Pre-Professional

Preparation with both breadth & depth

The work you do in Human Biology prepares you for advanced training in professional or graduate programs, giving you experience as a researcher and practitioner. The program is designed to enable you to focus on an area of concentration that is of vital interest to researchers in both the sciences and the humanities. As a result, your learning has broad social and professional applications.

Students interested in health or law-related careers can make use of the Health Professions and Pre-Law Center at IU to get further advising on how to fulfill the requirements specific to their career path.

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Pre-professional career preparation

Many Human Biology students plan to eventually enter Medical School. Others want another career in public health, or in some other aspect of science that improves our world. Research, whether in the lab or the library, is a goal for others.

Some Human Biology students loved science classes in high school, but aren’t sure yet where their career path will take them. Many wish to enrich their science learning with courses from the humanities, delving more deeply into various social and scientific problems.

The Human Biology degree has been designed with all of these students in mind. The Learning Goals of the program help you develop and deepen your skills no matter which profession you enter after graduation.

Human Biology allows you to:

Explore the connections and parallels between various fields concerned with human health and welfare
Evaluate public policy issues that influence human health
Plan a roadmap of course work designed to help you focus on an area of interest within the field
Pursue scientific training while exploring the context in which your future career has an impact on other fields of study

As a freshman, I had trouble declaring a major but I knew I wanted to pursue something in science, hoping to one day find a profession in the medical field. I had interests in the anatomy and physiology but am also fascinated by philosophy, religion, art, music, history, and language. The Human Biology (HUBI) program uses the life sciences to emphasize the ways we are shaped within a social and cultural context. It incorporates six competencies—invaluable skills that I believe are essential to success in any career path I choose.
Emily Ummel, class of 2016

Human Biology Program

Pre-Professional

Preparation with both breadth & depth

Pre-professional career preparation

Human Biology allows you to:

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