Health Related Pre-professional

Pre-Medicine
Pre-Dentistry
Pre-Pharmacy
Pre-Osteopathic Medicine
Pre-Optometry
Pre-Physician Assistant
Pre-Veterinary Medicine
Pre-Physical Therapy
Pre-Occupational Therapy
Pre-Orthotics & Prosthetics

These graduate programs require completion of a bachelor’s degree with a variety of pre-requisite coursework.  You may complete those pre-requisite courses as part of any major, but most students choose to major in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or Kinesiology, as the required coursework for those majors overlaps the most with the pre-requisites.  You will work with an advisor in the Biological Sciences Department, Chemistry Department or Kinesiology Department to help you choose the appropriate courses and prepare to apply to graduate programs.

Pre-Public Health
This graduate program typically requires completion of a bachelor’s degree with several pre-requisite courses.  You may complete these pre-requisite courses as part of any major.  You may work with an advisor in the Biological Sciences Department to help you choose the appropriate courses and prepare to apply to graduate programs.

Medical Laboratory Science
Southwestern Adventist University has formal agreements with both Andrews University and with Tarleton State University which allow our students to take the first three years of Medical Laboratory Science at Southwestern, while completing the fourth, clinical year at either Tarleton or Andrews.  You will still pay Southwestern tuition and will graduate from Southwestern.

Pre-Speech Pathology
Pre-Nutrition
Pre-Dental Hygiene
Pre-Health Administration
Pre-Health Informatics
Pre-Respiratory Care

These programs require you to take two years of pre-requisite coursework before transferring to another institution to complete your degree.  You can complete your two-year Associate of Science degree, while fulfilling the pre-requisites for these programs.  You will work with an advisor in the Biological Sciences Department to help you choose the appropriate courses and prepare to apply to graduate programs. Note that Dental Hygiene can be either a four year bachelor’s degree or a two year associate’s degree.

Pre-X-Ray Technician

This program require a year of pre-requisite courses at Southwestern Adventist University, before transferring to another institution to complete your degree.  You will work with an advisor in the Biological Sciences Department to help you choose the appropriate courses.