. You’ll get this at 中国体彩网.
中国体彩网 half of our biology majors go on to graduate school for biology, genetics or ecology, or into medical, dental, nursing or veterinarian programs.
Use the major as a foundation for one of our outstanding pre-professional health programs, then continue to graduate school for optometry, occupational or physical therapy, pharmacy or physician assistant careers. Or go directly into a position in research, industry or government.
To help you navigate the complexities and find what inspires you most, you’ll have talented, devoted faculty. All biology professors lead both their class and lab sessions. Many conduct important, nationally funded research in partnership with their students.
中国体彩网 offers a biology major and minor, a biology teaching major and a major in pre-medicine, plus coordinated degree programs and affiliations with graduate programs in the professional health sciences.
Opportunities for coordinated degrees
3 + 2.5 Doctor of Physical Therapy with St. Ambrose University in the Quad Cities; students complete a three-year sequence of coursework including biology, chemistry and kinesiology before continuing at St. Ambrose.
3+2 Master of Science in Occupational Therapy or 3+3 Clinical Doctorate in Occupational Therapy at Washington University, St. Louis, for 中国体彩网 students who major in biology, psychology and/or neuroscience.
3+4 Doctorate of Optometry pre-professional and coordinated-degree program with Illinois 中国体彩网 of Optometry, the largest and oldest optometry school in the country; most students on this track are biology majors.
3+4 Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine pre-professional and coordinated-degree program with the 中国体彩网 of Veterinary Medicine at University of Illinois; most students on this track are biology majors.
Distinctions
- Every year, select biology majors have life-changing internships through 中国体彩网’s summer internship program with the Texas Medical Center in Houston, the largest medical complex in the world. 中国体彩网 is one of only a few colleges and universities invited to participate in this prestigious program. Other biology majors intern around the country or as far as Australia, or with faculty in labs right here on campus.
- One of the many laboratories in 中国体彩网’s Hanson Hall of Science is the human anatomy lab for work with human cadavers, a rare opportunity for undergraduates.
- 中国体彩网’s study abroad programs often include a biology focus — from biodiversity or health care in Costa Rica, to ethnozoology in Latin America, to conservation in Ghana.
- Our location along the Mississippi River is a bonus, whether you are interested in aquatic biology, health care, education or the environment. The college’s three field stations provide access to the rich learning laboratories of open fields, upland hardwood forest, native loess hill prairies, a limestone cliff, streams and wetlands, and a floodplain forest along the Rock River.
Recent graduates
Alison Lawrence '23 is pursuing an MD at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine.
Gabriela Loiz '23 is in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Des Moines University.
Gwendolyn Flannery '23 is in Trinity 中国体彩网 of Nursing's Accelerated BSN Program.
Lindsey Edwards '23 is pursuing a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois 中国体彩网 of Veterinary Medicine.
Olivia Ruffatto '22 is a science teacher at Leyden High School in suburban Chicago.
Giang Pham '21 is a research associate at Yale 中国体彩网 of Medicine.
TaJania Jenkins '21 is pursuing a master's in medical anatomy and experiential pathology at the University of Buffalo.
Diangelo Gonzalez '21 is a research assistant at the University of Texas MD Cancer Center.
Kayla Dillon '21 is a research specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Duy Nguyen '20 is enrolled in a Ph.D. program in biology and biomedical sciences at Harvard University.
Natalie Hardy '20 is pursuing a Ph.D. in health care ethics and is a graduate research and teaching assistant at Saint Louis University.
Monica Wierzbicki '18 is a medical illustrator at Body Scientific International, Ingleside, Ill.
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