Pre-Professional Programs
Pre-professional programs are those in which a student completes two to four years of college as a prerequisite for admission to a professional school. Pre-professional programs are career choices, not majors. These programs are divided into two categories: pre-baccalaureate and baccalaureate.
Pre-baccalaureate programs require two to three years of pre-professional courses. Upon successful completion of the pre-professional curriculum for a specific area and acceptance by a professional school, students transfer to that school to complete the baccalaureate or higher degree in the professional major. Since admission to professional schools is highly competitive, all students must choose a departmental major at Georgia College and work toward its completion along with pre-professional requirements. Georgia College has pre-baccalaureate transfer programs in physician assistant, engineering, forestry, occupational therapy, medical technology, and pharmacy.
Baccalaureate programs involve the completion of an undergraduate degree before matriculation into professional school. These programs include dentistry, law, medicine, veterinary medicine, physical therapy, and optometry.
Most pre-professional course requirements can be met at any accredited college or university. However, pre-professional advising at Georgia College is one of the strengths of the Pre-professional Program. The University maintains a strong advising program for pre-professional students.
The pre-professional advising program is designed to enhance professional school admission opportunities and facilitate a student's transfer into professional school. The advisement structure includes a director of pre-professional advising and at least one faculty adviser for each pre-professional program area.
For program and advisor information, please see the Pre-Professional Program web pages.
Contact Information
Georgia College & State University
Center for Student Success
Campus Box 115
Phone: (478) 445-2361
