Degrees / Courses

The following is an outline of how to prepare for admission to medical, dental or veterinary school, or one of the allied health programs:

As you begin to do plan your curriculum, you should visit the websites of universities that offer programs to which you might apply. These sites will list any specific courses (including liberal arts courses) that you must complete before applying. Although there are variations, the courses listed below satisfy the math and science requirements for most of the indicated program types:

If, after completing your bachelor's degree, you wish to apply to an Allied Health Program (Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, etc.), you should visit the websites of universities that offer such programs for specific pre-requisites. However, the science requirements generally follow those specified above for Pre-Med students.

The Pre-health Advisory Committee likes to interview candidates for pre-professional and pre-health programs in order to better identify specific strengths and weaknesses and to permit the composition of a more effective letter of recommendation. If you are applying to schools that prefer (or require) individual letters rather than committee letters, please advise the committee of that in advance so that individual letters can be substituted. Letters of recommendation do not accompany your primary application, but are mailed out when you are asked to submit secondary applications. These will be requested by programs still interested in you after reviewing your primary application.