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Pre-Law

Professors Dr. K. Giberson, Dr. D. Yerxa (director)
Associate Professor S. Zoulas
Adjunct Professors S. Coleman, T. Harrison

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Program Description

The Pre-Law Program at Eastern Nazarene College emphasizes a strong liberal arts perspective and stresses academic skills that will challenge students in the quest for new knowledge and professional growth. ENC has an outstanding record of placing graduates in prestigious law schools.
ENC students interested in a career in law need to know that the American Bar Association and the Law School Admission Council frown upon undergraduate majors in the law. Law schools provide students with the specialized knowledge of the legal profession. At the undergraduate level, selection of a particular program of study is less important than the
acquisition of skills for clear thinking and reasoning. Lawyers, moreover, link the legal system to society, so they must understand the world around them and be sensitive to the numerous aspects of society that the law touches.

Students heading for law schools are advised to select any major that challenges them academically and forces them to think. Programs at ENC that have successfully placed students in law schools are: History, English, Social Work, Psychology, and Business, but almost any major, if pursued with diligence, would prepare a student for law school.

Pre-Law Minor
Students with a serious interest in law (those intending to enter law school or those seeking to enhance their liberal arts education with a deeper understanding of the law) are encouraged to take a minor in Pre-Law. The Pre-Law minor consists of the following five sources (15 credits). GO452 and GO455 have GO210 as a prerequisite. While not part of the
minor, students are encouraged to take accounting courses as electives.
PH331 Critical Thinking and Logic
C0410 Persuasion and Argumentation
BA411 Business Law
G0452 Seminar in Law and Society
GO455 Seminar in Christianity and the Law

Descriptions of these courses appear here.

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Pre-Medicine

Associate Professor Dr. M. Waterman (advisor)
Division of Natural Sciences

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Programs Offered
Pre-Dental, Pre-Medical, Pre-Veterinary

Students may prepare for allopathic (MD), osteopathic (DO), podiatric, optometric, chiropractic and veterinary medicine as well as physician’s assistant and public health programs by majoring in any department if they include in their program courses which meet the minimum requirements for entrance to most medical schools.

These basic requirements are:
EN103 Critical Writing
CH103-4 General Chemistry I and II
EN104 Rhetoric
CH321-2 Organic Chemistry I and II
BI103-5 Intro to Cell Biology and Genetics; Intro to Ecology and Diversity; Intro to Plants and Animals
PY201-2 General Physics I and II

Other courses often recommended by a survey of the Medical School Admission Requirements, published by the AMA, are:
MA151 Calculus I
BI212 Genetics
BI370 Comparative Anatomy and Embryology
BI393 Cell Biology
BI/CH492 Biochemistry
Variable Behavior Science and/or Humanities

Since medical schools differ in the details of their requirements, students should inquire as early as possible about the requirements of the schools of their choice so that their programs can be planned accurately. The Health Professions Committee has been established to advise and counsel the student and is especially helpful in the actual process of applying to medical school. This committee must approve the student in order to use its services. ENC has placed over 80% of the premedical students in medical schools during the last 20 years.

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Quincy, Massachusetts 02170