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Admission Requirements

Enrollment in each specialty track (General or Cardiovascular) and at each campus is limited and competitive. Students will be asked for their specialty track and campus location preference during the admission process. The admissions committee, composed of program faculty, clinical staff, and administration, evaluates the qualifications of each applicant and makes the final selections for admission, specialty track and campus location. Admission requirements are subject to change.

Academic Criteria

Must be met by the time of application submission

Cumulative (Overall) GPA
  • A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 (on a 4.0 scale) is required at time of application submission.
    • This GPA must be met as calculated by our application system, which includes all attempts of all courses.
Prerequisite Grades
  • Required courses must be taken for letter grades. Credits for courses in which grades below “C-“ were received, are not accepted in fulfillment of the individual course prerequisites listed below. [Exceptions to this policy due to COVID-19]
    • Required course work graded Pass/ Fail or credit obtained by CLEP Examination or Advanced Placement (AP) will not be accepted for any of the listed prerequisites.

Prerequisite Requirements

Must be met prior to program start

For Bachelor’s Track: Transferable Hours
  • 79 transferable semester hours
    • Hours must be earned at accredited institution(s)
    • Does not include repeated courses
    • Does not include remedial (typically below 100-level) courses
For Post Baccalaureate Track: Degree Required
  • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution
Prerequisite Courses
  • Written or Oral Communication
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
    • General college-level and/or radiographic physics
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II
  • Medical Terminology
    • Must be a college/university course (certificate course not accepted)
    • UNMC offers a medical terminology course (CAHP 310), which meets this requirement. Taking this course at UNMC is not a preference factor for admission.
Direct Patient Care Experience
  • Minimum of 500 hours of direct patient care experience. This can be satisfied 1 of 2 ways:
    • a current health care professional, or
    • a student currently enrolled in a health professions program
  • Direct patient care is defined as interactions that involve face-to-face contact with patients such as physical examinations, administering treatments, and performing medical procedures. Examples meeting this criterion include, but are not limited to, imaging professionals, nurses and certified nursing assistants, physical therapy assistants, paramedics, or phlebotomists.

Accepted students will be required to complete a background check and substance abuse testing prior to program matriculation. Additional requirements may vary by clinical site. DMS Admissions Policies are in the College Student Handbook.

 

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