This concentration is appropriate for pre-professional students in pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-veterinary medicine, pre-optometry and physical therapy. It provides a foundation for introductory positions of employment in such fields as biomedical research, food and drug manufacturing, nutrition, and sports physiology. It can also serve as a basis for graduate studies in physiology, developmental biology, physiological ecology, cell biology, and molecular biology.
A minimum 2.0 grade point average is required for graduation in this major, based on all courses within the major. Exceptions must be requested via petition to the department’s academic programs committee.
For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Biology department page.
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