Pre-Medical Concentration
If you are interested in psychology and ultimately plan to pursue a career in medicine, consider the pre-medical concentration option. As a pre-medical student, majoring in psychology may be particularly beneficial if you are interested in medical specialties or sub-specialties such as pediatrics, geriatric medicine, sleep medicine, psychiatry, neurology, addiction medicine, and others.
The pre-medical concentration is a pre-professional program that combines the Bachelor of Science degree with a minor in biology and accommodate the specific science courses that are pre-requisites for medical school. This program will allow you to design a competitive transcript and will prepare you to apply to medical school upon the completion of your undergraduate degree.
Students will have the opportunity to explore topic such as:
- child development and behavior
- biological and psychological aspects of aging
- disorders of brain function
- interactions of sleep and memory
- process underlying addictive behaviors
- body/mind interaction in physical and mental health
- influence of sociocultural beleifs and perceptions on health behaviors
Students pursuing the pre-medical concentration should meet with a pre-medical advisor as soon as possible. Students seeking health professions degrees such as Nursing, Clinical Laboratory Science, Communication Disorders, Radiation Therapy, or Respiratory Care may not benefit from the pre-medical concentration.
The degree check list for the Bachelor of Science Pre-Medical concentration can be found here.