Pre-Health Professions Concentration (including Pre-Medicine, Pre-Physician Assistant, Pre-Dentistry and Pre-Veterinary Science)
Students interested in these professional health careers can major in biology, selecting courses from the pre-health professional concentration after successfully completing the biology lower-core curriculum. Students also may choose to major in chemistry, biochemistry, or allied health. Other majors are possible, provided the entrance requirements for professional schools are completed. Students should design their academic programs in consultation with their advisors. Students requesting letters of recommendation to professional schools must do so through the Pre-Health Professions Committee by submitting their requests to the departmental office (Cass Sciences Office Suite).
The pre-health professions concentration is designed to prepare students for application to professional schools such as medical, physician assistant, dental or veterinary. The Army ROTC Department can assist pre-professional students with their graduate program finances through the Health Professions Scholarship Program. For more information, contact the Army ROTC Department on campus.
Students must complete a minimum of 23 additional upper division biology credits for the B.S. to be determined in consultation with advisors. All six courses must be selected from the Pre-Health Professions Concentration Electives list. Of the 23 credits, select at least three credits each from Category I, II and III. The remaining upper division BIO electives credits above BIO 200 can be from any category but must be on the Pre-Health Professions Concentrations Elective list (below). The remaining elective requirements cannot include BIO 410, BIO 420, BIO 440, BIO 445, BIO 450, BIO 480, BIO 490 and BIO 495. This concentration is not applicable to the B.A. degree because of the collateral courses required for admission to professional school programs.
Pre-Health Professions Concentrations Electives
Choose a minimum of 23 credits of the following with at least 3 credits each from Category I, II, and III. The remaining credits can be from any Category but must be on the list below:
Requirements for the biology pre-professional concentration:
Total Concentration Credit Hours: 23-24
The following number of credit hours is required in each of the three course areas for the Bachelor of Science in biology degree with a concentration in pre-health professions.
Credit hour summary for B.S. in Biology Degree with a Pre- Health Professions Concentration:
| Biology Core Curriculum |
25
|
| Concentration |
23-24 |
| Collateral Courses |
16 |
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Total Credit hours for Major
|
64-65
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