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Students who plan to attend schools of nursing,
physical therapy, occupational therapy, medical technology, or other
allied health fields should plan their programs at Oglethorpe with
the assistance of the faculty member serving as the Allied Health
Advisor. The name of this advisor can be obtained at the Registrar's
Office. Preparation for admission to an allied health education
program typically follows one of two models. In the first model,
students are admitted to an allied health program after completing a
group of required courses in specific academic areas during two
years of college study. For students pursuing this option, a minimum
of 64 semester hours credit earned at Oglethorpe and successful
completion of the allied health education program in an accredited
professional school are required to earn the Bachelor of Arts degree
with an individually planned major. (See the description of the individually planned major.) The second model, which has
become common practice in fields such as physical therapy, requires students to earn a bachelor's degree before
being admitted to the allied health program. The degree awarded upon
completion of the allied health program is typically a master's or
doctoral degree. Students interested in this option may find that
one of the majors regularly offered at Oglethorpe fulfills the
admission requirements for the allied health program. In other
cases, an individually planned major can be designed to meet the
admission requirements of the allied health program.
Students who are exploring careers in allied health fields can
find additional information about them at
"Health
Professions
Links"
and at
"Careers in Allied Health".
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