The major provides rigorous training suitable for medical school admissions, graduate study in biochemistry or graduate studies in any of the basic medical sciences. It is particularly well suited for students aspiring to M.D./Ph.D. programs. Some recent graduates have also gone on directly to industrial, academic, or research careers, or to law schools and graduate schools of business.

Researchers teach community to grow, harvest and preserve cactus fruit

Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) is used as a food, forage and biofuel crop, but trustworthy, up-to-date information about the plant is limited. With support from the College's Experiment Station unit and in collaboration with the College's Extension unit, John Cushman is growing Opuntia behind the Extension office in Logandale. This is the first experiment there in many years. The large experiment garden is always open for self-guided tours. There, Moapa Valley High School students help researchers to harvest tuna, the fruits from Opuntia. The facility is also home to free workshops on safely harvesting and preserving tuna, which taste like a cross between a watermelon and a mango.