HealthandPre-professionalProgramsCareerTracks
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Physician,nurse,dentist,pharmacist,physiotherapist,
chiropractor, occupational therapist,massage therapist,
athletic therapist,healthcareadministrator
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Publichealthcare: tacklebioterrorism, obesity, infectious
diseases,globalwarming
TheUWindsorAdvantage
Thehealthandpre-professional programsweofferatUWindsorwill
give youa foundation forsuccess.
TheFacultyofScience
(page22)
Specifichealth/medicalpathsofstudy include:
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BiologyandBiochemistry (HealthandBiomedicalScience)
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MedicalPhysics
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Varioussciencemajors (e.g.Biology,Biochemistry,Chemistry)
allowyou to fulfill requirements formedicine (andothergraduate/
professional schools),with flexibility tobuildyourownprogram
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Allprograms involvepractical,hands-on laboratoryand field
experience,beginning in first year
InterdisciplinaryArtsandScienceprogram
(page38)
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Comprehensive, challengingeducation in thearts, socialand
natural sciences
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Combineyourownprogramsof interest tomatchyourcareer
aspiration
TheFacultyofArts,HumanitiesandSocialSciences
(page6)
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Social sciences, socialwork, allof the fineartsandarobust
selectionofhumanities
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Laboratoryexperience, researchopportunitiesandundergraduate
thesispossibilities
The
Kinesiology
Program-MovementScience
(page32)
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Exercisephysiology,biomechanicsandergonomics,motor learning
and lifespandevelopment, sportpsychology, andhealthand
wellness
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Significantpractical laboratoryexperiencesandsolid
theoretical
background
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World-class facilities forboth teachingandresearch
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Accreditedby theCanadianCouncilofUniversityPhysicalEducation
andKinesiologyAdministrators
Nursing
(page30)
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Year1clinicalexperience inhospitals, communitysettingsand
simulation labsusinghigh-fidelitymannequins
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$4.2-millionexpansionofstate-of-the-art facilities
Healthand
Pre-Professional Programs
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Healthcare isCanada’ssecond-largest service industryandoneof theworlds’ fastest-
growingemployment sectors. It consumesmore than10percent of grossdomesticproduct
ofmost developednations, supplyingampleeconomicandemployment opportunities.
