Pre-Professional Programs

McMurry University offers an apprenticeship in Athletic Training.  This program has been approved by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for pre-licensure preparation in athletic training.

An athletic training student can work with all 20 sports programs in an athletic training lab.  To complete the athletic training lab, students must gain hands-on experience with the goal of mastering the competencies needed for state licensure or entry into a Master’s-level Athletic Training Program.  The foundations of athletic training are the evaluation, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries and conditions.

Kinesiology and Health Fitness
Apprenticeship Athletic Training Program Form

Brady Cox Endowment
The Brady Cox endowment, honoring the late Dr. Brady Cox, funds a scholarship to broaden students’ experiences and improve their preparation for successful futures as health professionals.  Students may apply for up to $250 to defray travel expenses for conference attendance or group trips with a health professions theme.  Contact Erica Medina, your faculty advisor, or your academic coach for more information!

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THIS DEGREE INCLUDES A MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY

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Students interested in pursuing a degree in Engineering should follow the curriculum of the Engineering Physics major, the Physics major with a Pre-Electrical Engineering focus, or the Chemistry major (if interested in Chemical Engineering). Options include either participating in the dual degree program with the University of North Dakota (UND) and working towards two Bachelor’s Degrees or completing a degree at McMurry University, followed by job placement or graduate work in Engineering. The particular area of Engineering in which the student is interested may influence their choice of electives. Interested students should refer to the Degree Program under the Department of Physics for details. You may also contact one of the Physics/Engineering professors.

Physics

There are many rewarding careers in the health professions beyond the commonly known fields of dentistry, medicine, physical therapy, and veterinary medicine. Necessary fields such as respiratory therapy, physician’s assistant, optometry, radiological imaging, and other health fields may be of interest to some students. As the coursework necessary for acceptance into these programs varies greatly, it is suggested that interested students contact the pre-allied health advisor for information and guidance.

Human Health Science

Brady Cox Endowment
The Brady Cox endowment, honoring the late Dr. Brady Cox, funds a scholarship to broaden students’ experiences and improve their preparation for successful futures as health professionals. Students may apply for up to $250 to defray travel expenses for conference attendance or group trips with a health professions theme. Contact Erica Medina, your faculty advisor, or your academic coach for more information!

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All dental schools in Texas participate in the common application made through the Texas Medical and Dental Student Application Service in Austin. Students apply during the summer before their final year in college, and competitive applicants receive invitations to on-campus interviews at dental schools in the fall of their senior year. Admission announcements are made in the spring of the senior year. To apply to dental programs, a student must complete the following prescribed coursework: 14 semester hours of Biology (2 hours lab), 8 semester hours of General Chemistry (2 hours lab), 8 semester hours of Organic Chemistry (2 hours lab), 8 semester hours of Physics (2 hours lab), and 6 semester hours of non-remedial English composition. Some schools require 3 hours of Biochemistry, which may count toward part of the Biology requirement. All prerequisites must be passed with at least a “C” grade. Courses specifically for health career majors (nursing, pharmacy, allied health sciences) are not accepted.

Schools vary slightly in requirements, with specifics.

At least 90 undergraduate semester hours must be completed before enrollment in a dental program, but baccalaureate degrees are highly desirable. See the Pre-Dentistry Advisor for suggested coursework to prepare students for the Dental Admission Test. Information on the DAT may be obtained from the American Dental Association. Similar information from the American Dental Association is available for students applying to schools outside Texas.

Get more information at the American Dental Association.

High-performing first-year students may apply for McMurry’s “3+4 Dental Early Acceptance Program”. This program allows Texas residents majoring in Biology to use during their first year to gain early entry into dental school following their junior year and to complete their BS in Biology from McMurry and their DDS degree from UTHSC-San Antonio School of Dentistry in seven years. Acceptance decisions are made typically before the sophomore year. Thereafter, admitted students must take prescribed courses, maintain a competitive GPA, and achieve at least an average DAT score. For more information, see the Pre-Dentistry Advisor.

3 + 4 DUAL DEGREE AND DENTAL EARLY ADMISSION PROGRAM (DEAP)

Biology

Brady Cox Endowment
The Brady Cox endowment, honoring the late Dr. Brady Cox, funds a scholarship to broaden students’ experiences and improve their preparation for successful futures as health professionals. Students may apply for up to $250 to defray travel expenses for conference attendance or group trips with a health professions theme. Contact Erica Medina, your faculty advisor, or your academic coach for more information!

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All medical schools in Texas (except Baylor College of Medicine) participate in the common application made through the Texas Medical and Dental Student Application Service in Austin. Students apply during the summer before their final year in college, and competitive applicants receive invitations to on-campus interviews at medical schools in the fall of their senior year. To apply, a student must complete the following prescribed coursework: 14 semester hours of Biology (2 hours lab), 8 semester hours of General Chemistry (2 hours lab), 8 semester hours of Organic Chemistry (2 hours lab), 8 semester hours of Physics (2 hours lab), 3 semester hours of Calculus or Statistics, and 6 semester hours of non-remedial English composition. Some schools require 3 hours of Biochemistry, which may count toward part of the Biology requirement. All prerequisites must be passed with at least a “C” grade. Courses explicitly intended for health career majors (nursing, pharmacy, allied health sciences) are not accepted.

Schools vary slightly in requirements; view the specifics.

