Molecular Biology & Biomedicine

What You’ll Learn

Core courses will introduce you to the fundamentals of chemistry and physics. You can also study topics like biomechanics, human anatomy, cellular biology, genetics, and modern experimental techniques to analyze cellular functions. You’ll also learn how to conduct, write, and present research.

Outside the Classroom, In the Community

If you plan to pursue medical school, we’ll help you complete an internship or volunteer experience in a hospital, clinic, or other medical settings. This major also allows you to take advantage of the outside, natural laboratory as much as possible in both your lab and travel courses. Some courses also offer the opportunity to visit natural ecosystems across Vermont, the U.S., the Caribbean, Scandinavia, and more.

Special Facilities

The Jeffords Science Center at Castleton recently underwent a million-dollar renovation to upgrade teaching laboratories and independent research space. Castleton also provides access to all that the Green Mountains has to offer, as well as being home Lake Bomoseen, the largest lake within the borders of Vermont. The Johnson campus is home to the Babcock Nature Preserve, teaching laboratories, a greenhouse, an artificial stream laboratory, a cellular and molecular laboratory, and extensive herbarium and vertebrate museum collections.

Certifications

You’ll be eligible to earn your initial licensure in secondary education.

Access To

As a Molecular Biology and Biomedicine student, you will have access to the Vermont Biomedical Research Network, which provides research and networking opportunities with faculty and other students all across the state of Vermont.