Pre-Professional Programs Many career fields require specialized undergraduate preparation or a postbaccalaureate degree from a graduate or professional program. SVC has agreements with graduate and professional schools and training programs that allow SVC graduates to receive a bachelor’s degree from SVC while gaining valuable professional experience and in many cases to accelerate the time to degree completion. SVC pre-professional programs include the following: Law School Preparation Program Master of Business Administration, Clarkson University Master of Business Administration, Graduate College of Union University Professional Studies Master of Business Administration, Sage Graduate School Master of Counseling and Community Psychology, Sage Graduate School Master in Health Service Administration, Sage Graduate School Master of Occupational Therapy, Sage Graduate School Master of Organizational Management, Sage Graduate School Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Track, Vermont Police Academy Doctor of Physical Therapy, Utica College Law School Preparation Program Pre-Law is no longer the preferred route to enter law school. Law schools are looking for applicants who have a baccalaureate degree in a liberal arts discipline with a curriculum that emphasizes the following:
• effective written and oral communication; • development of an understanding of human institutions and values that influence the establishment of laws and legal practice; and
• development of creative thinking and problem-solving skills. More information on law school admissions can be obtained from the Association of American Law Schools at its Web site: www.aals.org. Law schools look for an undergraduate academic program that emphasizes course work in the social sciences including history and politics, English and quantitative analysis through the study of mathematics, statistics and the sciences. Students are also encouraged to take courses in economics, accounting and financial management. Law school applicants are evaluated for the intellectual potential to do law school level course work (undergraduate major, minor and electives; cumulative
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