General Healthcare Prerequisites

The healthcare professions represent a blending of science, social science, the humanities, and business. This suggets that to be well prepared a student should seek to be exposed to a wide range of academic and extracurricular experiences. To facilitate this, the Pre-Health Professions Studies Program recommends all students seeking to enter any of the healthcare professions comply with the following minimum core pre-requisites:

Academic

• 2 Semesters of General Biology + Laboratorys
• 2 Semesters of General Chemistry + Laboratorys
• 2 Semesters of English Compositions
• 2 Semesters of College Level Math
• 2 Semesters of Organic Chemistry + Laboratorys
• 2 Semesters of General Physics + Laboratorys
• 1 Semester of Social Science
• 1 Semester of Business or Economics
• 1 Semester of Ethics
• 1 Semester of Genetics
• 1 Semester of Upper Division Biology

Many professional schools have entrance testing requirements. You should check to be certain you know what they are.

While some programs have been known to accept students with GPAs as low as 2.5, that is not the norm. Students seeking to enter healthcare professional schools should strive to maintain a GPA well above 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale).

Extracurricular

• 20 or more hours of community service
• Participation in Clubs and other Organizations
• Participation in activities that increase ones knowledge of career options
• Participation in activities that increase your awareness of issues impacting healthcare and the human community at large.