Health Professions and Graduate School Preparation

Prerequisites:

For those students planning to pursue health-related careers such as medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, optometry, osteopathy, physical therapy, nursing, or medical technology, or for those preparing for graduate school, the following prerequisites are required:

Principles of Biology I and II

BIO 1001Principles of Biology I

4

BIO 1002Principles of Biology II

4

Principles of Chemistry I and II with Laboratories

CHM 1001Principles of Chemistry I

3

CHM 1003Principles of Chemistry Lab I

1

CHM 1002Principles of Chemistry II

3

CHM 1004Princ of Chemistry Lab II

1

Organic Chemistry I and II with Laboratories

CHM 2001Organic Chemistry I

3

CHM 2005Organic Chemistry I Lab

1

CHM 2002Organic Chemistry II

3

CHM 2006Organic Chemistry II Lab

1

Calculus I and II

MATH 1030Calculus I

4

MATH 1032Calculus II

4

Physics I and II (either college or university physics)

English Literature course in addition to an academic writing course (e.g. ENC).

Statistics is strongly recommended (Biostatistics or Statistics for the Social Sciences)

Biochemistry is strongly recommended

Prospective health science minors interested in enrolling in Principles of Biology I or II also need to complete the Biology Placement Exam, which is an online exam located on Blackboard at http://blackbboard9.mville.edu