College of Health Sciences

The College of Health Sciences is the place for students interested in improving and maintaining the physical and social health of others. We offer challenging degree programs in the “helping professions” and serve as the gateway to schools of medicine, dentistry, physical and occupational therapy, physician’s assistant study, and optometry.

Health sciences students receive not only a superior education from knowledgeable and caring faculty but also precise and personal guidance from conscientious advising personnel. Students benefit, too, from practicums and internships that help them refine and test the skills acquired in lectures and labs as well as opportunities to participate in dynamic, interdisciplinary research projects.

The college is also the home of the Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities (WIND); the Center for Rural Health Research & Education (CRHRE); the Geriatric Education Center (WYGEC); two Family Medicine Residency Centers; the Wyoming, Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI) medical education contract program, and WY-DENT, the dental contract program with the University of Nebraska and Creighton University.

We serve as the state certifying office for the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE) program (refer to the section on WICHE in the first part of this bulletin for program description or go to www.uwyo.edu/hs/upao/wichewwami.asp).

Any student seeking admission to programs in the College of Health Sciences will be required to obtain a background check as specified by college policy. Please contact your school or division for specific information. .

Programs of Study

Undergraduate Degrees

Bachelor of Science

Kinesiology and health promotion

Athletic training option

Physical education teaching

Speech, language and hearing sciences

Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Bachelor of Social Work

Graduate Degrees

Master of Science

Nursing

Kinesiology and health

Speech-language pathology

Master of Social Work

For details on graduate work, consult the Graduate Bulletin

Professional Degree

Doctor of Pharmacy

The Undergraduate and Preprofessional Advising Office (UPAO) in the College of Health Sciences provides preprofessional advising to all UW students regardless of their academic majors, who are interested in pursuing future study in medicine, dentistry, optometry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician’s assistant, or other health care careers such as chiropractic. A bachelor’s degree is usually required for admission to a professional school. The University of Wyoming does not offer degrees in preprofessional areas. Students may pursue any UW degree program in which they have an interest and at the same time complete the admission requirements for the professional schools they wish to attend. The Undergraduate and Preprofessional Advising Office advises students for their professional program prerequisites as well as other aspects of becoming solid candidates. Each student will also have an adviser in his/her major for advising in the major.

Current information about admission requirements, entrance examinations, professional school curriculums, interviewing skills, and test preparation is available. Suggested course work and timelines are available for medicine, dentistry, optometry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and physician assistant study. Current admissions data and addresses for specific schools are available. Specific schools may have additional requirements; students are urged to check with the schools they wish to attend.

Information and residency applications for the WICHE programs and the WWAMI Medical Education Program, and WY-DENT, the dental education program, may be found online at www.uwyo.edu/hs/upao/wichewwami.asp.

The Undergraduate and Preprofessional Office also advises students in the health sciences minor, those in dental hygiene, and those who are undeclared in the College of Health Sciences.

The College of Health Sciences is currently reviewing the bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences program. No new students are being accepted in this major pending the review. Please contact the Undergraduate and Preprofessional Advising Office, rooms 110 and 112 of the Health Sciences Center, call (307)766-6704 or (307)766-3499, or email preprof.hs@uwyo.edu for information.