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Two colleges on the Denver Campus offer health-related programs for undergraduate students seeking careers in the health sciences. Admission to the Denver Campus, however, does not assure admission to any professional health career program. Admission to those programs is a separate, competitive process open to qualified applicants from any accredited college or university.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of Biology
Contact: Kimberly F. Regier
Telephone: 303-556-8309
E-mail: Kimberly.Regier@ucdenver.edu
To serve the needs of students who wish to obtain recognition for the acquisition of specialized skills in biology and to better prepare students for graduate school, health careers and jobs in industry, the Department of Biology offers a certificate program in biotechnology .
Health Careers
Advisor: Charles Ferguson
Telephone: 303-556-4350
Advisor: Denise Leberer
Telephone: 303-556-2868
Advisor: Kent Nofsinger
Telephone: 303-556-6218
Advisor: Trishia Vasquez
Telephone: 303-352-3557
Health career advisors on the Denver Campus assist in planning a course of study designed to improve your chances of success in the health career of your choice, including: dentistry and dental hygiene, medicine, medical technology, nursing, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant, podiatry or veterinary medicine. A comprehensive list of health career options and additional information to help you mold your academic experience to your specific goals is available on the health careers website.
BA/BS-MD Program
The BA/BS-MD degree program at the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) | Anschutz Medical Campus aims to promote diversity and to better serve the health care needs of the state of Colorado by assembling 10 outstanding students from broadly diverse backgrounds who are committed to serving the health care needs of Colorado. The program is a partnership between the University of Colorado Denver College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Being accepted into the program enables students to earn a reserved seat in the University of Colorado School of Medicine provided he or she meets a specific set of academic and non-academic requirements.
Admission of students will be conducted through a holistic review to select academically qualified individuals from a broad range of backgrounds who show a strong commitment to a career in medicine and to serving the people of Colorado.
For more information, visit http://babsmd.ucdenver.edu or contact Mrs. Trishia Vasquez at trishia.vasquez@ucdenver.edu.
Health and Behavioral Sciences
Contact for minor: Sharry Erzinger
Telephone: 303-556-6793
The health and behavioral sciences department offers a minor in community health science that is designed to provide undergraduates with the basic intellectual and methodological tools needed for public health. The minor in community health science supplements graduate degrees in a broad range of fields, including the biomedical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, public health, law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, business administration and health services research. The program is especially appropriate for students intending to pursue careers in public health, as well as the primary care specialties in medicine, nursing or health policy and administration.
While a major is not currently available, students may develop an individually structured major (ISM) that combines course work in community health sciences with that of related fields such as anthropology, biology and psychology. For details see the Individually Structured Major BA section in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of the catalog.
College of Engineering and Applied Science
Contact: Engineering Student Services, 303-556-4768
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Department of Bioengineering, 303-556-5840
Website: engineering.ucdenver.edu
The desirability of obtaining an engineering education prior to undertaking a study of medicine is increasing continually as medicine itself is evolving. A great deal of new equipment, most of it electronic, is being developed to assist the medical practitioner in treatment of patients. Bioengineering, computer science and engineering, communication system design and analysis, big data analysis, mechanical engineering and probability are highly applicable to medical problems. The College of Engineering and Applied Science offers students a pre-medicine option. Contact the Engineering Student Services Center or a specific department for more information.
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