A degree in biology can lead to many careers that are service oriented. Three areas of particular concern to us are medicine, allied health and education. Geneva has a long established premedical program. This compares very favorably with the national average. The premedical program also includes students entering schools of dentistry, podiatry, optometry, and chiropractic.
Cardiovascular technology is our most popular allied health program.
Students in this program spend their senior year at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia, training to be part of a heart catheterization team. This program has experienced a high rate of placement over the past fifteen years and a national shortage of trained cardiovascular technologists is not expected to be remedied in the foreseeable future. Medical technologists spend three academic years at Geneva completing courses in basic and advanced biology and chemistry and required core curriculum courses. The fourth year of training is spent at one of several affiliate hospitals Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, PA, Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, St. Vincent Health Center in Erie, PA, or any nonaffiliated hospital. Currently two of the more popular allied health areas are Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant.