Minor in Pre-Medical Studies
The minor in premedical studies is intended for those students who plan to apply to medical school and has been approved by the Premedical Advisory Committee. The minor includes courses that satisfy the prerequisite coursework of most medical schools, cover the majority of topics on the MCAT and other entrance examinations, and courses designed to increase the competitiveness of a student's application.
Students may complete courses on this list as part of their major, core curriculum, or free electives. Regardless of where each course fits into a student's curriculum, any student who completes all of these courses (or substitutes approved by the Premedical Advisory Committee) will be credited as having received this minor.
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 107 | General Biology Lectures | 3 |
| BIOL 109 | General Biology Laboratory | 1-2 |
| or BME 405 | Physiology Laboratory | |
| BIOL 115 | Human Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 117 | Human Biology Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 214 | Genetics | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 4-6 | |
| Biochemistry | 4 | |
| Introductory Biochemistry | 3 | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Human Physiology | 3 | |
| Cell Biology 1 | 3 | |
| Quantitative Physiology | 3 | |
| CHEM 122 & CHEM 123 | Principles of Chemistry I and General Chemistry Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 126 & CHEM 140 | Principles of Chemistry II Without Laboratory and Principles of Chemistry II Lab | 4 |
| CHEM 235 & CHEM 236 | Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry I-Lab | 4 |
| CHEM 239 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 240 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| MATH 147 | College Algebra | 4 |
| or MATH 148 | Preparation for Calculus | |
| or MATH 151 | Calculus I | |
| Choose one of the following statistics courses: | 3-4 | |
| Biomedical Engineering Applications of Statistics | 3 | |
| Business Statistics | 3 | |
| Statistical Tools for Engineers | 3 | |
| Probability and Statistics for Electrical and Computer Engineers | 3 | |
| Statistical Methods | 3 | |
| Probability and Statistics | 3 | |
| Statistics | 3 | |
| Undergraduate Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences | 4 | |
| Physics Requirements | 8 | |
| Choose 1 of the 2 options | ||
| General Physics I: Mechanics and General Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism | 8 | |
| Fundamental Physics I and Fundamental Physics II | 8 | |
| Humanities 200-level course | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following ethics courses: | 3 | |
| Ethics | 3 | |
| Judgment and Decision-Making | 3 | |
| Bioethics | 3 | |
| Seminar in Philosophy (Philosophy of Medicine) | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following communication courses: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Linguistics | 3 | |
| Structure of Modern English | 3 | |
| Technical Communication | 3 | |
| The Human Voice: Description, Analysis and Application | 3 | |
| Verbal and Visual Communication | 3 | |
| Intercultural Communication | 3 | |
| SOC 180 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| PSYC 121 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| Choose one of the following psychology courses: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Psychopathology | 3 | |
| Social Psychology | 3 | |
| Health Psychology | 3 | |
| Neural and Biological Bases of Behavior 1 | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following PS or SSCI courses: | 3 | |
| Comparative Public Policy | 3 | |
| Deviant Behavior and Conformity | 3 | |
| Social Communication | 3 | |
| Special Topics (Medical Sociology) | 3 | |
| Global Health | 3 | |
| Social Inequality | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 70-74 | |
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