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Office of Health Professions
Hickory Hall, Room 256

Mailing address:
1155 Union Circle #311365
University of North Texas
Denton, TX 76203-5017
940-369-7500
Website: cos.unt.edu/advising/health-professions

For information on all health professions at UNT: https://healthcareers.unt.edu/

Todd Lang, Assistant Dean of Health Professions
 

Faculty  
 

The Office of Health Professions assists all UNT students preparing for admission to a graduate program in a health profession. Staff in the Office of Health Professions advise students in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, physician assistant, physical therapy, occupational therapy, pharmacy, chiropractic and other health professions. The progress of each student is tracked by professionals who provide one-on-one advising, information on entrance requirements, the application process, and letters of recommendation.

The goal of the Office of Health Professions is to help students prepare for admission to a professional school through advising, seminars, and workshops. Each semester, students should meet with an advisor in the Office of Health Professions, as well as with their major academic advisor, to review their goals for graduation and applying to health professional schools.

For further information and to schedule a prospective student appointment, please e-mail healthcareers@unt.edu. Current students can schedule an appointment by visiting https://unt.navigate.eab.com/.

Health Professions Scholarships and Special Programs

Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP)
The Joint Admission Medical Program was created by Senate Bill 940 of the 77th Texas Legislature in 2001 to provide services to support and encourage highly qualified, economically disadvantaged students pursuing a medical education. For students who satisfy both academic and non-academic requirements within the program, JAMP provides guaranteed admission to a participating Texas medical program. The program also awards undergraduate and medical school scholarships to qualified students.

Upon acceptance into the JAMP, scholarship money will be awarded each fall and spring semesters beginning in the spring semester of the student’s sophomore year of college. Additional funds will be awarded during the summer internships at the Texas medical schools. At UNT, the JAMP Faculty Director serves as a mentor for each JAMP student.

Eligibility criteria include:

1. must be socioeconomically disadvantaged, as defined by JAMP;
2. must have completed 27 hours of college credit in the year prior to applying for admission;
3. must have graduated high school the summer prior as an Early Decision applicant or two summers prior as a Regular Decision applicant;
4. must have completed CHEM 1410/1430 (General Chemistry I plus the lab) and CHEM 1420/1440 (General Chemistry II plus the lab) with a C or better before applying; and
5. must maintain a 3.25 GPA or higher (overall GPA and in biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics classes).

The JAMP scholarship is for premedical students only. For additional information, please visit the state JAMP website: www.TexasJamp.org or contact the UNT JAMP Faculty Director, Todd Lang, in Hickory Hall Room 256 (Todd.Lang@unt.edu). The deadline to apply to JAMP is usually in late September or early October every cycle.

The Glenn Mitchell Memorial Scholarship
To qualify, the recipient must be a pre-medical student, should have completed 60 hours of pre-medical coursework, must demonstrate academic excellence, must be competitive for admission to a medical school, and have 1 year of Biology, Physics, and Organic Chemistry credit. 

The Rafes Scholarship Fund
To qualify, the recipient must be a full-time UNT pre-medical student, should currently be enrolled as a freshman, demonstrate scholastic excellence, rank in the top quarter of their high school graduating class, have a minimum score on the SAT of 1000 or 25 on the ACT, and maintain enrollment in 15 credit hours during the awarding year.

The Dr. Leslie Parks Memorial Scholarship
To qualify, the recipient must be a full-time pre-health student and should have completed 60 hours of college coursework. 

Dr. Charles H. and Mabel P. Saunders Pre-Dental Scholarship
To qualify, the recipient must be a pre-dental student, a junior or senior, and demonstrate academic excellence.

The Dr. Charles D. and Vernil Mitchell Endowed Scholarship
To qualify, the recipient must be a full-time student completing a major in the College of Science and be a graduate of any high school in Dallas ISD. Preference will be given to pre-health students.

Dr. Burl Gordon Rogers Academic Excellence Award
To qualify, the recipient must have graduated from UNT with a major in Chemistry, be admitted to and registered with an accredited medical school, and be the highest-ranking student academically from the pool of applicants.

UNT/TCOM 3+4 Pathway Program 
The UNT/TCOM 3+4 Pathway Program is an accelerated program which allows qualified students to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Biology degree from UNT while attending their first year of medical school at the UNT Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine; the MCAT is not required. Three years of designated work must be completed at UNT, an application to TCOM must be completed, and, upon receiving an interview at TCOM, the student may be accepted into the medical school early. An interview or admission to TCOM is not guaranteed.

For more information on this program, please visit a UNT Health Professions advisor or visit https://healthcareers.unt.edu/accelerated-programs.

UNT-UNTHSC College of Pharmacy Reverse Articulation Agreement 
UNT and UNTHSC have partnered to award students a Bachelor of Arts in Biology using coursework successfully completed in the first year of pharmacy college. Some of the benefits of this agreement include reduced costs associated with earning a bachelor’s degree, better preparation for a rigorous pharmacy curriculum, and eligibility for dual degree programs at the pharmacy college.

For more information on this program, please visit a UNT Health Professions advisor or visit
https://healthcareers.unt.edu/accelerated-programs.

UNT Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC)
The Office of Health Professions offers the Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC) program to provide eligible students with a committee letter of evaluation for their professional school application. A committee letter is a holistic, objective, and comprehensive evaluation of a student’s candidacy for admission to dental, medical, optometry, and podiatry schools. Several of these programs prefer, and sometimes require, a committee letter as part of their application process. To review more information about UNT’s HPAC, please visit https://cos.unt.edu/advising/health-professions/unt-health-professions-advisory-committee-hpac.html.

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