The information provided below is in outline form for ease of presentation on the home page. Traditionally, students seeking careers in medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, veterinary medicine, and other health-related areas have chosen to major in the biological or physical sciences. However, it is possible to select a major in non-science areas, provided a solid grounding in science is achieved. Generally, professional schools define such grou nding to be one year each of college inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, biology, and English.
Some schools also require a year of calculus or college mathematics.
The pre-health office offers further advice and recommendations on course work over the next three and a half years, suggests summer jobs, and provides information about health professional schools. As a service to students, the office maintains a file containing letters of recommendation, evaluations from professors, and other materials necessary for professional school applications. You MUST choose one sequence. You may NOT switch between sequences. 1 year-Mathematics Calculus is preferred.