Preparation for Medicine, Dentistry, Optometry,Podiatry, Pharmacy, and Related Professions Preparation for Medicine, Dentistry, Optometry, Podiatry, Pharmacy, and Related Professions Students who plan to apply to medical, podiatry, optometry, veterinary, dental, or pharmacy schools should obtain a premedical or prepharmacy advisor immediately upon entering the University or upon deciding on a career in medicine. The advisors can help students design a curriculum appropriate for application to professional schools. Medically-oriented students may major in biology, chemistry, or any other discipline. If they major in biology or chemistry, we suggest they minor in a second science area and, specifically for medical schools, they minor also in some non-science area.
Professional programs are rigorous.
Students must demonstrate that they can successfully and comfortably manage a full schedule, allowing time for studies, work, rest, and recreation. Our college has special admission agreements with specific schools of osteopathic medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, physical and occupational therapy, and physician assistants. Professional schools require diverse prerequisites. Thus students are encouraged to determine requirements for particular schools early in their undergraduate careers. A broad liberal arts background including courses in psychology, sociology and the humanities is important in the health sciences.