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Biological Sciences Amanda Devleeschower

Exploratory Health & Helping Impact Learning Community

Explore your future in the health professions with the Exploratory Health & Helping Impact Learning Community! This community supports first-year students interested in pharmacy, veterinary medicine, dentistry, physician assistant programs, or optometry as they transition to °¼Í¹ÊÓÆµ.

As an ILC student, you'll:

  • Take courses with a cohort of students who share your goals
  • Join study groups and college workshops
  • Receive personalized academic advising and peer mentoring
  • Connect with a peer mentor pursuing a pre-health program
  • Build lasting relationships with students exploring similar career paths

Courses:

Join the Exploratory Health & Helping Impact Learning Community — tell us what interests you, and we’ll follow up with next steps!

Additional Qualifying Majors

The College of Sciences offers a Pre-Medical Impact Learning Community (ILC) that provides first-year students with support and resources that assist you with successfully transitioning into °¼Í¹ÊÓÆµ. By participating in this community, you will have opportunities to engage in study groups, tutoring sessions, college workshops, and academic advising. In this Impact Learning Community, you will meet weekly with an academically successful peer mentor, who is in the Pre-Med program. These co-curricular activities provide an opportunity for you to create relationships with fellow students with similar academic and career goals. In this ILC, you will be required to enroll in a common cohort of courses.

Courses include: General Biology Lab & Lecture , Intro to Psychology , and Intro to the College of Sciences . Students must also place 3 or higher on the Chemistry Placement Exam.

The College of Sciences offers a Psychology Impact Learning Community (ILC) that provides first-year students with support and resources that assist you with successfully transitioning into °¼Í¹ÊÓÆµ. By participating in this community, you will have opportunities to engage in study groups, tutoring sessions, college workshops, and academic advising. In this Impact Learning Community, you will meet weekly with an academically successful peer mentor, who is in the Psychology program. These co-curricular activities provide an opportunity for you to create relationships with fellow students with similar academic and career goals. In this ILC, you will be required to enroll in a common cohort of courses.

Courses: Intro to Psychology (), Intro to Literature (), and Intro to the College of Sciences ()

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