Health Science Pre-Professional/Pre-Dentistry Concentration, BS

Major Requirements (67 credits)

• BIOL 20300 - Human Anatomy And Physiology
• BIOL 20400 - Human Anatomy And Physiology
• BIOL 22100 - Introduction To Microbiology
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry
• CHM 25500 - Organic Chemistry
• CHM 25501 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• CHM 25600 - Organic Chemistry
• CHM 25601 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory

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• CHM 33900 - Biochemistry: A Molecular Approach or
• CHM 33300 - Principles Of Biochemistry

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• English Selective - select any 20000 level or above ENGL course - Credit Hours: 3.00
• HSCI 10100 - Introduction to the Health Sciences Professions
• HSCI 13100 - Introduction To Medical Terminology
• HSCI 20100 - Principles of Public Health Science [Fulfills Science, Technology & Society Core]
• HSCI 20200 - Essentials Of Environmental, Occupational, And Radiological Health Sciences
• HSCI 58000 - Occupational Safety And Ergonomics
• HSCI Humanities, Behavior/Social Sciences Selective - select from HSCI list - Credit Hours: 3.00
• MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II

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• OLS 25200 - Human Relations In Organizations or
• OLS 27400 - Applied Leadership

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• PHYS 23300 - Physics For Life Sciences I
• PHYS 23400 - Physics For Life Sciences II

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• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods or
• STAT 50300 - Statistical Methods For Biology

Required Courses in Other Departments (23-24 credits)

• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I [Fulfills 1 Science Core Course]
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II [Fulfills 1 Science Core Course]
• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication [Fulfills Oral Communication Core]

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition [Fulfills Written Communication Core] and [Information Literacy Core] or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition [Fulfills Written Communication Core] and [Information Literacy Core]

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• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I [Fulfills Quantitative Reasoning Core]
• PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology [Fulfills Behavior/Social Science Core]
• [Humanities Core] - select course from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (29-30 credits)

An Ethics course (such as PHIL 11100 Ethics  or PHIL 27000 Biomedical Ethics ) is highly recommended.

All students must complete 32 credits of 30000 level or higher courses at Purdue for graduation

120 credits required for Bachelor of Science degree

University Foundational Learning Outcomes List

https://www.purdue.edu/provost/initiatives/curriculum/course.html

HSCI Humanities, Behavioral/Social Sciences Selectives List - select any course(s) from the following subjects

• Anthropology (ANTH)
• Art & Design (AD)
• Classics (CLCS)
• Communication (COM)
• Dance (DANC)
• Economics (ECON)
• English (ENGL)
• Foreign Languages & Literatures (FLL)
• History (HIST)
• Interdisciplinary Studies (IDIS)
• Music (MUS)
• Philosophy (PHIL)
• Political Science (POL)
• Psychology (PSY)
• Sociology (SOC)
• Theatre (THTR)

Program Requirements

Note

* Satisfies a University Core Requirement.

Students must complete 32 credit hours of 30000 level or above courses for graduation at Purdue.

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree.

2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science Degree.

Degree Requirements

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Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.