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Exploratory Health & Helping
The College of Sciences offers an Exploratory Health and Helping Impact Learning Community (ILC) that provides first-year students interested in pharmacy, veterinarian, dental, physician assistant and optometry with support and resources that assist you with successfully transitioning to ODU. By participating in this community, you will have opportunities to engage in study groups, college workshops, and academic advising. In the Impact Learning Community, you will meet weekly with an academically successful peer mentor who is pursuing a pre-health program. These co-curricular activities provide an opportunity for you to create relationships with fellow students with similar academic and career goals. In this ILC, you will be required to enroll in a common cohort of courses.
Courses Include: Intro to Psychology (PSYC 201S), Information Literacy for Health Professions (HLTH 120G). and Intro to the College of Sciences (UNIV 101).
Pre-Med
The College of Sciences offers a Pre-Medical Impact Learning Community (ILC) that provides first-year students with support and resources that assist you with successfully transitioning into ODU. By participating in this community, you will have opportunities to engage in study groups, tutoring sessions, college workshops, and academic advising. In this Impact Learning Community, you will meet weekly with an academically successful peer mentor, who is in the Pre-Med program. These co-curricular activities provide an opportunity for you to create relationships with fellow students with similar academic and career goals. In this ILC, you will be required to enroll in a common cohort of courses.
Courses include: General Biology Lab & Lecture (BIOL 121N/122N), Intro to Psychology (PSYC 201S), and Intro to the College of Sciences (UNIV 101). Students must also place 3 or higher on the Chemistry Placement Exam.
Psychology
The College of Sciences offers a Psychology Impact Learning Community (ILC) that provides first-year students with support and resources that assist you with successfully transitioning into ODU. By participating in this community, you will have opportunities to engage in study groups, tutoring sessions, college workshops, and academic advising. In this Impact Learning Community, you will meet weekly with an academically successful peer mentor, who is in the Psychology program. These co-curricular activities provide an opportunity for you to create relationships with fellow students with similar academic and career goals. In this ILC, you will be required to enroll in a common cohort of courses.
Courses: Intro to Psychology (PSYC 201S), Intro to Literature (ENGL 112L), and Intro to the College of Sciences (UNIV 101)