Pre-Health Professions
Interested in pursuing a career in healthcare? If you want to help others heal and stay healthy, we are the place for you. Whether you're going pre-med or hoping to be a physical therapist, you learn the foundation here.
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A Learning Foundation
Ready to explore the sciences? Here, you learn about sport nutrition and design a nutritional plan based on sport nutrition guidelines. Understand inflammation and healing, immune responses and the part genetics play. You study drug classifications, adverse reactions and legal and ethical issues
Apply nutrition to improve the health and dietary support of clients with common health disorders. Learn about therapeutic nutrition through classes on nutrients, digestion, metabolism and weight management. You study the interaction between diet, health and disease.
Beyond Butler
You learn medical terminology and build skills to effectively communicate in the healthcare field. You’ll be an asset to a medical team with your knowledge of the body systems.
University Transfer and Future Career Options
Our program is designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of a Health Professions career. Once you earn your associate degree, you have transfer options to build on your Butler experience.
Your Pre-Health Professions education can lead you to a future in careers like:
- Exercise instructor
- Physical therapist
- Sport nutritionist
Classes You'll Take
These are some examples of courses in our Pre-Health Professions program.
- Microbiology
- College Chemistry
- Anatomy and Physiology
Pre-Health Professions (Associate of Science)
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