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Clinical Professions

The Clinical Professions major expands and develops the solid science foundation needed to apply to health professions graduate programs including: medical school, dental school, physician assistant programs, and a variety of other healthcare professions that require post-baccalaureate training.

Students benefit from choosing a rigorous science core that complements their experiential service learning seminars and capstone course experience.

This major provides a great deal of flexibility in choosing upper-division electives that match student interests.

Degree Requirements

In addition to completion of the Core Requirements, the following requirements apply:

  1. Completion of a minimum of 33 hours of approved upper-division coursework with grades of C- or higher. 
  2. Students in the Clinical Professions Major must take at least six credits of science electives and six credits of non-science electives from the approved lists.
  3. Completion of the Experiential Service Learning Seminar sequence and Senior Capstone course with project.
  4. A minimum GPA of 2.0 in all coursework.

Core Requirements

The Core Requirements include the prerequisites for advanced professional training for medicine and various health professions.* NOTE: Many of the core and upper-level courses have prerequisites. Pre-calculus, trigonometry, and general psychology are required as they are prerequisite courses for many of the core and major course requirements. 

Core Requirements for CLINICAL PROFESSIONS: (courses and credit hours)
  • PSY 2012 General Psychology (3)
  • MAC 1105 College Algebra (3)
  • MAC 1140 Pre-Calculus (3)
  • MAC 1114 Trigonometry (3)
  • BSC 2010 Biological Science I (3)
  • BSC 2010L Biological Science I Lab (1)
  • BSC 2011 Biological Science II (3)
  • BSC 2011L Biological Science II Lab (1)
  • CHM 1045 General Chemistry I (3)
  • CHM 1045L General Chemistry I Lab (1)
  • CHM 1046 General Chemistry II (3)
  • CHM 1046L General Chemistry II Lab (1)
  • CHM 3120 Analytical Chemistry (3)
  • CHM 3120L Analytical Chemistry Lab (1)
  • CHM 3217 One Semester Organic Chemistry (4) or CHM 2210 Organic Chemistry I (3) and CHM 2211 Organic Chemistry II (3)
  • BCH 4053 General Biochemistry I (3)
  • CHM 3217L One Semester Organic Chemistry Lab (1) or CHM 2211L Organic Chemistry II Lab (3)
  • PHY 2053C College Physics A  with lab (4)
  • PHY 2054C College Physics B with lab (4)
  • IHS 1100 Exploring Health Professions (1)
  • IHS 2121 Delivering Patient Care (1)
  • IHS 3122 Introduction to Medical Science (1) (Transfer students only)
  • IHS 3931 Problems and Issues in Healthcare (1)
  • IHS 4501 Inquiry in Healthcare Research (1)
  • IHS 4901 Medical Sciences Capstone (3)
     

*Students are responsible for knowing the requirements of the professional schools where they plan to apply. Other courses may be required for specific programs.

Upper Level Requirements

Students must complete 33 hours of electives from the approved list with at least six credits of upper-level science courses and six credits of upper-level courses not in physical or biological sciences. 

The courses approved for the Upper Division Electives are offered by our partner programs that are related to health and may be prerequisites for professional health schools. All students must complete a minimum of 6 credit hours of upper-division science electives and a minimum of 6 credit hours of non-science upper-division electives. 

Prerequisites/co-requisites: Students are responsible for completing the pre-requisites or co-requisites required for courses in which you enroll. Some departments will drop you from a course if you do not have the required prerequisite. However, your failure to have completed appropriate prerequisites is not justification for you to request a course drop outside the normal procedures for course drops.

Major Mapping

The major mapping milestones are designed to keep you on course to graduate in four years.

Milestones are courses and special requirements necessary for timely progress to complete a major. Missing milestones will result in one of two types of map registration stops. The first level (Degree Map Off-track) is placed following grade posting if the student has missed a milestone (course and/or GPA) for the first time in the major. If a student is in non-compliance with milestones for two (2) consecutive semesters (excluding summers), a Major Change Required stop is placed on the student's registration.

Please contact Tory Peek, Program Coordinator for major mapping details.