At Vancouver Community College in Vancouver, Canada, Pre-Health Sciences Certificate is offered as a certificate in Health Sciences programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 5,486 per total for local students.
The certificate builds prerequisite coursework, and also gives a detailed, in-depth look at a wide range of different health sciences careers, meant to help each student pick out a programme to go on and pursue next.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This University Transfer certificate requires Grade 12 graduation, or equivalent. English is met through English 12 with a minimum 'C+' grade, or through one of VCC's formal English Language Proficiency routes: successful completion of VCC ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1100; IELTS Academic with a minimum overall score of 6.5 and no band below 6.0 (within 24 months); TOEFL iBT with a minimum score of 82, including at least 21 in reading and listening and 20 in writing and speaking (within 24 months); the Language Proficiency Exam (LPI) with a minimum score of 4, at least 5 in English Usage and 26 in composition (within 24 months); the VCC English Language Assessment with a minimum score of 145 and at least 16 of 20 on the essay portion (within 12 months); or the Langara English Test with a minimum score of 4 (within 24 months). Individual courses within the certificate carry their own prerequisites, such as Chemistry 12 before Chemistry 1. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents, at least 16 years old or a secondary-school graduate, and submit official transcripts and any other required documents.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and May
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through EducationPlannerBC. VCC publishes each programme's own application window, term by term, on its When to Apply page rather than one college-wide date: windows open roughly six to twenty months before the term starts and close on a stated date, though popular programmes can close earlier once seats fill, since places generally go to eligible applicants in the order their application is completed. International applicants use the International Applicant option on EducationPlannerBC; VCC opens international applications on 1 February of the previous year for Winter entry, 1 June for Spring/Summer, and 1 October for Fall, with no fixed closing date — applications continue until roughly three to four months before the term begins or until it fills, so admission is effectively rolling for international applicants. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
