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, physician assistant, nursing, or medical technology, or for those preparing for graduate school, the following prerequisites are typically required:

Principles of Biology I and II

BIO 1001	Principles of Biology I	4
BIO 1002	Principles of Biology II	4

Principles of Chemistry I and II with Laboratories

CHM 1001	Principles of Chemistry I	3
CHM 1003	Principles of Chemistry Lab I	1
CHM 1002	Principles of Chemistry II	3
CHM 1004	Principles of Chemistry Lab II	1

Organic Chemistry I and II with Laboratories

CHM 2001	Organic Chemistry I	3
CHM 2005	Organic Chemistry I Lab	1
CHM 2002	Organic Chemistry II	3
CHM 2006	Organic Chemistry II Lab	1

Calculus I

MATH 1030

Calculus I

Principles of Physics I and II with laboratories

PHY 1101	PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS I	3
PHY 1102	PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS II	3
PHY 1103	PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS I LAB	1
PHY 1104	PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS II LAB	1

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

Statistics is also strongly recommended (BIO 3012: Biostatistics, MATH 1100: Intro to Statistics, or PSY 2012: Statistics for the Social Sciences).

Biochemistry with or without lab (BIO 3061 and BIO 2061 respectively is also 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.