Program Overview
The Department of Biology at West Chester University provides a high quality, personalized educational experience for all of our students. Our classes are small and are always taught by full time faculty (never teaching assistants), so you’ll get to know your professors as well as your classmates. Nearly all of our courses have a laboratory component, creating hands-on learning opportunities throughout your entire academic career. Several focused concentrations within the undergraduate curriculum offer options of either specializing for immediate employment upon graduation, or preparing for postgraduate education. Get Involved: Darlington Biological Society (Biology Club) American Society of Microbiology Animal Behavior Club.
Program Highlights
- Opportunities for funded research and published papers in high visibility journals.
- Teaching and research laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities including greenhouses, a biosafety level 3 facility, The Robert B. Gordon Natural Area for Environmental Studies (120 acres of woodland, old field, and wetland habitat), The William Darlington Herbarium (is the second oldest collection of preserved plant specimens in the United States, including 20,000 specimens from 185 to 1860).and The B. Harry Warren Ornithological Collection contains approximately 2000 bird specimens dating back to the late 1800's.
- Study abroad opportunities
What can I do with this degree?
With hands-on technical knowledge as well as communication and analytical skills, biology graduates are prepared for nearly any path they choose—whether it’s education; environmental consulting; health care; law; pharmaceuticals; publishing; industrial, microbiological, biomedical or biotechnological research; or graduate study.
Our graduates have gone on to work at many distinguished companies including:
Accugenix AmeriCorps, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Cahill Associates, Cooper Biomedical, DuPont Environmental Protection Authority, Environmental Resources Management, Inc. GlaxoSmithKline Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Lankenau Hospital, Marine Conservation Biology Institute Merck, Sharpe and Dohme Smith Kline Beecham Sterling Drug University of Alaska, Juneau Whitehead, Institute Wyeth Ayerst
Graduates have pursued advanced study at many distinguished academic institutions including:
Cornell Medical School, Duke University, East Carolina University, North Carolina State University, Penn State University, Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Texas A&M University, Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, Tufts University, University of California, Davis University of California, Santa Cruz University of Guelph, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Kentucky, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, University of New Hampshire, University of North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Schoo,l University of Pittsburgh