Pre-Health

Stetson University's Pre-Health program is an advising track that prepares you for admission to medical, dental, veterinary, pharmacy, nursing, and other health professional schools. In this pre-professional program, you can choose any major, as long as it includes the core science courses required for your intended health profession. A full-time Health Professions Advisor is dedicated to guiding you through course selection, test preparation, clinical experience coordination, and the application process, including after you graduate.

Why Program at Stetson University?

Stetson University provides you with the necessary curricula if you're aiming for a career in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, or other health fields. With a full-time health professions advisor, Natalie Bittles, who is here to help you along your path to a career in the health professions field. Following your junior year, the Health Professions Advisory Committee compiles a letter that paints a complete picture of you as a person and as a future healthcare provider. 

Core courses encompass biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics, alongside humanities, social sciences, and advanced sciences, ensuring a well-rounded academic background that enhances your competitiveness as a health professional school applicant. Our campus emphasizes community service, offering opportunities for volunteering and shadowing in your field of interest.

Related Programs:

• Health Sciences
• Biology
• Business Administration + Health Administration

“The connections and people I met have opened the door to many opportunities.”

— Gealina Chicon '24 Health Sciences

Career Outcomes

As a pre-health student at Stetson University, you have a variety of specific career paths to consider for advancing your career in the medical and health fields. These opportunities are open to all pre-health students aiming to pursue graduate studies and professional roles:

• Dentist
• Hospital Administrator
• Nurse
• Occupational Therapist
• Pharmacist
• Physical Therapist
• Physician
• Physician Assistant
• Public Health
• Veterinarian

Meet the Faculty

Stetson’s Health Professions Advisory Committee plays an active role in supporting you as you prepare for a medical or health career. Committee members will advise you on course selection, provide information about professional schools and health career options, assist in arranging internships, help you prepare for admissions tests, and guide you through the application process. The current HPAC members are:

• Natalie Bittles, PhD, MHA, Health Professions Advisor
• Michael S. King, PhD, Professor of Biology, Committee Chair
• Michele Skelton, PhD, Associate Professor of Health Sciences
• Lynn Kee, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology
• Paul Sibbald, PhD, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
• Erica Goldstein, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Sciences

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