³Ô¹ÏÍø

At Whitman, pre-health students—including pre-nursing, pre-med, pre-dental, pre-pharmacy, pre-vet and others—can choose any major they want. You’ll work one-on-one with a Health Professions Advisor to tailor a course of study that will prepare you for your chosen career path and ensure that you meet the necessary prerequisites for admission to your postgraduate program of choice. 

While you’ll need a strong science background for most health professions, more than a third of our pre-health students graduate with majors beyond the life sciences, including Anthropology, Art, Chemistry, English, foreign languages, Geology, History, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Sociology and Theater. Other students have designed their own majors, such as Global Health or Health and Humanism. 

Yes. Faculty in many departments teach courses that engage with public health, and Whitman now offers a Public Health concentration that brings together courses from a variety of health-related disciplines along with an in-depth capstone project where you’ll put your learning into action. You can add this concentration to any major at Whitman. 

Yes. In fact, you can use that time to strengthen your application by gaining relevant experience, volunteering, job shadowing, pursuing a fellowship or internship, or doing research. Students interested in postgrad opportunities like these can reach out to Whitman’s Fellowships and Grants team.