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Graceland maintains a program of advising and information sharing for pre-engineering students. Students are encouraged to major in Chemistry or Mathematics while attending Graceland University. For additional information about the engineering program at Iowa State University, see www.eng.iastate.edu. For additional information about the engineering program at the University of Iowa, see www.engineering.uiowa.edu/records. For additional information about the engineering program at the University of Missouri at Rolla see http://www.umr.edu/.

Graceland maintains a program of advising and information sharing for premedical and predental students. While many schools will accept students with other undergraduate majors, the emphasis in the sciences in both the entrance requirements and the required Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) suggests that a student major in Biology and/or Chemistry. For additional information about medical school see the American Association of Medical Colleges at http://www.aamc.org/. For additional information about dental school see the American Dental Education Association at http://www.adea.org/.

Students interested in pursuing a legal education are encouraged to attend Graceland. The major law schools in the United States require a bachelor’s degree for admission. No particular major is expected as preparation for law studies; rather, a broad liberal arts education is recommended. The Prelaw Handbook of the Association of American Law Schools (Washington, D.C., 1980) suggests that prelaw students should develop “comprehension and expression in words; critical understanding of the human institutions and values with which the law deals; and creative power in thinking”.