Educational Requirements:

In this program, students complete:

• 42-47 semester-hours general education component
• A series of 44 semester-hour core requirements
• 28 semester-hours of coursework in the Pre-Health Professional concentration

In the Pre-Health Professional concentration, coursework focuses in physical assessment of athletic injuries, therapeutic modalities and exercise in sports medicine, general physics, general chemistry, and organic chemistry.

Required Courses List

Benefits of the Pre-Health Professional Concentration:

• Prepares students for admittance to medical, physical therapy, physician assistant, MS in nursing, veterinarian, and public health professional/graduate degree programs;
• Provides internship training in pre-health profession areas;
• Develops a knowledge base and clinical skills that supplement the professional programs;
• The majority of graduates successfully gain admittance to professional schools.

For additional program information, contact:
Donald C. Paup, PhD
Chair, Department of Exercise Science
Building K, Room 202
817 23rd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
(202) 994-7112
dpaup@gwu.edu