If you're planning on pursuing an advanced education in a field of health following Alfred University, take a look and see how our pre-health advising can prepare you with an advanced track of courses. We'll guide you through the process that makes you a competitive candidate for admission to the health-related profession or graduate program of your choice.
School/Division
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Campus Locations
Main Campus - Alfred, NY
Pre-Professional Advising
Pre-Health
Work with your academic advisor, professors, and dean to develop a comprehensive, thoughtful plan to transition to medical school.
From pre-med to veterinary, dentistry to psychiatry, we have what you need to start med school following graduation from AU.
AU now offers students a choice of three tracks with guaranteed acceptance into Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Get on the right track to becoming a licensed physician of animals with specialized Veterinary Advising.
If you're interested in attending medical school after Alfred University, learn how our pre-med advising can prepare you with an advanced track of courses now.
Pharmacists have one of the most important jobs in the health field. Get the advising you need now to enter the post-graduate program of your choice.
Prepare for your graduate and doctoral level education in dentistry with our dentistry advising curriculum.
If you have a love for anatomy, helping people, and you like a challenge, the Physical Therapy advising curriculum is right for you.
Learn how to care for and bring comfort to patients following medical school with our PA advising curriculum.
Aspiring to become a chiropractor? Learn how Alfred University can best advise you to enter into the chiropracty graduate program of your choice.
Our Pre-Health Psychiatry curriculum prepares students to enter medical school with the focus of better diagnosing mental disorders and enhancing treatments toward recovery.
Learn how to prevent outbreaks and target specific health issues in grad school and beyond with our Public Health Advising curriculum.
With additional training, Alfred University gives you the best opportunities to get into various specialized medical programs as a post-grad.
The Pre-Health Sciences Concentration provides students with the core science courses that are a prerequisite for application to most health-related graduate professional programs. Students interested in professions in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, optometry and other allied health fields may want to pursue this concentration in conjunction with their major.
The Pre-Health Sciences Concentration, with its breadth of courses in the sciences, provides a solid foundation for advanced courses in the sciences as well as basic science preparation for health professions graduate programs.
While the Pre-Health Sciences Concentration meets the core science requirements expected for admission to most health-related professional schools, additional requirements are required by different schools (eg, advanced level courses, minimum grade point average, courses in the humanities or social sciences, internships in the field, etc.). Students are advised to familiarize themselves with these additional requirements, many of which can be fulfilled at Alfred University within the context of your undergraduate degree.
This is a concentration for those who seek admission to health professional programs, usually upon completion of a baccalaureate degree. This degree concentration prepares students for entry into postbaccalaureate health professional schools by providing a curriculum that includes the natural and physical sciences and relevant quantitative reasoning coursework.
If future career goals include medical school, dental school, pharmacy school or veterinary school (for example), then the Pre-health Sciences concentration is a good fit. The required courses include those science courses that are typically required of most post-baccalaureate health professional schools.
The courses and resources for the concentration already exist at Alfred University. Students currently preparing for pre-health professional schools already taking these courses will now receive recognition on their transcript that they have been successfully completed.
To have this concentration recognized on the student’s transcript, students must have at least a B- in each required course and a minimum 3.0 GPA in the concentration requirements. A total of 40 credit
hours fulfill the concentration.
The Pre-Health Sciences Concentration is intended to complement a major in any discipline. The
required courses give students a solid grounding in various science disciplines. This concentration is a portrayal of Alfred University’s support and preparation of students for professional degrees in health-related fields.
The concentration exists at numerous other institutions both large (Baylor University, Clemson University, DePaul University, East Carolina University, Mississippi State University, University of Central Florida) and small (Michigan Technological University, Radford University). This concentration is very similar to other pre-health concentrations offered. They all require basic introductory biology and chemistry courses.
A concentration is a particular focus within a discipline. Even though students do not have to be a science major, they may still declare the Pre-Health Sciences Concentration. A minor may consist of no more than 24 credit hours and would not be able to be fully representative of the requirements of prehealth professions.
Yes, just as with any requirement in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (as evident with general education curriculum), classes may fulfill both the Pre-health Sciences Concentration and any major, minor, concentration, or general education requirement.
Alfred University's Advisory Committee for the Health Professions guides students through the process that will make them competitive candidates for admission to the health-related profession or graduate program of their choice. Committee members are full-time teaching faculty from a wide variety of disciplines who are knowledgeable about admission requirements.
Health professions programs look for diversity in their applicants and Alfred University is ideally suited to providing students interested in pre-health with a well-balanced education because undergraduates are able to take courses outside their major and in different colleges within the University as well.
The basic course requirements for different health professions are virtually the same (except for pre-veterinary medicine), including two semesters of each of the following:
These courses are available for all AU students who meet the prerequisites, regardless of the College in which they are enrolled.
Because AU is a university it offers a diversity of curricular opportunities not typically found in a liberal arts college. Programs in Athletic Training, Gerontology, or Biomaterials Engineering are examples of the distinctive programs of special interest to prospective health professions students, which complement the traditional programs in Biology and Chemistry.
Health-related elective courses provide additional perspectives on medicine. Classes offered in our world-renowned School of Art and Design can be useful as well. For example, painting and sculpture might be useful for a future reconstructive plastic surgeon, or pottery for a future dentist. Students interested in veterinary medicine can register for courses in equine science and equine nutrition, taught as part of the Equestrian Studies Program.
Independent study and research opportunities are available to all students across each of the colleges and programs of the University. You can learn more about independent study and research opportunities by contacting a faculty in your specific field of interest. Additional research opportunities are available through the National Research Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU). Students are strongly encouraged to apply for these summer programs during the spring semester.
Alfred University pre-health students have interned in places as diverse as Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the Rosamund Gifford Zoo and the Arthritis Foundation, as well as in laboratories in major research institutions and medical facilities. Internship opportunities for pre-veterinary students are available through the Agricultural Technology Program at Alfred State College.
Alfred University graduates have a successful record of acceptance at medical and professional schools in the health field, including the following:
