College's catalog - Trinity Christian College

Pre-Professional Programs
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who aspire to attend law school, Trinity does recommend that pre-law students enroll in courses
chosen from the list below. The faculty advisor and the pre-law director on campus assist the
student in planning the undergraduate program and in applying for graduate study.
The pre-law program, 39 hours, includes the following:
Accounting 221; Business 353; Communication Arts 101; Economics 121; English 375;
History 231, 232; Philosophy 206, 351; Political Science 121, 201, 241, 250, 351 and Sociology 121.
In addition, it is recommended strongly that pre-law students take Political Science/History 244,
the Law, Justice, and Culture Institute offered every May-term, plus general education, major, and
minor requirements.
Pre-Professional Training for Medicine and other Doctoral Degrees in
Health Sciences
Robert A. Boomsma, Ph.D., faculty advisor
Students wanting to enter into doctoral level professional training programs in the health sciences
often find it advantageous to have a strong background in the physical and biological sciences.
Students must choose a major discipline to graduate from Trinity. Completion of a biology and/
or chemistry major along with the cognate requirements provides such a background and includes
the required courses for entering schools of medicine, dentistry, optometry, osteopathic medicine,
podiatry, and chiropractic. However, a major in any discipline is acceptable to these schools as
long as their pre-requisite courses are taken prior to matriculation.
Most of these schools prefer candidates with a bachelor’s degree; the exceptional student may
gain admittance into certain programs after two or three years of undergraduate work. Students
who desire to gain entrance into a school of veterinary medicine may find it appropriate to
transfer to a university with more specialized courses after two years of study at Trinity. All of
these schools require a specific entrance exam; students should work closely with the advisor to
be sure they are ready for the exam at the appropriate time. Each student will develop a program
of study based on the type of program and the particular school they want to attend.
Pre-Physical therapy
Robert A. Boomsma, Ph.D., faculty advisor
The pre-physical therapy program at Trinity allows students to prepare for entry into a graduate
degree physical therapy program. Students need a major to graduate from Trinity and should
choose either biology or exercise science. The allied health track of the biology major contains
all of the prerequisites for most physical therapy programs. Exercise science students must take
additional science and math courses to meet the prerequisites.
Since physical therapy programs vary widely in their prerequisites, students will develop a program
of study based on the type of program and the particular school they want to attend.
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