Overview

What does a typical day look like for a Mount Saint Mary College Biology student? Anything but typical! You might be wading in the Hudson River, helping the Department of Environmental Conservation collect and study eel populations. Maybe you’ll be spending winter break in New Zealand participating in conversation efforts or meeting with your advisor for help with grad school applications. You might be volunteering to teach local families fun science experiments for Family Science Night.

Back in the classroom, you’ll start out in a Biological Principles course aimed at preparing you for scientific study, focusing on lab orientation, writing lab reports, and working as a team. The rest of your biological courses will introduce you to areas of scientific study, including microbiology, ecology, and genetics. Within courses and through other opportunities over breaks, you’ll be encouraged to participate in research and practice presenting that material to others through symposiums and conferences.

You’ll conclude your time in the major with a seminar course broken out over three semesters to prepare you for different aspects of scientific work in the real world. As a Biology major, your coursework is strategically scheduled to allow more time and flexibility in your senior year for applications or entrance exams for graduate or professional school.

Careers

Biology majors are needed everywhere! From public health and teaching to clinics and pharmacy, biologists are needed to help organizations research and make decisions about their impact on life and the world.

In addition to the traditional careers in medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry, many health professional specialists were Biology majors. Optometry, podiatry, chiropractic, medical technology, cytotechnology, and physical therapy all have Biology as their foundation.

Outside of the health professions, there are many varied careers that include zookeepers, museum curators, science writers, agricultural specialists, environmental consultants, genetics counselors, nutritionists, and forensic specialists to name just a few.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Genetics

Biological Principles

Natural Science

Chemical Principles

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-20 00:00:00

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Application deadline: Apply any time — the Mount has rolling admissions.

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Newburgh, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Completed application for admission.
Official copies of their previous secondary and post-secondary academic records. Students must have these documents evaluated by a NACES approved organization.
At least one letter of recommendation in English. If the letter of recommendation is written in the applicant's native language, a signed copy of the translation is acceptable if included with the original letter.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

43920 USD / year

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43920 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

43920 USD / year

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Living costs

Newburgh

United States

1300 - 2834 USD / month

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