Why Study Pre-Health?
Whether you enter your health-professions program immediately after graduation or you choose to take time to explore your interests, when you graduate from Belmont you will be ready to own your future path to work in any lane of the healthcare marketplace.
What You'll Learn
For graduate health programs, the coursework in your first years is essential! They are:
- fundamental to your understanding of upper-level courses
- important for your performance on standardized tests, and of course
- key to a strong GPA in your applications. Just to be clear, you do not need a perfect GPA to get into graduate health programs.
Many students have a bumpy start to starting college or an especially challenging stretch during school, and overcoming these academic dips can show significant academic growth and strength.
However, it can be more difficult to bounce back from long-term academic struggles. Thus, your top focus in your first two years should be your coursework.
Career Possibilities
- Physical therapy (D.P.T.)
- Occupational Therapy (O.T.)
- Physician assistance (PA-C)
- Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.)
- Chiropractic Medicine (D.C.)
Discover Your Path in Health Care with HEALs
Explore your passion for health care with HEALs, Belmont’s unique program that helps you discover the right career path—before committing to a specific graduate track. From your first year, you’ll gain clarity, confidence, and direction in the medical and health professions.
Program Details
Possible majors include:
- Biology with a Pre-Health Emphasis
- Chemistry with a Pre-Health Emphasis
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Psychology (with appropriate pre-requisite courses in chemistry, biology, mathematics and physics)
Discover Pre-Health Clubs
Belmont has several pre-health student organizations, housed in the College of Sciences and Mathematics. Discover the groups here and join the groups that fit your goals on BruinLink.