By choosing Converse as a stepping stone toward one of these career fields, students will receive the proper preparation and skill for their chosen professions. To enrich the pre-professional programs, the departments also offer internships in which students earn academic credit for study and work at a business, a government office, a service agency, or other organizations within the profession. Since the studies in the pre-professional programs are primarily theoretical, the internship brings theory and practice together, thereby enriching the educational process. Pre-Law Law schools seek students who have strong conceptual and analytical skills, high verbal facility, and the ability to think creatively. Such skills and abilities can be obtained from the wide variety of majors in our liberal-arts curriculum.
Law schools require no specific undergraduate curriculum for admission.
Pre-law students often choose majors in English, history, politics, philosophy, religion, sociology, or economics. The courses listed below are the minimum entrance requirements for most medical and dental schools. Additional courses are listed in the College catalog and are highly recommended. The length of this pre-professional program will depend upon the abilities of the individual student, the pharmacy school of her choice, and her career goals. A strong aptitude should be shown toward the sciences.