At least 90 undergraduate semester hours must be completed before the anticipated date of enrollment into a medical program, but baccalaureate degrees are highly desirable. See the Pre-Medicine Advisor for suggested coursework to prepare students for the Medical College Admission Test.

Information on the MCAT may be obtained from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Similar information is available for students who wish to apply to schools outside Texas through the American Medical College Application Service.

Biology

Brady Cox Endowment
The Brady Cox endowment, honoring the late Dr. Brady Cox, funds a scholarship to broaden students’ experiences and improve their preparation for successful futures as health professionals. Students may apply for up to $250 to defray travel expenses for conference attendance or group trips with a health professions theme. Contact Erica Medina, your faculty advisor, or your academic coach for more information!

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Texas has five campuses that offer a B.S. degree in Occupational Therapy and eight that offer an M.S. degree in Occupational Therapy. All of these schools offer a B.S. degree and at least two have a M.S. program. The undergraduate programs culminate in a B.S. in Occupational Therapy and require specific prerequisites for admission. McMurry provides courses and opportunities to complete the prerequisite coursework for these programs. All of the undergraduate programs require English, history, government, psychology, and two to three semesters of biology. Students generally are required to have at least one semester of chemistry, one semester of physics, one or two semesters of mathematics, and one or two semesters of sociology, among others. Since the individual professional schools differ somewhat in their requirements, the student is encouraged to meet with the occupational therapy advisor for information and guidance in selecting a plan of study.

Kinesiology and Health Fitness

Brady Cox Endowment
The Brady Cox endowment, honoring the late Dr. Brady Cox, funds a scholarship to broaden students’ experiences and improve their preparation for successful futures as health professionals. Students may apply for up to $250 to defray travel expenses for conference attendance or group trips with a health professions theme. Contact Erica Medina, your faculty  visor, or your academic coach for more information!

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McMurry offers courses that prepare students to apply to pharmacy schools. Most schools of pharmacy offer a Doctor of Pharmacy, or “Pharm-D”, degree for individuals wishing to become pharmacists. Some schools also offer a Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences degree for students who want to pursue pharmaceutical research as scientists. Most schools prefer incoming students to have a Bachelor of Science degree, though some offer early entry. Additional requirements include successful completion of specific courses, PCAT score, and a minimum GPA.

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Brady Cox Endowment
The Brady Cox endowment, honoring the late Dr. Brady Cox, funds a scholarship to broaden students’ experiences and improve their preparation for successful futures as health professionals. Students may apply for up to $250 to defray travel expenses for conference attendance or group trips with a health professions theme. Contact Erica Medina, your faculty advisor, or your academic coach for more information!

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There are ten physical therapy programs in Texas, all requiring a B.S. or B.A. degree before admission. Successful completion of these programs results in a Masters, or Doctorial degree in Physical Therapy. Usually, the prerequisites to the programs are English, history, government, mathematics, psychology, one year of physics, one year of chemistry, and three to five semesters of biology. The schools vary in which biology courses are specified. More detailed information and guidance can be obtained from the physical therapy advisor.

Articulation Agreement

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Brady Cox Endowment
The Brady Cox endowment, honoring the late Dr. Brady Cox, funds a scholarship to broaden students’ experiences and improve their preparation for successful futures as health professionals. Students may apply for up to $250 to defray travel expenses for conference attendance or group trips with a health professions theme. Contact Erica Medina, your faculty advisor, or your academic coach for more information!

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The minimum preparation for application to the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine is 64 semester hours, including the following:

The applicant is expected to have both animal and veterinary experience. The course prerequisites can be incorporated into some majors and minors. The major should be chosen based on the student’s interests and vocational plans in the event of non-acceptance. Applicants are evaluated on GPA, academic rigor, semester loads, animal and veterinary experience, leadership, extracurricular activities, undergraduate faculty evaluations, and the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score. Students are encouraged to consult the College of Veterinary Medicine website for current information.

Biology

After completing a bachelor’s degree, students interested in a legal career are encouraged to pursue any academic major that interests them. Law schools do not recommend specific courses of study or any particular major. What law schools want are students who can think, write, and speak well and who have an understanding of the human experience.

The Law School Admission Council recommends a “broad liberal arts curriculum” as the preferred preparation for a legal career. Admission committees want to see law school applicants rise to intellectual challenges by choosing academically rigorous courses. They are most likely to reject students who select non-challenging or narrow fields of study.

Law schools encourage courses of study that demand strong reasoning and communication skills.

Political Science

This program prepares students for admission to graduate-level theological seminaries. Students preparing for Christian ministry are encouraged to major or minor in Religion and to complete two years of Greek. Pre-ministerial students should take other courses in liberal arts disciplines that prepare them to think, write, and speak clearly, and provide them with a broad knowledge of human societies, past and present. Courses in Philosophy, English, History, and Psychology benefit every pre-ministerial student. Students intending to become Christian counselors should consider completing a Psychology major or minor in addition to their studies in Religion.

Students exploring the possibility of entering ministry should take REL 2310, Introduction to Christian Ministry, as early as possible in their student careers. Students must consult their respective denominations to ensure they are complying with the appropriate standards for ministerial preparation. Many pre-ministerial students complete internships in local churches or serve in part-time ministry positions. Students are encouraged to participate in Kappa Delta Sigma, a student organization for pre-ministerial students, and in the Office of Religious Life’s programming.

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