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Highlights and Opportunities

  • Choose the Premedical and Pre-health Studies co-major in addition to your primary major for a broad-based premedical background and preparation for pursuing advanced degrees in medicine and other healthcare-related fields
  • Tackle the complexities of global health issues with the interdisciplinary Global Health Studies minor, which involves course content from Anthropology, Biology, Microbiology, Statistics, Chemistry, Psychology, Philosophy, Geology & Environmental Earth Science, and more
  • Explore the Public Health major, which offers three different specializations focused on preventing illness and promoting health in individuals, communities, and society as a whole
  • Connect with a full-time premedical advisor, available beginning your first year, to help you complete the course prerequisites for medical and other professional schools
  • Participate in medical-related activities and live with other students who are interested in medical careers via the Premedical Living Learning Community
  • Conduct research with a faculty mentor or propose your own independent research
  • Acquire leadership experience and networking opportunities in student organizations such as the American Medical Student Association, ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ MED, and Phi Delta Epsilon (a medical fraternity)
  • Get involved with the Premedical Advisory Committee, which helps you develop professional school application materials
  • Connect with the Mallory-Wilson Center for Healthcare Education, which sponsors and administers:
    • Merit-based scholarships
    • Symposia and workshops highlighting current topics in health
    • Full immersion job shadowing with practicing physicians, many of whom are ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ alumni
    • A student ambassador program, in which you take an active role in ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ’s premedical community

The College of Arts and Science

Representing nearly half of all students, the College of Arts and Science (CAS) is ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ's largest division and the centerpiece of liberal arts — the wide range of subjects in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities crucial for the development of key professional skills desired by employers.

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