All students should consider what major they would like to complete if they stay at Longwood. If that choice is a Biology major, Longwood has a special program which will count credit for the first year at OT school as the senior year toward a Biology major. A. General Education Core Requirement - 33 credits. See General Education Requirements section of the College Catalog. 128.5 Students should take the Biology Assessment test the spring of their junior year unless they want to return to Longwood in their senior year.
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Students should apply for admission by October of their junior year. Mathematics 171, Physics 101 and 102 are strongly recommended. This option allows a student who gets accepted into a professional program after three years to count their first year of professional school as their senior year as a Biology major. All students in these majors should follow this program if their second choice for a major would be Biology. See sections relating to these majors that follows for additional information.