Do you want to serve others through a medical profession? EMU can prepare you for advanced studies in your chosen health career. Whether you want to go to medical school or pursue another health care profession, we can help you gain the experience and prerequisite courses you need to put together a high-quality application.
Our students have high acceptance rates to graduate school programs and medical school because of mentoring from our faculty, our unique emphasis on serving the whole person in medicine, and our hands-on lab experiences, including cadaver dissection. Learn more about how we will prepare you for your career.
Pre-professional health is not a major. It is a set of courses that can be added to or integrated with a major. Most students choose to study biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or clinical lab sciences, but you may choose to major in any program at EMU as long as you complete the recommended courses for the program. Some students also choose to double-major in one of the sciences and a liberal arts interest such as Spanish, music, or psychology.
Specialties: pre-professional health sciences, genetics, neuroscience
Teaches Courses Like: Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, Immunology, Cell Biology
Specialties: organic synthesis, chemical education
Teaches Courses Like: Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, STEM practicum
Specialties: biochemistry and plant physiology, chemical education
Teaches Courses Like: Foundational Biochemistry, Sustainable Food Systems
Specialties: pre-professional health sciences, physiology, neurobiology, immunology
Teaches Courses Like: Developmental Biology, Advanced Human Physiology, Faith and Ethics
Specialties: Lab Safety; Laser Spectroscopy
Teaches Courses Like: Physical Chemistry; Environmental Chemistry
Pre-Professional Health Sciences Committee
Associate Professor of Biology; Committee Chair
Jeffrey Copeland
Dean of School of Science, Engineering, Art and Nursing
Tara Kishbaugh
Professor of Biochemistry
Stephen Cessna
Assistant Professor of Biology
Kristopher Schmidt
Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Chemical Hygiene Officer
Laurie Yoder
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If you're considering a medical career but have completed the recommended courses for admission to professional health schools you can enroll in our MS in Biomedicine graduate program to prepare.
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