Being a doctor is more than a job, it’s a calling - and you can’t wait to answer that call, improving health and even saving lives. At Northern, we’ll get you started on the path to your dream career. While pre-medicine itself isn’t a major, we’ll match you with a degree program and the necessary coursework required to prepare you for admission into any medical school.
This program will be a good fit if you:
- Like challenges and continuous learning
- Are interested in science and how the body works
- Care deeply about people, their problems and pain
- Enjoy helping people
- Are intrigued how medicine can be used to improve life
- Dig deeper into a subject area than required
- Accept criticism
- Communicate well
- Are patient-centered
- Have strong leadership skills
- Are detail-oriented
With a degree in medicine, your career opportunities will include:
- Physician
- Surgeon
- Pharmacist
- Psychiatrist
- Neurologist
- Family/general practitioner
- Pediatrician
- Obstetrician and gynecologist
- Ophthalmologist
Students in our pre-medicine program often major in:
And they often minor in: