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

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Major Requirements (83 credits)

• BIOL 20300 - Human Anatomy And Physiology
• BIOL 20400 - Human Anatomy And Physiology
• BIOL 22100 - Introduction To Microbiology
• BIOL 23100 - Biology III: Cell Structure And Function
• BIOL 23200 - Laboratory In Biology III: Cell Structure And Function
• BIOL 24100 - Biology IV: Genetics And Molecular Biology
• BIOL 24200 - Laboratory In Biology IV: Genetics And Molecular Biology
• 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 33300 - Principles Of Biochemistry

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• CHM 33900 - Biochemistry: A Molecular Approach

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• BCHM 56100 - General Biochemistry I

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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
• MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II

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• TLI 11200 - Foundations Of Organizational Leadership

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• OLS 25200 - Human Relations In Organizations

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• OLS 27400 - Applied Leadership

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• PHYS 22000 - General Physics

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• PHYS 23300 - Physics For Life Sciences I

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• PHYS 22100 - General Physics

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• PHYS 23400 - Physics For Life Sciences II

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• SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods
• HSCI Selective - select a total of 6.00 credits from list

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (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]

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• 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* (13 - 14 credits)

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

HSCI Selective

Select a total of 6 credits from list.

• HSCI 30500 - Basics Of Oncology
• HSCI 33300 - Introduction To Immunology
• HSCI 34500 - Introduction To Occupational And Environmental Health Sciences
• HSCI 34600 - Industrial Hygiene Engineering Control
• HSCI 34800 - Industrial Hygiene Instrumentation Techniques
• HSCI 42000 - Applied Anatomy For Medicine
• HSCI 56000 - Toxicology

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

• For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Notes

*Satisifes a University Core Requirement.

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

2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

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

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