When they say "all coursework", exactly what...

[AdamB]

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are they referring to:

I will be applying in Texas and this is what TMDSAS says:

Official college transcript(s) from ALL institutions attended must be submitted to TMDSAS directly from EACH academic institution attended. Official transcripts will be necessary for all undergraduate, graduate and professional coursework. Transcripts must be submitted from each school attended even if:

• • Coursework appears as transfer credit on another school’s transcript
  • Coursework does not count toward a degree
  • Coursework was taken while attending high school

What is meant by professional coursework?

 

[pingouin]

Professional would be a professional school: law, public health, psychology, social work, dentistry, etc. Basically, anything you've taken for credit since high school (or anything you took in high school that counted for college credit) will need to be reported.

 

[Lshapley]

I believe they are referring to a professional school, as opposed to clearly academic. An example of academic would be where you got your B.A. or B.S. from or where you went for a PhD, M.A., etc. Basically a school that is more generally preparing you to go out in the workforce. Professional represents a wide variety of schools from Law and Nursing school (am I right on that one?) to chiropractic school or massage school to a technical academy (electrician, plumbing, etc.) Basically a school where the end goal is to get a "job" as a nurse, chef, etc.

 

[AdamB]

gotcha... being it the securities/insurance industry I have done a ton of coursework for licensing, continuing education, CLU and ChFC designations and what not. If I understand you guys correctly, they don't need any of that. Thank God, because it would be impossible to track most of that down.

 

[pingouin]

gotcha... being it the securities/insurance industry I have done a ton of coursework for licensing, continuing education, CLU and ChFC designations and what not. If I understand you guys correctly, they don't need any of that. Thank God, because it would be impossible to track most of that down.

I wouldn't think so. I haven't included any of my continuing ed stuff. Now had I gone back to get a post-Masters certificate to subspecialize, then that would have to be included... but not continuing ed or licensure prep.

 

[Lshapley]

You might want to call up AMCAS to double check, but you should be fine. Actually, you should definitely call AMCAS to double check (even though I am 99% sure you are fine!)

 

[Law2Doc]

Professional would be a professional school: law, public health, psychology, social work, dentistry, etc.

Just to clarify this, programs that lead to masters are generally not "professional schools" in this context. So of your list the law and dentistry would be, the others would be in the graduate school category.

I wouldn't and didn't list professional licensure continuing education -- that isn't really academic coursework.

 

[AdamB]

I figured as much on the licensing and CE. The part I am having trouble with is professional certifications/designations such as CLU, CFP, ChFC, etc.

 

[Beau Geste]

I wouldn't and didn't list professional licensure continuing education -- that isn't really academic coursework.

Unless you've done it through a university.

For example, I've taken several SLP/AuD courses since graduating for licesure CEUs at a state university. Those grades had to be reported.

 

[Law2Doc]

Unless you've done it through a university.

For example, I've taken several SLP/AuD courses since graduating for licesure CEUs at a state university. Those grades had to be reported.

That's fair. But I sure didn't list every one hour CLE course I took as a lawyer from various bar associations.

 

[Beau Geste]

And I didn't list all the CE courses I took from non-academic sources.