Pre-Health Sciences
Pre-Health Sciences is a curriculum option for students that intend to pursue graduate or professional studies in the broad field of Health Sciences, including dentistry, environmental health, medicine, nursing and public health, after graduating from Franklin. The curriculum is designed to ensure that you complete commonly required and recommended courses for pre-health graduate programs while pursuing your chosen major.
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General Pre-Health Requirements*
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Franklin Courses†
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One year of General Biology with lab
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BIO 101 and BIO 102 General Biology with lab
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One year of General Chemistry with lab
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CHEM 101 and CHEM 102 General Chemistry with lab
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One year of Organic Chemistry with lab
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CHEM 201 and CHEM 202 Organic Chemistry with lab
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One semester of Biochemistry
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CHEM 301 Biochemistry
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One semester of General Physics with lab
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PHYS 101 Physics for Health Sciences with lab
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One semester of Mathematics (Calculus often recommended)
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MAT 200
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One semester of Statistics
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MAT 201 or ENV 250
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One semester of Psychology
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Any PSY course; PSY 100 recommended
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One year of English
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WTG 150, WTG 200, or CLCS Writing courses
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One semester of Humanities or Social Science
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AHT, COM, ECN, HIS, POL, POL, PSY or SJS
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Other Science Courses‡
Anatomy
Physiology
Public Health
Environmental Health
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BIO 297 Wilderness Medicine in a Changing Climate
BIO 330 Epidemiology, Disease and Public Health
ENV 240 Environment and Health
Other upper-level BIO courses
Anatomy and physiology courses forthcoming
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*Entry requirements of specific programs may differ among institutions
†Students entering Franklin with university credit towards specific requirements can apply those credits to substitute for the pre-health courses (e.g. AP, IB, etc.).
‡May be required by some programs
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Health sciences graduate programs are generally looking for well-rounded candidates who not only have the appropriate knowledge, but who also have excellent critical thinking, speaking, writing and quantitative skills, who are team players, who are culturally competent and who have a developed set of ethics and a service-oriented outlook. At Franklin students have a wide array of courses, majors, minors and experiences to choose from that will develop and strengthen these skills.