Pre Health Professions, Minor

Many students graduating from SUNY Old Westbury aspire to have careers in the Health Professions. They want to become physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, veterinarians, physician assistants, physical therapists, nurses or any of the many other members of the health care team. The career path to achieve those goals involves post graduate education, clinical training and graduation from an appropriate professional graduate program. Entrance into these programs is now more competitive than ever. There are a variety of courses in which students must perform well that are pre-requisites for acceptance to these programs. These different types of programs have varying pre-requisites and it is not possible to place all of the possible courses together into a single Minor. In addition, many of the students aspiring to these careers are Biological Science Majors, but also many are not. For these reasons the Pre Health Professions Minor is designed to be something that could benefit any student interested in a career in the Health Professions, regardless of their academic major. Completion of the Pre Health Professions Minor will not satisfy all of the Pre-Requisite Courses for Health Professions Programs. Students working towards this minor are strongly encouraged to speak with a Health Professions Advisor to determine which of the offered elective courses will be most beneficial both for the Pre Health Professions Minor and when applying to graduate programs for their chosen career.