{"id":18040,"date":"2018-04-05T15:13:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T19:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/your-pathway-to-medicine\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T11:36:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T15:36:17","slug":"pre-medicine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/why-bu\/academics\/majors\/pre-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Pathway to Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>While pre-medicine\/pre-health is not a major at BU, you can design your own unique course of study while fulfilling<\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span>pre-requisite requirements for any health related field. Our students pursue careers in a variety of health professions including but not limited to dentistry, medicine, physician assistant, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, and veterinary medicine. You can create your own undergraduate path to any of these careers\u00a0by choosing whichever major interests you most since health profession schools do not have a preference!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The most popular pathways:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>College of Arts &amp; Sciences<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">You will find the largest variety of majors in CAS, including common pre-health choices such as biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, and psychology. Though we have students pursuing a variety of majors while on the pre-health pathway such as chemistry, history, physics, and sociology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sargent College of Health &amp; Rehabilitation Sciences: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There are a host of majors to choose from, such as behavior and health, health science, human physiology, and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>College of Engineering<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A major in biomedical engineering can satisfy all of the standard pre-health requirements and prepare you for a variety of careers in engineering and healthcare.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1qxigml9GG4?rel=0&amp;start=8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Pre-Professional Advising Office<\/h3>\n<p>Your path is up to you. To help you find it, BU provides specialized pre-professional advisors for health-related careers. Pre-health advisors are available to provide you with expert guidance and support with selecting courses, clinical, and research opportunities, and to help you navigate and prepare for the application process. Our team will help you learn how to take advantage of all the co-curricular opportunities available to you so you can build a competitive portfolio and become a successful applicant to health profession schools.<\/p>\n<h3><a><\/a>Modular Medical\/Dental Integrated\u00a0Curriculum (MMEDIC)<\/h3>\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(67, 76, 95)\">In the spring of your second year at BU, you can apply to<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prehealth\/academics\/early-assurance-and-other-special-academic-programs\/modular-medical-dental-integrated-curriculum-mmedic\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ogsc=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prehealth\/academics\/early-assurance-and-other-special-academic-programs\/modular-medical-dental-integrated-curriculum-mmedic\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Modular Medical\/Dental Integrated Curriculum (MMEDIC)<\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>designed for qualified, highly motivated students. Students admitted to MMEDIC receive provisional early admission to the<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ogsc=\"\" title=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>or the<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/\" data-ogsc=\"\" title=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/\">Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine<\/a>, and take medical\/dental school-related courses that fulfill undergraduate requirements and enhance students\u2019 transition to the professional schools\u2019 curriculums.The medical track leads to a Doctor of Medicine degree and the dental track leads to a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree, most commonly in combination with a bachelor\u2019s degree from the College of Arts &amp; Sciences; the College of Health &amp; Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College; or the College of Engineering. <\/span><strong><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(19, 23, 30)\" data-ogsb=\"yellow\">Admission to this program is highly competitive.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>\t\t<aside class=\"callout\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-photo left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/admissions\/files\/2018\/04\/h_butoday_995x664_17-1458-MEDBUILDING-004-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-block\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Pre-Health Advising<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lede-text\">Learn more about all the advising resources available to students interested in health professions.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prehealth\/\" class=\"button red\">Pre-Health Advising<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t<aside class=\"callout\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-photo right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/admissions\/files\/2018\/04\/Internship_14-8112-INTENANGIA-003.jpg\" alt=\"Cardio testing lab welcomes SAR senior as part of team.\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-block\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Pre-Medical Internship in the Heart of Boston<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lede-text\">Anubhav Nangia used his summer to intern at the noninvasive cardiovascular imaging center at the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital in Boston.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/2014\/summer-internship-getting-to-the-heart-of-the-matter\/\" class=\"button red\">Read Article<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-medical studies is one of the most popular areas of focus for incoming students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":17916,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18040"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30120,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18040\/revisions\/30120"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}