Natural science at the college or university level means digging beneath the surface of what happens in an effort to understand how it happens.
Real science is done at the frontiers of both personal and collective knowledge.
This means scientists and science students must have, not only a great capacity to learn facts, but the ability to manipulate those facts in ways that enable them to see the many facets of a problem and discover ways to solve it. It is often a tedious and difficult undertaking but one that is very rewarding. That means they will be taking laboratory courses in biology and chemistry, and mathematical analysis or calculus, in their very first semester at Immaculata College. In addition to the science and mathematics requirements, about half the courses a biology student will take will be in the areas of the humanities and social sciences. They must be able to continue that pace throughout their college experience.