Biology Department
Degrees
The department offers bachelor of science degrees in biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, psychobiology and medical technology. Cooperative bachelor of science degrees in forestry and environmental management with Duke University are also offered.
Collegiate Ranking
The College is known for the strength of its science faculty and the achievements of its science alumni. Recently, Peterson's Guide identified Lebanon Valley College as one of 200 colleges and universities in America offering outstanding programs in the sciences and mathematics.
The biology program has had a remarkable record of success in the placement of graduates. In the last five years, 60 percent of the graduates have gone on to graduate or professional schools. Biology graduates have received ITT-Fulbright fellowship, National Science Foundation Pre-Doctoral, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Pre-Doctoral fellowships, and a Fulbright Fellowship.
Facilities and Equipment
The department, located in the Neidig-Garber Science Center, has eight teaching laboratories including two first-year labs, nine student research laboratories, a biotechnology suite, a microscopy suite with SEM and TEM, two greenhouses, an animal room with cage washer, an aquatics room, cell and tissue culture rooms, photographic dark rooms and a printing room, and a walk-in environmental chamber. The entire building is equipped for both wireless and hard-wired communications and there are several study rooms and lounge areas for student use.
Students benefit from hands-on training with modern instrumentation. Major teaching/research instrumentation includes an ISI scanning electron microscope, Zeiss transmission electron microscope, ultramicrotomes, photomicroscopes, fluorescence microscopes, IWorx data collections stations in the physiology labs, ultracentrifuge, high speed centrifuges, several Ocean Optics spectrometers, a UV/VIS spectrophotometer, biological safety hood, a Panasonic microvideo system. Each teaching lab is also outfitted with a projection system for microvideo cameras.