Pre-Health Sciences

Pre-Health Sciences is a curriculum option for students that intend to pursue graduate or professional studies in the broad field of Health Sciences, including dentistry, environmental health, medicine, nursing and public health, after graduating from Franklin. The curriculum is designed to ensure that you complete commonly required and recommended courses for pre-health graduate programs while pursuing your chosen major.

General Pre-Health Requirements*	Franklin Courses^†
One year of General Biology with lab	BIO 101 and BIO 102 General Biology with lab
One year of General Chemistry with lab	CHEM 101 General Chemistry with lab
One year of Organic Chemistry with lab	Organic Chemistry to begin in Fall 2021
One year of General Physics with lab	Physics to begin in Spring 2022
One semester of Mathematics	MAT 200 Calculus
One semester of Statistics	MAT 201 or ENV 250 Statistics
One semester of Psychology	PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology
One year of English	WTG 150, WTG 200, CLCS or LIT Writing courses
One semester of Humanities or Social Science	AHT, COM, ECN, HIS, POL, POL, PSY or SJS
One semester of Biochemistry	Biochemistry to begin in Spring 2022
Other Science Courses^‡ 1. Anatomy 2. Physiology 3. Public Health 4. Environmental Health	BIO 297 Wilderness Medicine in a Changing Climate BIO 330 Epidemiology, Disease and Public Health Courses in anatomy, physiology and environmental health to begin in Fall 2022.
*Entry requirements of specific programs may differ among institutions ^†Students entering Franklin with university credit towards specific requirements can apply those credits to substitute for the pre-health courses (e.g. AP, IB, etc.). ^‡May be required by some programs

Health sciences graduate programs are generally looking for well-rounded candidates who not only have the appropriate knowledge, but who also have excellent critical thinking, speaking, writing and quantitative skills, who are team players, who are culturally competent and who have a developed set of ethics and a service-oriented outlook. At Franklin students have a wide array of courses, majors, minors and experiences to choose from that will develop and strengthen these skills.