Biology

The Health Sciences Advisory Committee (HSAC) stands to provide advice and guidance to students interested in preparing for graduate programs in the health sciences. We advise any student from any major interested in a career in health sciences. We have worked with students as far as ten years post graduation to help them with their files.

• The HSAC holds periodic information meetings that often include a special guest visitor speaking about some element of health care or funding for graduate programs.
• The HSAC encourages students to strengthen their profiles throughout their education at St. Mary’s College so that they are strong applicants when they do apply to graduate programs.
• Students applying to medical, vet, dental, and some other programs as requested undergo a mock interview with a committee of faculty who know them best. This experience often makes a huge difference when students go on to their actual first interviews.

A degree in Biology opens doors in a wide range of industries from education to business, humanitarian efforts, scientific exploration and discovery, health care, and human services and advocacy.

Our graduates are known for their responsibility; creative, critical, and analytical thinking; problem solving abilities; intellectual curiosity; and communication skills. These are attributes applied in everyday life, no matter what the person’s chosen field. They are strongly applicable in science and give our graduates advantages not necessarily gained in career-focused education.