Donna Starr Christen College of Healthcare, Fitness and Sciences

Preprofessional – Allied Health
As a liberal arts university, Dakota Wesleyan University prepares students for the most important emerging careers in healthcare. DWU offers a powerful, personalized approach for future healthcare and science professionals.

Medical and Allied Health
This program is designed for students who wish to pursue careers in allied health areas including, but not limited to: pre-medical, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician assistant, chiropractic, dentistry, optometry and pharmacology. Students in health-related occupations, including dentistry and medicine, should obtain catalogs from the schools where they intend to complete their professional programs.

The faculty adviser will aid students in scheduling the courses from the university’s curriculum that fit most closely with the requirements of the professional schools. In the event that a student has not decided where he/she will finish, a suggested curriculum is offered below that meets most of the requirements of standard professional schools. Each student is ultimately responsible for ensuring that his/her program of study at DWU satisfies the requirements for the professional school(s) he/she wishes to attend.

All professional programs have different prerequisite courses for admittance. You are encouraged to research these program prerequisite criteria early in your college career (during second year) to create a plan of study.

Minor
Allied Health
All students should select a major, normally athletic training, biology or biochemistry.  Although these are not the only majors allowed to pursue an allied health graduate degree, these are the most common at DWU.

Allied Health Core

Students should take courses outside their selected major. University regulations state that no course may count for both a major and a minor.

* Electives:

Other Programs
Additional preprofessional programs can be found in the following catalog sections:
Pre-engineering - Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy
Pre-theology - Religion and Philosophy
Pre-law – History