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Pepperdine
University offers outstanding pre-health professional curricula for
those students who plan to apply for admission to professional programs
such as
medicine, dentistry, physician assistant, physical therapy,
veterinary medicine, occupational therapy, podiatry and nursing.
Many of these areas such as medicine and dentistry have a common set
of requirements for admission whereas physical therapy and physician
assistant, for instance, do not. We have a listing of the required
courses for medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine on this
Website (see links on the right). In order to determine the courses
needed for other professional schools such as physician assistant,
you will need to choose some schools you are interested in and then
refer to each school's required list of courses. The pre-health curricula are not degree programs but simply a
list of courses that must be taken. Students can choose any major on
campus and take their pre-health required courses at the same time.
Although many students choose to major in biology, chemistry and
sports medicine there are successful applicants to professional
school from all majors.
As 95% of our pre-health students at Pepperdine are pre-med most
of the information on this Website refers to them. Use the links on
the right for additional information about pre-medicine,
pre-dentistry and pre-veterinary required classes and frequently
asked questions. Use the health professions link button on the right
for information about other health professions. There is also a link
to our current list of pre-med volunteer opportunities in the area.
Pepperdine University provides a wide range of services to
current and former (alumni)
health professions students. The Pre-Health Professions Advisor is available for
advising and writes committee letters of recommendation for medical
school applicants. Letters of recommendation are collected and sent
via
the Natural Science Office. There are pre-health clubs to join,
frequent pre-health speakers, international programs with health
professions opportunities and numerous service learning
opportunities available through the
Volunteer
Center on campus. You have a unique opportunity to pursue
research as an undergraduate with our professors at Pepperdine
including presentation and publication of your work. Our
Seaver College professors and our staff in the Natural Science
office and Career Center provide helpful programs and advice to
enable students to find their passion and pursue it. Use the
contact information listed on this Website if you have any further
questions about our program. |
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