Pre-Dental, Pre-Medical, Pre-Pharmacy, or Pre-Veterinary Specialization
Professional schools do not require a degree in the sciences and, in fact, consider majors in any discipline to be acceptable for admission. What is typically required is a basic core of 16–20 credit hours of chemistry, 8 of biology, and 8 of physics.
Most medical schools require a minimum of CHE-111/CHE-111L, CHE-112/CHE-112L,CHE-343/CHE-343L, CHE-344/CHE-344L; BIO-110/BIO-110L, BIO-216/BIO-216L; 8 credits of physics; and MAT-211. Specific requirements, however, vary from school to school. Students considering a career requiring medical or professional school are urged to contact the schools of their choice early in their studies for academic advising.
Admission to professional schools is competitive and the admission process considers courses, grades, performance on the Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, or Veterinary College Admission Test (i.e., MCAT/DCAT taken during the junior year), personal interviews at the professional schools during the senior year, and letters of evaluation.
Specialization in Pre-Dental, Pre-Medical, Pre-Pharmacy or Pre-Veterinary
Required
For CHE, BIO, and PHY courses, please refer to the course description section of the catalog.