School of Medicine Admissions

Student Information


Prerequisite Coursework

Each required course must be completed with a grade of C or better.

 

ENGLISH: A minimum of 6 semester hours of college English.

 

BIOLOGY: Two years as required for science majors, one year with formal laboratory experience (minimum of 14 semester hours, or 12 hours of lecture and 2 hours of lab). 

 

BIOCHEMISTRY: Of the 14 hours of biology, at least 3 hours must be Biochemistry.

 

CHEMISTRY: One year of general (inorganic) chemistry (6 semester hours of lecture, 2 semester hours of lab) and one year of organic chemistry (6 semester hours of lecture and 2 semester hours of lab) as required for science majors including the corresponding laboratory experience in both years (minimum of 16 semester hours).

 

PHYSICS: One year as required for science majors including a full year of laboratory experience (minimum of 8 semester hours, 6 semester hours of lecture, 2 semester hours of lab).

 

MATH: One-half year of college calculus or statistics.  Minimum of 3 semester hours required.

The Calculus course can be any calculus taught by a Math or Physics Department.  Business Calculus or any pre-calculus courses ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

 

The Statistics course must be math based and preferably taught in the Math Department.  Business Statistics or statistics taught in the departments of Social Studies or Education ARE NOT ACCEPTED.