Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Health Program

A pre-professional program designed by the College of Science and Health for career changers who aspire to pursue a graduate health professions program’s prerequisite coursework leading to a career in one of the following nine fields: Dentistry, Master's Entry to Nursing Practice, Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Practice, Podiatry, Speech Language Pathology, or Veterinary Medicine.

• Pre-Dental 
• Pre-Master's Entry to Nursing Practice (MENP)
• Pre-Medicine (MD or DO)
• Pre-Occupational Therapy
• Pre-Optometry
• Pre-Pharmacy
• Pre-Physical therapy
• Pre-Physician assistant practice
• Pre-Podiatry
• Pre-Speech language pathology
• Pre-Veterinary medicine

The post-baccalaureate (post-bac) program is flexible and allows students who might be working full-time or part-time to complete the courses (offered during the day, Monday through Friday) on a part-time basis at their own pace.  The post-bac program does not bear a certificate, nor will it carry any other type of credential.

Eligibility:

• Be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
  
• Have earned at least a bachelor’s degree with a non-natural science major from an accredited college or university; if an applicant already completed one or two graduate health professions prerequisites, depending on when the courses were completed – and the grades achieved – students may be advised to either repeat them or take one or two advanced-level science courses
• Have earned at least a 3.00/4.00 undergraduate cumulative GPA
• Be in good academic standing at previous institution(s) and be able to return
• Be career changers with little to no lab science background

Benefits of the Post-Bac Program: 

• Rolling admission (on a quarterly basis)
  
• Completion of courses at one’s own pace on a part-time basis
  
• Customized Pre-Health Advising
  
• Opportunity to have a Committee Letter of Recommendation written (depending on professional school program of pursuit) by the Pre-Health Advising Committee
  
• Guidance on identifying and pursuing Volunteering, Shadowing, and Leadership Opportunities
  
• Free tutoring at the Science and Math Learning Center and DePaul’s Learning Commons
  
• Automatic registration for the Pre-Health Program: receive invitations to pre-professional workshops (i.e. personal statement writing, practice interviews, etc.), speaker engagements, student group events, and possible shadowing and volunteering opportunities
  
• Registration for classes before the general non-degree seeking population

To apply, please complete the Undergraduate Visiting/Non-Degree Application.  If you have questions, please call 312-362-8300.