Pre-Med, Dentistry, and Veterinary Majors

Drake offers majors for pre-med, pre-dentistry, and pre-vet students that will prepare you for graduate school and a career in medicine.

The medical field offers a wide array of career opportunities—that’s why you need a university that transforms your interests into an individualized path to success. Drake University offers many pre-med programs that will give you exceptional preparation for post-graduate study and a rewarding career in medicine.

Multiple paths to success

Drake offers several pathways to post-graduate medical, dental, veterinary, and professional health care study. Regardless of your area of study, you’ll benefit from small class sizes; dynamic collaborative learning spaces; individualized attention from faculty; undergraduate research opportunities (don’t wait for an opening after all the grad students get the plum positions); access to internships; and a wealth of applied, hands-on learning opportunities.

Popular majors for students who are on a pre-med, pre-dentistry, or pre-vet track at Drake include:

• Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology (BCMB): An interdisciplinary program that emphasizes the chemistry of living organisms and the experimental techniques that are used to probe the structures and functions of biologically important molecules.
• Biology: A program that emphasizes application, hands-on learning, and undergraduate research across a range of courses in traditional and modern areas of biology.
• Chemistry: A research-focused program that emphasizes critical thinking and practical expertise and covers areas of chemistry including organic, inorganic, analytical, physical, and biochemistry.
• Environmental Science: An interdisciplinary program that emphasizes field research and foundational work in the sciences in an effort to understand the dynamic features of natural systems.
• Health Sciences: An interdisciplinary degree program developed in direct consultation with health care professionals. Students take courses across a variety of subject areas, providing a robust scientific background, as well as the interpersonal skills they will need for successful practice in the health care industry.
• Kinesiology: A program that emphasizes human anatomy and physiology within an exercise science context. Classroom, laboratory, and individual research opportunities emphasize practical skills- and problem-based learning.
• Neuroscience: A program that explores the psychological and biological foundations of the nervous system through interdisciplinary coursework in neuroscience, biology, chemistry, statistics, and psychology.
• Psychology: A program that emphasizes the scientific study of human behavior through a range of theoretical, experimental, and applied experiences.

Post-graduate success

Our pre-med students are admitted to some of the best medical schools and graduate schools around the Midwest and country.

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