I genuinely enjoy science and would like to major in biology, chemistry, or physics. How strong are these science departments at Holy Cross?
Holy Cross has excellent science and mathematics departments that offer an outstanding undergraduate science education. Holy Cross is a member of the Oberlin Group, a collection of small, liberal arts colleges that are nationally recognized for their excellence in undergraduate science education. Holy Cross has a higher percentage of science majors and a much higher percentage of graduates who have Ph.D.s in science than most major research universities. We have modern laboratories that are well equipped with scientific instrumentation both for instruction and undergraduate research. Science courses are taught by full-time faculty, since our faculty is committed to an undergraduate learning environment in which there is close contact between students and their professors. Above and beyond the courses required for medical school, we offer excellent advanced science course and numerous opportunities for undergraduate research. For instance, in most years more than half of our chemistry a
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