Professional
Schools
The Cell and Molecular Biology concentration is
designed in part for individuals who wish to pursue
careers in the health professions such as medicine,
dentistry, physical therapy, pharmacy, veterinary
medicine, or allied heath professions. This curriculum
includes all courses required for admission to medical
school. It also will generally meet requirements for
other heath-related programs. However, be sure to check
with departmental advisors and web sites of universities
that you are interested in attending about requirements
for specific programs. In many cases coursework
requirements are not standardized nationally and you may
need to take additional courses for specific programs.
Dr. Nicolay and Dr. Kormanik can advise you about the
choices you will need to make to maximize your chance of
gaining admission to professional schools.
Competition for admission to professional programs is
keen. Therefore, it is important that you apply yourself
at UNCA and achieve at the highest level possible. The
coursework you are required to take within these
professional programs is exceptionally rigorous and
demanding, so begin to prepare yourself now, develop good
study habits and work ethic, and challenge
yourself. While diligent work is absolutely
necessary for admittance, it does not guarantee
acceptance to these highly competitive programs.
You should always consider other career or educational
alternatives to dental, medical, or veterinary school in
case you are not accepted into your first choice of
professional program. Students should consider joining
the Hippocrates Student
Organization that is a campus wide organization for
pre-med and pre-professional students.
Click on the links below for more detailed information
about pre-professional programs in the Biology
Department.
Medicine
Veterinary medicine
Dentistry
Other Professional Schools
(PT, PA, Optometry, Chiropractic, etc)
Nursing
Graduate School