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Choosing a Major
Earning a B.S. or B.A. degree in college requires selecting a major
and there are advantages in doing this early. Terms such as premed
or pre dental are only descriptive labels since Florida Sate
University does not award any pre health degrees.
Health profession
schools understand the importance of applicants having a strong
foundation in the natural sciences, biology, chemistry, physics, and
mathematics and these schools have established course requirements
for admission to their programs. Usually, these science requirements
represent about one-third of the credit hours needed for graduation.
In truth, graduate health programs don’t care what students choose
to major in because they believe the essential skills necessary in
becoming a good practitioner can be obtained through a variety of
academic disciplines.
Students can use two criteria to help select a major:
1. Select a major that you are interested in; something which would
be a backup plan if you are not successful in getting into medical
or dental school etc.
2. If you don’t have an interest outside of the health field, choose
a major which includes the prerequisites required by your career
field.
Professional schools are not as concerned with what major the
applicant has chosen but more interested in how well they performed
within their major. Over the years, most health profession students
have majored in the sciences either because they were interested in
the coursework or they felt it was the most practical way to
complete a degree and their prerequisites.
At FSU, the College of
Human Sciences
www.fsu.edu/~human offers programs in health related fields that
also requires most of the medical, dental and pharmacy school
prerequisites.
Students can also contact the Career Center
www.career.fsu.edu , the Center for Undergraduate Student
http://registrar.fsu.edu/bulletin/undergrad/info/advising.htm,
or speak with an an advisor from Retention and Academics Support:
Lmahler@admin.fsu.edu.
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