Graduate / Professional School Preparation

At UWM, “Pre-Physical Therapy”, “Pre-Med” and similar graduate/professional school preparation designations are not majors. Students must declare one of the School of Biomedical Sciences & Health Care Administration (BMSHCA) majors to pair with their “pre” designation.

Students who wish to complete a BMSHCA major as they pursue admission to graduate/professional school for further study in any of the following areas may receive advising for their undergraduate major and graduate/professional school preparation solely from their BMSHCA advisor:

• athletic training (traditional MS or accelerated BS/MS)
• communication sciences and disorders (speech-language pathology, audiology)(traditional MS or accelerated BS/MS)
• dietetics
• health care informatics
• kinesiology
• occupational therapy
• physical therapy (traditional DPT or accelerated BS/DPT)

UWM offers many of these graduate programs, and in many cases, designated slots are set aside for our own students! Contact your advisor for details

Students who wish to complete a BMSHCA major while pursuing admission to a professional school for any of the following subjects receive joint advising from the College of Health Professions & Sciences (for their undergraduate major) and the College of Letters & Science (for professional school preparation):

• chiropractic medicine
• dentistry
• general medicine
• optometry
• pharmacy
• physician assistant
• podiatry
• veterinary medicine