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Oct 05, 2024
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University General Course Catalog 2024-2025
Pre-Professional Programs
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Description
The following lists are courses that are required for pre-professional programs and are designed to help students complete necessary prerequisites that are requested by professional school programs. Though these programs are meant as a guide, each professional school may have slightly different requirements for admission. Students should consult a pre-professional advisor to plan out their path appropriately as coursework is only one component of admission to professional schools. Most of these programs include coursework that may be overlapped with one’s major or minor requirements as well as coursework from the Core Curriculum. A student’s academic advisor will be able to identify where these overlapping requirements may exist.
Academic Advising
Students pursuing pre-professional programs should meet at least annually with their pre-professional academic advisor. Pre-professional advisors will then be able to designate the student as part of the pre-professional student group for tracking and financial aid purposes. Failure to meet annually with a pre-professional advisor will result in removal from the group.
Pre-Professional Programs
Pre-Medicine Program
These are the most commonly required courses for both allopathic and osteopathic medical schools. Each school’s program may have additional recommended or required coursework. There are other courses that may be beneficial for MCAT preparation. Consult your pre-professional advisor for more guidance.
Most Common Required Courses
Pre-Dental Program
These are the most commonly required courses for dental school. Each school’s program may have additional recommended or required coursework. Consult your pre-professional advisor for more guidance.
Most Common Required Courses
Pre-Optometry Program
These are the most commonly required courses for optometry schools. Each school’s program may have additional recommended or required coursework. Consult your pre-professional advisor for more guidance.
Most Common Required Courses
Pre-Pharmacy Program
These are the most commonly required courses for pharmacy schools. Each school’s program may have additional recommended or required coursework. Consult your pre-professional advisor for more guidance.
Most Common Required Courses
Pre-Physician Assistant Program
These are the most commonly required courses for physician assistant programs. Each school’s program may have additional recommended or required coursework. Consult your pre-professional advisor for more guidance.
Most Common Required Courses
Pre-Physical Therapy Program
These are the most commonly required courses for physical therapy programs. Each school’s program may have additional recommended or required coursework. Consult your pre-professional advisor for more guidance.
Most Common Required Courses
Pre-Occupational Therapy Program
These are the most commonly required courses for occupational therapy programs. Each school’s program may have additional recommended or required coursework. Consult your pre-professional advisor for more guidance.
Most Common Required Courses
Law, Preparatory
Lawyers are central figures in the life of a democratic country. They may deal with major courtroom cases or minor traffic disputes, complex corporate mergers or straightforward real estate transactions. Lawyers may work for giant industries, small businesses, government agencies, international organizations, public interest groups, legal aid offices and universities - or they may work for themselves. They represent both the impoverished and the wealthy, the helpless and the powerful. Lawyers may work solo, in a small group or in a large law firm.
Application Process
Most law schools require that you subscribe to the Credential Assembly Service (CAS). The CAS prepares and provides a report for each law school to which you apply. Information contained in the report includes: an undergraduate academic summary; copies of all undergraduate, graduate, and law school/professional school transcripts; LSAT scores and a writing sample. CAS also provides a Letter of Recommendation Service. For more information visit: http://www.lsac.org .
All accredited law schools in the U.S. require their applicants submit scores from the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). The examination is given four times a year and ideally should be taken no later than the fall when submitting one’s application.
Law schools evaluate applicants according to many criteria, including academic performance, LSAT scores, the personal statement, extracurricular activities, overall accomplishments, and letters of recommendation. One should plan to apply to law school in the fall, one year in advance of the intended date of enrollment.
In assessing applicants, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas –Boyd School of Law looks to:
- Academic Accomplishments: To assess an applicant’s academic accomplishments, the committee considers such factors as undergraduate GPA, trend of college grades, difficulty of the student’s course of study, the quality and grading pattern of the student’s undergraduate institution, the extent of work or other activities engaged in while in college, the date of the undergraduate degree, graduate studies, and performance on the LSAT.
- Nonacademic Accomplishments: The committee will consider evidence of significant accomplishments in extracurricular activities, employment, military service, and community service.
- Individual Background: The committee will consider the applicant’s state of residency; cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic background; and evidence of significant handicaps overcome by the applicant. The committee will also consider any past history of criminality or academic misconduct.
Course Work
Pre-law students are encouraged to challenge their thinking and reasoning skills by pursuing a rigorous and diverse undergraduate program. There are no specific course requirements or recommended majors. Students are urged to choose a major in which they are truly interested and will do well in academically, since the grade point average plays a significant role in the admission process. Suggested courses are those that help develop analytical and logical reasoning skills, composition skills, public speaking ability, understanding of human nature, knowledge of business and the economy, and an understanding of historical contexts.
Pre-law students should develop a foundation of basic skills and values through educational and life experiences which will prepare them to become competent law students and legal professionals. Those seeking to prepare for legal education should develop a command of the English language, and acquire the ability to read with understanding, to think logically and critically, and to perform research and analysis competently.
The Advising Center, Pennington Student Achievement Center, Suite 405, offers a pre-law careers resource library including the Law School Admission Council Official Guide to U.S. Law Schools.
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