The College of Arts and Sciences provides four kinds of preprofessional training:
Arts-professional curricula
These are offered in cooperation with the professional schools and colleges of other institutions of higher learning. The student spends three years at Bowling Green before entering a professional school. Upon satisfactory completion of the first year in the professional school, a bachelor's degree is granted from Bowling Green.
Preprofessional preparation
It is strongly recommended that the student who expects to enter a professional school first complete a four-year course of study in the College of Arts and Sciences. A student may desire, however, to secure the bachelor of arts or bachelor of science, as well as a professional degree, but may be unable to give the time necessary for the completion of both programs. Therefore, combination arts-professional curricula are offered.
Combination curricula are offered in cooperation with the professional schools and colleges of other institutions. These enable the student to shorten the time required for securing the two degrees by substituting the first year of work in a professional college for the fourth year of the course in arts and sciences. These courses of study vary in length from five to seven yearsthe first three years being taken in the College of Arts and Sciences and the remainder in an approved professional school. Upon the satisfactory completion of the work of the first year in the professional college, the student is granted the degree of bachelor of arts or bachelor of science by Bowling Green.
Combined curricula
The student may obtain both an arts and sciences degree and an education degree at Bowling Green by following this program. Permission to graduate from one of these combination curricula must be obtained from the dean before the end of the junior year. A student in these curricula must:
Combined baccalaureate-master's program
By following this program, the student may finish the coursework for a bachelor's degree in less than four complete years and is prepared for early enrollment in a graduate program. A student who expects to receive a degree by completing one of these curricula must meet all of the requirements for the degree including major, minor and group requirements.
Other programs
A combined arts-professional curriculum is also offered through the College of Education and Human Development.
Admission to dental school is selective and based upon scholarly achievement
and aptitude as indicated by scores on the Dental Aptitude Test, which is generally taken in
the spring semester of the student's third year of college. The predental student should
select an academic program that provides for an alternate career should acceptance
into dental school be denied. The bachelor of science degree program can be planned
to meet all course requirements for dental school and still provide time for
sufficient
electives in other areas so that the student may attend graduate school or pursue
new career alternatives. There are no preferred majors for entrance into dental
school, although students generally choose biology or chemistry.
Predental students are encouraged to meet frequently with an adviser to ensure progress in meeting the designated prerequisites, to prepare for the Dental Aptitude Test and to make application to dental school.
Recommended course sequence
A student should take the required courses to complete a major and a minor, as well as the degree requirements for the particular degree program selected, and electives to total 122 hours. A science minor may be desirable.
The two-year curriculum outlined below closely parallels the introductory coursework of engineering schools and is designed for the student who expects to transfer to a college of engineering at the end of two years. Since the requirements in engineering colleges and in different fields of engineering vary considerably, the student should consult with the preengineering program adviser early in the first year in order to plan a schedule to meet the requirements of the institution and branch of engineering in which he or she expects to receive a degree.
Engineering is presently a high-opportunity career area and a preengineering program at Bowling Green offers several advantages, especially for those students who are uncertain about an engineering specialty. However, students should be advised that all engineering specialties require a high aptitude for mathematics and quantitative reasoning. In order to complete the curriculum below in two years, a student must be qualified to enroll in MATH 131 during the fall semester of the first year; this normally requires four years of high school mathematics and good mathematics aptitude.
Recommended course sequence
All accredited law schools in Ohio, like most accredited schools throughout the country, require a college degree for admission. A college degree is also a prerequisite to taking the Ohio Bar Examination and the bar examinations for most other states. Beyond the minimum requirements for admission, law schools emphasize the value of a broad, general program of arts and sciences for the prospective law student. Above all, they stress the importance of acquiring certain intellectual skills and abilities rather than a particular body of information. Foremost among these skills are facility in writing and speaking, logical reasoning and the use of abstract concepts. Because the student can develop these skills in a variety of courses, there is no basis on which to prescribe a rigid and detailed "prelaw curriculum" or recommend any particular major.
Law schools, however, uniformly emphasize the special value of courses in which considerable writing is required. In addition courses in American government help acquaint the student with the basic legislative, administrative and judicial processes of our society. Business and economics courses often provide an understanding of business and financial concepts and terms with which the lawyer may deal. Other disciplines such as history, philosophy, psychology and sociology offer concepts, information and perspectives that are important in dealing with modern legal issues. Finally, prelaw students may wish to take a course in which case method is used to test if their aptitudes lie in this direction.
Admission to medical school is selective and dependent upon scholarship and aptitude as indicated by the scores attained on the Medical College Admission Test (normally taken during the spring semester of the student's third year) and by other criteria. The student should include in the premedical program a course of study to prepare for admission to medical school and for admission to an appropriate graduate school or for an industrial, government or teaching position in case the first choice cannot be realized. To meet the requirements for admission to most medical schools, the bachelor of science curriculum can be modified to include the required courses and still provide the student with enough depth in at least one area for graduate work or for career opportunities if medical school is not attended. There is no preferred major for entrance into medical school. Generally, either chemistry or biology is chosen by the premedical student, but other majors are possible.
The premedical student is urged to confer frequently with the adviser, particularly with respect to planning prerequisite courses for the Medical School Admission Test and for meeting the admission requirements of the preferred medical school.
Recommended course sequence
In addition to completing the group requirements for the degree sought, a student should plan to take the required courses to complete a major and a minor. Total: 122 hours. Note: the science minor may be advantageous.
The Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of Ohio requires a minimum of 60 semester course hours to register with the board prior to entering a college of mortuary science. At least 30 hours must be in the following subject areas, with a minimum hourly distribution of English (eight hours), science (six hours), social science (eight hours) and fine or applied arts (six hours). In addition, at least three hours of psychology and three hours of speech communication (offered in the Department of Interpersonal Communication) are required. Students wishing to practice in another state should contact its licensing authority. Information about colleges accredited by the Commission of Schools of the American Board of Funeral Service Education can be obtained by writing to the agency at 201 Columbia St., P.O. Box 2098, Fairmont, WV 26554.
The Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science offers the bachelor in
mortuary science degree. Students planning to transfer into this program after two years
at Bowling Green must pass at least 10 hours of English composition and literature;
12 hours of social science, including required psychology and sociology; 12 hours
of
natural science/math, with biological sciences and chemistry recommended;
12 hours of humanities and the arts, including beginning drawing/art, sculpting and
theatre arts recommended, and IPC 102 required, as part of the 60-hour minimum requirement
to enter. For more information, write to the American Board of Funeral Service
Education, 14 Crestwood Drive, Cumberland, ME 04021.
Occupational therapyan auxiliary medical service in which normal activities are used as remedial treatment in the rehabilitation of patientsis being used increasingly in hospitals, schools, rehabilitation centers and related institutions. Such therapy is prescribed by physicians and applied by trained therapists as part of the treatment of an adult or a child in the areas of orthopedics, psychiatry, general medicine and surgery. In preparing for a career in occupational therapy the student should complete two years of preprofessional courses at BGSU, two years of academic instruction in an approved professional school and 10 months of clinical training. Ohio institutions offering bachelor's degrees in occupational therapy include Cleveland State and Ohio State universities. Professional occupational therapy programs differ greatly in preprofessional course requirements. While advising of a general nature is available through the College of Arts and Sciences, the student should contact the institution in which admission will be sought to ensure that specific preprofessional and admission criteria are met.
Requirements vary for admission to optometry schools and colleges. Typically, they include courses in English, mathematics, physics, chemistry and biological sciences. Requirements of specific schools should be examined before planning the coursework for the sophomore year. A list of accredited schools and colleges of optometry in the United States can be obtained from the American Optometric Association, 243 N. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63141.
The following two-year pattern coordinates with the program of the College of Optometry at the Ohio State University. Many students find that three or four years of preoptometry are necessary before gaining admission.
Recommended course sequence
(62 hours)
The amount of foreign language to be taken depends upon the requirements of the professional school and the student's high school preparation. Students who do not need foreign language courses should enroll instead in those courses which meet the requirements of the professional school they plan to enter.
The requirements and recommendations for entrance to schools of osteopathy are essentially the same as those for medical school.
All accredited colleges of pharmacy require five years of study to qualify for the pharmacy degree. One or two years of the five-year requirement may be satisfied at the University. The state boards of pharmacy usually require a period of practical experience in pharmacy. Students should request information concerning requirements for a certificate to practice pharmacy from the board of pharmacy in the state in which they wish to practice. In Ohio this information may be obtained from the State Board of Pharmacy, Wyandotte Building, 21 West Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215.
Since colleges of pharmacy vary in their requirements, prepharmacy students should ascertain the requirements of the school they plan to enter before selecting the courses for the second year. The program outlined below prepares the student for transfer to the College of Pharmacy at the Ohio State University after one year.
A list of accredited colleges of pharmacy may be obtained from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, 4630 Montgomery Ave., Suite 201, Bethesda, MD 20014.
Recommended course sequence
(33 hours)
Some pharmacy schools require additional calculus.
Colleges of veterinary medicine require two years of preveterinary medical work for admission; however, most students find that three or four years of preveterinary study are necessary. The two-year preveterinary medical program which follows meets the requirements of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the Ohio State University. Students should obtain information as early as possible about the requirements of the school where they plan to apply. A list of accredited colleges of veterinary medicine in the United States can be obtained from the American Veterinary Medical Association, 900 N. Meacham Rd., Schaumberg, IL 60172.
Recommended course sequence
(62 hours)
Electives selected to meet requirements of the college of veterinary medicine to be entered
Combined curricula
205 Administration Building, 372-2015
The student who desires to take an arts and sciences degree to qualify for licensure to teach in the public schools may take work in education after graduation or qualify for the combined degree program outlined here. On the basis of the accumulative grade point average, a student may register in both the College of Education and Human Development and the College of Arts and Sciences for the combined degree as soon as eligible. The student in the dual-degree program leading to the bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree from the College of Arts and Sciences and the bachelor of science in education degree from the College of Education and Human Development must:
By careful selection of electives, the program in both colleges can be completed in nine semesters.
Intracollege curricula and dual degrees
The student who wishes to earn a second degree within the College of Arts and Sciences may do so by completing work after graduation or finishing the dual-degree program prior to graduation. The following additional requirements must be completed:
Licensure to teach in the public schools
365 Education Building, 372-7372
A student holding a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences who wishes to become licensed to teach in the public schools of Ohio should contact the Office of Undergraduate Student Services in the College of Education and Human Development, 365 Education Building. Both specified coursework and satisfactory completion of the state-prescribed examinations are required.
Combined baccalaureate-master's program in chemistry
The combined baccalaureate-master's program in chemistry offers students the opportunity to complete the bachelor of science degree in three years and the master of science degree at the end of the fourth. By completing the two degrees in four years, the student may be better prepared to earn the Ph.D. degree because of the stronger background. In addition, a preprofessional student may elect either to complete the three-year bachelor of science program and go directly to professional school or to continue on to earn the master of science degree in preparation for a research-oriented career.
The program is structured on a schedule of four years, including summers. Courses should be carefully chosen so that major and group requirements will be completed on time.
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