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Pre-Med Classes and Possible Majors
Suggested courses and sample schedule
Courses required or strongly recommended by most medical schools:
BI 150/152 Animal & Cell Biology
BI 153/154 Plant and Microbial Biology
CH 161 General Chemistry I and lab
CH 181 General Chemistry II and lab
CH 271 Organic Chemistry I and lab
CH 278 Organic Chemistry II and lab
CH 401 Biochemistry I and lab
MA 110 Calculus I
MA 111 Calculus II
PS 151 Physics I
PS 153 Physics II
One year of English
Other suggested (but not usually required) courses include:
CH 403, Biochemistry II, and BI 363, Genetics.
A suggested schedule for taking these courses and the MCAT in your four-year plan would be as follows:
Fall first year
MA 110
BI 150/152
CH 161 |
Spring first year
MA 111
BI 153/154
CH 271 |
Fall second year
CH 278
PS 151 |
Spring second year
CH 281
PS 153 |
Fall third year
CH 401W
(BI 323) |
Spring third year
(CH 403)
review and take MCAT |
There is no “premed major”. Any major is acceptable. The following are the most “similar” to the list of premed required courses and are majors often selected by premed students:
Chemistry B.A. (Requires 2 additional courses beyond above list)
Chemistry (Biochemistry) B.S. (Requires four additional courses beyond the above list + a research project)
Biology B.A. (Requires five additional courses beyond above list)
Biology B.S. (Requires seven additional courses beyond above list)
Applied Physics B.A. (Requires seven additional courses beyond above list)
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