UNLV [2015-2016] Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program Health Career Professional Studies Requirements

UNLV Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program
Health Career Professional Studies Requirements
Requirements for entering terms:
Catalog Expires (10 yrs):
College:
[2015-2016]
Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
August 2026
Sciences
This program is for students who have undergraduate degrees in any discipline who wish to pursue a career in the health sciences. There are three
tracks, each designed to assist a different demographic. Completion of requirements in any track will result in awarding the Certificate.
This program is for students who have undergraduate degrees in any discipline who wish to pursue a career in the health sciences. There are three
tracks, each designed to assist a different student demographic. Completion of requirements in any of the 3 tracks will result in awarding the
Certificate in Health Career Professional Studies. Track 1 is designed to assist individuals who already have an undergraduate degree in a nonhealth discipline but are interested in making a career change . Track 2 is designed for two demographics of students; those that have applied to
professional school and been rejected due to a low grade point average and those who have not yet applied to professional school due to a low grade
point average and wish to improve their application before applying. Track 3 is designed for the partnership with the any of the schools of medicine
in the state of Nevada that have agreements with UNLV. This track affords preferential consideration to students who are first generation college,
from groups which are under-represented in medicine, including Native American, Latino/Latina, African-American; and students from rural areas,
and low socio-economic backgrounds.
Track 1-Career Change
Designed to assist individuals who are interested in making a career change.
This track is intended to facilitate the completion of prerequisite and preparatory coursework to confer eligibility to apply to medical school and
dental school. Students interested in pursuing Pharmacy, Physician Assisting, Physical Therapy, Veterinary, Chiropractic, or any other type of
health science professional school may pursue this track, but will likely need to take additional courses to complete the prerequisites for these types
of professional school. Only students whose grade point averages are competitive for professional school (3.0 or higher) should pursue this track. It
consists of 64 credits of defined coursework that are delineated below. Transfer credits may be accepted dependent on how recent the coursework
was completed. Courses over 10 years old are not considered to be current for application to professional school.
Track 2 - Health Science Enhancement
Designed for two demographics of students; those that have applied to professional school and been rejected due to a low grade point average and
those who have not yet applied professional school due to a low grade point and wish to improve their application before applying.
These students typically require substantantive post-baccalaureate coursework and the extent of the number of credits required to facilitate
acceptance to professional school is directly dependent on how low starting GPA is. In most cases, 60 credits may faculitate acceptance to
professional school, but in the extreme cases 90 credits may be necessary. As such, students may complete 60 to 90 credits of any of the following
courses to earn the certtificate.
Track 3 - Medical School Partnership
Designed for the partnership with the any of the schools of medicine in the state of Nevada that have agreements with UNLV. This track affords
preferential consideration to students who are first generation college, from groups which are under-represented in medicine, including Native
American, Latino/Latina, African-American; and students from rural areas, and low socio-economic backgrounds.
Anyone is eligible to apply. Students pursuing this track must also complete the application for this program with the participating school of
medicine and proceed through a screening process to be selected for this track. If the student maintains a 3.3 cumulative GPA and earns a minimum
score to be determined by the school of medicine on the MCAT, the student is eligible to apply for a reserved number of seats for the appropriate
incoming medical school class. The participating schools of medicine reserve up to 10% of incoming seats for post baccalaureate students. It is
designed for students who have undergraduate degrees who are not academically competitive to apply to medical schools. Students do not have to
be a re-applicant. Students admitted to this track must complete 30 credits from the following courses over a single academic year.
Certificate Requirements
GPA 3.0
Grades Allowed: A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C
Other Administrative Requirements: approval by the Office of the Dean, College of Sciences
College of Sciences Advising Center
702-895-2077 www.unlv.edu/sciences/advising
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program 2015-2016
Health Career Professional Studies Requirements
Course Lists by Track
Course Number
Credits
Track 1
BIOL 196/196L
Modern Biology I
Course Title
4
4
Track 2
BIOL 197/197L
Modern Biology II
4
4
BIOL 223/223L
Anatomy & Physiology I
4
4
BIOL 224/224L
Anatomy & Physiology II
4
4
BIOL 251/251L
General Microbiology
4
4
BIOL 300/300L
Principles of Genetics
4
BIOL 304/304L
Molecular Genetics
4
BIOL 301(301X)
Fossil Record
BIOL 305
Track 3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
Introduction to Conservation Biology
3
3
3
BIOL 348
Human Anatomy
3
3
BIOL 351**
Microbiology before 2010
4
4
BIOL 360
Biomathematics I
3
3
3
BIOL 361
Biomathematics II
3
3
3
BIOL 405
Molecular Biology
3
3
3
BIOL 409
Virology
3
3
3
BIOL 414
Endocrinology
3
3
3
BIOL 417(417X)
Biochemical Adaptations
3
3
3
BIOL 418(418X)
Microbial Ecology
3
3
3
BIOL 425
Genomics
3
3
3
BIOL 440
Mammalian Physiology
3
3
3
BIOL 447
Adv Comparative Animal Physiology
3
3
3
BIOL 445
Cell Physiology
3
3
3
BIOL 451(350)/455
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
5
5
5
BIOL 453
Immunology
3
3
3
BIOL 460
Microbial Physiology
3
3
3
BIOL 464X
Bacterial Pathogenesis
3
3
3
BIOL 465
Vertebrate Embryology
4
4
4
BIOL 466
Developmental Biology
3
3
3
BIOL 468
Histology
4
4
4
BIOL 470
Topics in Applied Microbiology
3
3
3
BIOL 475
Neurobiology
3
3
3
BIOL 485
Microbial Genetics
3
3
3
BIOL 489
Developmental Genetics
3
3
3
CHEM 121/121L
General Chemistry I
4
4
CHEM 122/122L
General Chemistry II
4
4
CHEM 241
Organic Chemistry I
3
3
CHEM 241L
Organic Chemistry I lab
1
1
CHEM 242
Organic Chemistry II
3
3
CHEM 242L
Organic Chemistry II lab
1
1
CHEM 421
Physical Chemistry I
3
3
3
CHEM 422
Physical Chemistry II
3
3
3
CHEM 428
Quantum Chemistry
3
3
3
CHEM 474
Biochemistry I
3
3
3
3
CHEM 475
Biochemistry II
3
3
3
3
CHEM 476
Advanced Topics in Biochemistry
3
3
3
CHEM 478
Endocrinology
3
3
3
PHYS 151/151L
General Physics I
4
4
PHYS 152/152L
4
3
General Physics II
4
4
ENG 101
Composition I
3
3
ENG 102
Composition II
3
3
PSY 101
Introduction to Psychology
3
3
PSY 300/400 level
upper division Psychology class
3
4
3
Total Credits
64
121
105
Credits Required
64
60-90
30