Because of the very large number of students interested in the health
and associated health professions and the limited number of spaces in
professional schools, the competition for admission to professional
programs is great. Students interested in the health and associated
health professions are directed into degree programs in the college so
that they can make progress toward meeting requirements for bachelor's
degrees at the same time that they complete course requirements for
admission to the desired health and associated health professions. By
doing this, a student who is not successful in gaining admission to a
professional program may complete a degree program without prolonging
study beyond eight semesters.
Since students who are interested in the health professions are
expected to enter degree programs of their choice, their academic
advising is provided by the departmental offices of the curricula or
majors that they have selected. Generally, students interested in
dentistry, veterinary medicine, and often medicine are advised to
elect the biology general option in life sciences as their
major. Students interested in medical records administration,
nutrition and medical dietetics, occupational therapy, pharmacy,
physical therapy, and professional nursing are advised to elect the
general curriculum.
Advising for professional schools and career advising for dentistry,
allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, optometry, and podiatry may
be obtained from the Health Careers House, 901 West Illinois Street,
Urbana, IL, 61801. The office serves as a resource center for
information concerning careers in the health professions listed above,
provides personal and individual career counseling and guidance for
students who are interested in those professions, and coordinates the
visits of deans and admissions officers to this campus to interview
prospective applicants and to acquaint students with the unique
educational features of their institutions.
The office provides standard faculty evaluation forms to
students who are planning to apply to professional schools in the
health professions listed above. A student may request letters of
evaluation from faculty members at any time during his or her college
career. The office will maintain the letters in a confidential file
and will duplicate and forward them, unedited, to the professional
schools designated by the student.
Information on the UIUC dietetics program
is also available from the College of Agriculture
Office of Academic Programs, 1301 West Gregory, Urbana, IL 61801.
Academic advising and advising about application to the
University of Illinois at Chicago for medical laboratory sciences,
medical record administration, nursing, nutrition and medical
dietetics, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and pharmacy is
available at the General Curriculum Advising Office, 912 South Fifth
Street, Champaign, IL 61820. Information on nursing is also available
at the
College of Nursing,
408 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL
61801.
If a student has satisfied both college and major residence
requirements, it is possible to transfer basic medical science credit
satisfactorily completed at a fully accredited medical, dental, or
veterinary medical school for courses acceptable to the major and to
apply that credit to the requirements for the baccalaureate degree
from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The amount of transfer
credit cannot exceed 30 semester hours, and duplication of courses
completed on this campus will not be permitted . Credit will be
counted only upon completion of one year's professional study.
A student planning to complete the baccalaureate degree
requirements by attendance at a medical, dental, or veterinary medical
school must obtain an evaluation of credit before attending that
school. Because it is quite possible that less than the maximum amount
of credit may be acceptable as transfer credit, it is essential that
the student consult the admissions and records officer in the college
office as early as possible.
If there is any question about whether a course meets the
criteria for acceptability or about the amount of credit to be
granted, the student will be responsible for providing the necessary
information upon which the head of the appropriate department (or his
or her designate) on this campus will make a recommendation to the
college regarding the acceptance of credit. Final determination of the
credit will be made by the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences or his or her designate.
The prior agreement regarding transfer credit from
professional schools must be included in the student's major contract
form.
All of the professional and associated health programs listed below
are offered only at the Health Sciences Center at the University of
Illinois at Chicago. Upon completion of preprofessional requirements,
students apply to these programs in open competition with students
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and
elsewhere. Because of the high level of competition, not all
applicants are admitted. Students who are interested in these programs
should familiarize themselves with similar programs, offered by other
colleges and universities in Illinois and in other states, to which
they may wish to apply.
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