Throughout the academic year we conduct a number of information meetings of interest to our Health Professions students in addition to a variety of special meetings and events.  The first meeting is one that you should attend, it is held in the early fall. At this meeting you will be introduced to key representatives of our Health Professions “team” and will be provided with more detailed information about the Program. Please make a point of attending this important meeting.
It is important to email Dean Goldberg, Associate Dean of the College, regarding your interest in the health professions. By doing so, you will be notified of relevant meetings, lectures, programming, and co- and extra-curricular activities taking place both on and off campus.
If you do not receive email regarding Health Professions by the first week in November, please be sure to stop by the Dean of the College Office to leave us your name, email, and other relevant contact information.
In addition, to participation in the Health Professions Program, students are strongly urged to sign up for internship and externship opportunities through Career Services and their Gateway Program. (You will receive a Gateway mailing over the summer, inviting you to enroll in the program.)

Courses:
You do not need to be a science (e.g., biology, chemistry, etc.) major to be considered for a health professions school. Physicians, optometrists, veterinarians, dentists, etc. have majored in a wide variety of disciplines, including English, music, philosophy, engineering, and the sciences.
You may graduate with any major or minor offered at Lafayette College. Regardless of your major, however, you are expected to have a strong foundation in the natural sciences (see required courses below) before entering a health professions school.   
In order to matriculate to a health professions school, therefore, you are required to take the following:
1 Year of:
Biology with labs (e.g., 101 & 102)*
Physics with labs (e.g., 111 & 112)
Mathematics (e.g., 125/161 & 186/176)
2 Years of:
Chemistry with labs (e.g., 121 & 122 and 221 & 222)
*For students interested in veterinary sciences, you must take 2 years of Biology with labs (e.g., 101 & 102 and Genetics, Microbiology and/or Comparative Anatomy)
Please note
AP Credit: If you have AP credit in biology, physics, mathematics or chemistry, you are STILLrequired to complete the above science and math requirements but may do so at amore advanced level. For example, instead of Biology 101 & 102, you may take two upper level Biology courses with labs).

• Pass/Fail: In no instance should you take a science or mathematics course pass/fail or credit/no credit. Additionally, you are strongly encouraged to avoid taking any course on a pass/fail basis.
• Summer School: You are strongly advised to avoid taking any of your science with lab courses during the summer. Health professions schools want to know that you are able to handle the science laboratory coursework with a full semester course load. Therefore, before taking a required science class during the summer, discuss the idea with a member of the Health Professions Advisory Committee.
• Electives: Take elective courses that are meaningful or interesting to you, including courses in the arts and humanities. There are many courses in all divisions of the College that contain a health professions component, including, but not limited to: FYS, VAST, and courses in Art, English, Economics & Business, History, Religion, A&S, Engineering.
• Read: A list of suggested readings for students interested in the health professions is available on-line at. Professors Haug and Holliday also maintain “Health Professions News” bulletin boards near their offices (330 Hugel and 309 Kunkel, respectively).
  Additional information regarding your undergraduate preparation for a career in the health professions may be found in our Health Professions Program handbook.