UMass Dartmouth offers a Pre-health Professions Certificate for any student who ALREADY has completed a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year institution but needs to complete the professional program undergraduate requirements before applying to the allied health program of their choice. This is a four-semester course of study and includes the following:
- Inorganic Chemistry with laboratory (CHM 151,161, 152, 162) Pre-requisite: completion of one college level math course*.
- Two semesters of Biology (BIO 121,122,131,132)
- Physics with laboratory (PHY 101,102,103, and 104)
- One or two semesters of Organic Chemistry with laboratory (CHM 251/263; 252/264)
Optional (recommended)
- One or two semesters of Biochemistry with laboratory (CHM 411,412)
- One or two semesters of calculus (MTH 111, 112)
- One or two semesters of Anatomy and Physiology (BIO 221,222,223,224) Note: some programs, such as physician assistant or nurse practitioner programs require anatomy and physiology.
Credit may be given for courses taken during a prior academic program if it is within a reasonable time period. *The math pre-requisite course needed before taking inorganic chemistry could have been completed at any time during your undergraduate experience. You may alternatively take a placement examination if you did not take any college level math course or its equivalent.
Pre-Med and most other pre-health students should plan to take classes during the regular semesters and day-time course hours. Some courses maybe offered later in the day through the office of Professional Continuing Education (PCE). This will be indicated in the specific course listings during the registration period.
Interested students should complete an undergraduate application and submit an official transcript from the institution granting the degree. Be sure to clearly indicate "Pre-Health Certificate" on the application. There is no need to submit high school or SAT information. One letter of recommendation should be forwarded. Please forward your information to the attention of Darcy Stevens(dstevens@umassd.edu) in the Undergraduate Admissions Office.
Alumni of UMass Dartmouth can enter the program by being re-admitted to UMass Dartmouth through the registrar's office. Please contact that office for the details.
Once accepted or re-admitted to UMass Dartmouth, the application will be forwarded to the Pre-Health Professions Director for program advising, suggestions, and help in registrating for courses.
