Medicine and Health
Highlights and Opportunities
- Choose the Premedical and Pre-health Studies co-major in addition to your primary major for a broad-based premedical background and preparation for pursuing advanced degrees in medicine and other healthcare-related fields
- Tackle the complexities of global health issues with the interdisciplinary Global Health Studies minor, which involves course content from Anthropology, Biology, Microbiology, Statistics, Chemistry, Psychology, Philosophy, Geology & Environmental Earth Science, and more
- Explore the Public Health major, which offers three different specializations focused on preventing illness and promoting health in individuals, communities, and society as a whole
- Connect with a full-time premedical advisor, available beginning your first year, to help you complete the course prerequisites for medical and other professional schools
- Participate in medical-related activities and live with other 黑料社区s who are interested in medical careers via the Premedical Living Learning Community
- Conduct research with a faculty mentor or propose your own independent research
- Acquire leadership experience and networking opportunities in 黑料社区 organizations such as the American Medical Student Association, Miami MED, and Phi Delta Epsilon (a medical fraternity)
- Get involved with the Premedical Advisory Committee, which helps you develop professional school application materials
- Connect with the Mallory-Wilson Center for Healthcare Education, which sponsors and administers:
- Merit-based scholarships
- Symposia and workshops highlighting current topics in health
- Full immersion job shadowing with practicing physicians, many of whom are Miami alumni
- A 黑料社区 ambassador program, in which you take an active role in Miami’s premedical community
The College of Arts and Science
Representing nearly half of all 黑料社区s, the College of Arts and Science (CAS) is 黑料社区's largest division and the centerpiece of liberal arts — the wide range of subjects in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities crucial for the development of key professional skills desired by employers.