St. 博纳旺蒂尔大学 offers majors, 学术顾问, extracurricular opportunities that will prepare you for a career in health care. Our emphasis on the value of others, compassionate & 道德服务, academic excellence transforms good students into great health care professionals.

Medical schools and other healthcare graduate programs require specific prerequisite courses, but accept applicants with a wide range of undergraduate majors. 的 wide variety of health-related major options at St. Bonaventure prepare our students for success in a range of different healthcare fields.

• 生物学 is the most popular major for students preparing for medical school and other healthcare careers. St. 博纳旺蒂尔的 生物学 Department offers a wide range of research opportunities and state-of-the-art equipment.
• St. 博纳旺蒂尔的 化学, 生物化学, 生物信息学, 物理 programs are also strong options for students interested in medical school, 药店, other healthcare programs.
• Students interested in physical therapy, 职业治疗, or physician assistant studies will find St. 博纳旺蒂尔的 健康科学 major to be ideally tailored for their future graduate studies.
• 新时代的学生 健康 & 社会 major take courses in the natural sciences and psychology, while exploring the role of healthcare in the modern world through courses in the humanities and 社会科学.
• 的 心理学 major combines the natural sciences, 社会科学, humanities to appeal to students interested in the human brain and human behavior.
• 我们的新 公共卫生 major prepares students to enter careers in public health fields, or to pursue advanced studies in public health and policy, 卫生行政, 和流行病学.

Medical schools value well-rounded applicants who are committed to a career in healthcare but have other interests as well. 事实上, national studies show that students majoring in the humanities and arts are just as successful in getting into medical schools as students majoring in the natural sciences.

• 专用的 & experienced 健康 Professions advisers guide students interested in careers in health care.
• Students participate in 的 Experience in Clinical Medicine at Olean General Hospital, where they intern in many different departments of the hospital. To learn more, watch the "REAL MEDICINE" video to the right.
• Many of our pre-health students perform laboratory research under the supervision of faculty in the natural sciences, present their findings at expositions on campus and at scientific conferences.
• Student-guided test preparation for graduate exams and student focused groups like our American Medical Student Association chapter 校园里 Medical Emergency Response Team provide opportunities to learn from older students.
• Courses are grounded in the liberal arts and Franciscan tradition 圣. Bonaventure, producing well-rounded students and ethical, empathetic practitioners.

Through our Franciscan 健康 Care Professions Program, St. 博纳旺蒂尔的 pathway for talented high school seniors, students can be provisionally admitted to medical school 之前 高中毕业. Early acceptance programs include:

• 骨科医学(D.O.)
• 牙科(D.D.S.)
• 药房(制药.D.)
• 物理治疗(D).P.T.)

More information is available on the FHCP网页.