This Spring, the UNC Asheville Pre-health Advisory Committee in association with the Aspiring Healthcare Professionals (AHP) student group is hosting four pre-health group advising sessions. If you are interested in pursuing a career in healthcare, please plan to attend one of these events. Our goal is to help students successfully navigate the admissions requirements for all healthcare disciplines. Group advising events will provide information on coursework, volunteer resources, application requirements, and letters of recommendation, etc. Please visit our Events and Opportunities page for information about the next advising session where you can get your pre-health questions answered.
If you missed the Pre-health advising sessions this semester, please take a look at this “Introduction to Pre-Health Professions Resources at UNC Asheville” presentation.
Hope to see you soon!
Dr. Maxwell
Resources for Student Coursework at UNC Asheville
The required preparatory coursework depends on the area of study and the school. The UNC Asheville Pre-Health Committee has used multiple sources to create a general outline of required courses for each professional school listed. Naturally, things change. Therefore, the student should research each program of interest in order to make sure that the minimum requirements are being met.
Use this Student Multi-Semester Plan template to start your individualized plan to complete the necessary undergraduate coursework for a competitive application. Instructions included at the top of the document will help you get started. Please make sure to share your plan with Dr. Maxwell <amaxwell@unc.edu> so she can help support your success!
- Comparative List of Pre-Professional School Coursework can be found on the second tab of the above document. This list compares UNC Asheville prerequisite courses for Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Veterinary, Physician’s Assistant, and Physical Therapy Programs.
- Additional resources:
- Timeline for Pre-Med (MD and DO) Coursework plus MCAT, Letters of Recommendation, Application and Start of Medical School (you can apply this time line to any professional school application)
- Multiple examples of 4-year Outlines of Pre-Medical Coursework that can be integrated into any UNC Asheville major and minor.
- Here you can find a example draft of Comparative List of NC Physician’s Assistant (PA) Programs and requirements for DUKE, UNC, Wake Forest and ECU (plus blank columns for the other seven NC Physician Assistant Programs). Each PA Program has it’s own required courses for admission. We recommend that you use this draft document or create your own to help you to keep track of expectations for your chosen schools.