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Timelines and Recommended Courses


GPA Calculator

Use the GPACalculators to work out your GPA for Math and Science course work and your GPA for all other courses. Enter the Course Number and Course Name, number of Credit Hours, the letter grade your received, press TAB or click "Compute" and the Calculator will calculate "Quality Points."  Be sure to enter all courses you have taken, including "W"s and repeated courses. Once you have entered all your courses, click "Compute" in the last row to calculate your GPA for each area.  You can then print a copy for your records.

Part I - Math and Science GPA Calculator

Part II - All Other Courses GPA Calculator


Timelines

The timelines available below provide guides for the courses and sequences you will need to follow to prepare for entrance to professional programs in the areas indicated.  You should download or print a copy of the timeline appropriate for your program of study, refer to it when planning your courses, and take it to advising sessions so that you can plan how your individual program of study will help you fulfill the expectations as indicated on the timeline.  Remember that these are guidelines, a "best scenario" approach to the required and recommended courses for your professional aspirations.  Your individual program of study may differ from what you find here, depending on previous course work, transfer credits, and other factors as well.  You should make a point of discussing the differences during advising sessions.

Field
Non-Honors
Honors
Dentistry
Medicine
Occupational Therapy
follow non-honors guide 
follow non-honors guide 
Optometry  
Pharmacy
Physical Therapy
Physician's Assistant
follow non-honors guide
follow non-honors guide
Podiatry
Vet. Medicine

As they are developed, other timelines will be posted. 

If you don't see what you are looking for, check back at a later date.


Recommended Courses

In addition to the foundation courses in the sciences required for entry to many of the professional school programs, there are a number of courses that recommended to help you develop your understanding of the complexities of the modern health care system and the concerns and issues facing health care professionals in the 21st century.

First Year Students
  • First Year Seminar for Pre-Health Students (Fall and Spring)
  • General Education Courses Human Behavior (GB) area:
    GUS or THERAP REC 0813 - Disability Identity

  • Science & Technology (GS) area:
    MECH ENG 0844 - The Bionic Human
 
Beyond the First Year

It is recommended that Pre-professional Health Studies students gain a breadth of understanding of health care and health system issues by selecting at least one course from each of the areas identified below.  Taking one of these and other similar courses each semester (or as your schedule allows) will help you develop your awareness and understanding of contemporary isses, sharpen the focus of your interests, and prepare you for your entrance interview and subsequent professional development.

Medical Humanities

Health Care Policy and Society

Health Care Systems and Management

Medical Anthropology

Anthropology 3332

Medical Geography

GUS 4071

Sociology of Aging

Sociology 2553

Health Economics (P)

Economics 3507

Literature and Medicine English 2901

Health Psychology and Human Behavior

Health Related Prof 2103

International Health

Public Health 1103

U.S. Health Care System

Health Info. Management 3101

Social History of American Medicine

History 4297

Health Policy

Political Science 3154

Disease Prevention and Control

Public Health 2101

Statistics and Research in Health Care

Health Info. Management 3111

Ethics in Medicine

Philosophy 3249

Topics in Medical Sociology

Sociology 2530

Environmental Health

Public Health 2102

Intro. to Healthcare Management

Health Info. Management 3501

Death and Dying

Religion 2096

Health and Disease in American Society

Sociology 2552

AIDS and Society

Public Health 2203

Healthcare Financing and Information Technology (P)

Healthcare Management 3502

(P) indicates prerequiste required.
To see which courses are being offered in the upcoming semester, consult TUCourses.

 

 

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