Fordham offers postgraduate pre-med program in Westchester

Fordham University officials announced the school”™s Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical/Pre-Health Program for the first time will be offered at its Westchester campus in the spring semester that begins this month.

Program classes are scheduled to start on Jan. 19 on all three Fordham campuses  at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, Rose Hill in the Bronx and West Harrison .

An informational webinar about the program will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7.  To register for the webinar, go to http://www.fordham.edu/info/22123/information_sessions/6232/post-baccalaureate_pre-med_pre-health_information_sessions.

Offered through the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, the Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical/Pre-Health Program is for college graduates who are interested in a career in the health professions but need prerequisite science courses.

In keeping with the Fordham school”™s mission to serve adult students, the program offers the pre-med curriculum primarily in the evening, on weekends and during the summer to prepare students for application to medical, dental or veterinary schools, nursing, physician assistant or physical therapy programs.

For more information on the program, go to www.pcs.fordham.edu/postbac; e-mail postbac@fordham.edu; or call the Fordham Professional and Continuing Studies Westchester office at 914- 367-3302.