Accelerated Chemical Biology Program

The Combined B.S.-M.D. Program is an opportunity to earn the B.S. degree in Chemical Biology at Stevens and the M.D. degree at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in a total of seven years. If you are a high school senior who has demonstrated academic excellence, in the top 10% of your class, with a combined SAT score of at least 1400 and a promise for a career in medicine, you can be considered for the B.S.-M.D. program. Admission to this program is highly competitive, and an interview at both Stevens and the medical school is required. If accepted to this program, you must complete three years in the Accelerated Chemical Biology program with a GPA of at least 3.50, grades in all of the premed courses at least B (not B-) or above, and you obtain acceptable scores on the MCAT exam. Stevens awards the B.S. degree upon successful completion of the first year of medical studies.

 

Note:  If you are admitted to the accelerated chemical biology program, you'll take the same courses as the science majors in the first year, adding other program requirements during the following semesters at Stevens, and then enter the medical school at the beginning of your fourth year. Transfer credit for courses taken in the first year of study at the medical school are used to complete the requirements of the Bachelor of Science degree.

Accelerated Program in Chemical Biology Curriculum

Term I

CAL 103Writing and Communications Colloquium

3

CH 115General Chemistry I

3

CH 117General Chemistry Laboratory I

1

CH 179Career Pathways in Chemical and Biological Sciences

1

CS 105Introduction to Scientific Computing

3

Or

CS 115Introduction to Computer Science

4

MA 121Differential Calculus

2

And

MA 122Integral Calculus

2

PEP 111Mechanics

3

Term II

BIO 281Biology and Biotechnology

3

CAL 105CAL Colloquium: Knowledge, Nature, Culture

3

CH 116General Chemistry II

3

CH 118General Chemistry Laboratory II

1

CH 189Seminar in Chemistry and Biology

1

MA 125Vectors and Matrices

2

And

MA 126Multivariable Calculus I

2

PEP 112Electricity and Magnetism

3

Term III

BIO 381Cell and Molecular Biology

4

CH 243Organic Chemistry I

3

CH 245Organic Chemistry Lab I

1

BT 243Macroeconomics

3

Or

BT 244Microeconomics

3

MA 221Differential Equations

4

PEP 221Physics Lab I for Scientists

1

HUM
Humanities

3

Term IV

BIO 382Biological Systems

4

CH 244Organic Chemistry II

3

CH 246Organic Chemistry Laboratory II

1

CH 301Professional Ethics in Chemical Research

1

CH 321Thermodynamics

3

CH 398Research Proposals for Undergraduate Research

1

PEP 222Physics Lab II for Scientists

1

HUM
Humanities

3

HUM
Humanities

3

Term V

BIO 484Molecular Genetics

4

CH 362Instrumental Analysis I - Spectroscopy and Chromatography

4

CH 498Chemical Research I

3

CH 580Biochemistry I - Cellular Metabolism and Regulation

3

HUM
Humanities

3

HUM
Humanities

3

Term VI

BIO 586Immunology

3

CH 461Instrumental Analysis II - Electrochemistry

4

CH 499Chemical Research II

3

CH 581Biochemistry II: Biomolecular Structure and Function

3

PEP 242Modern Physics

3

HUM
Humanities

3

Note:

 

Humanities requirements can be found in the College of Arts and Letters, Humanities Requirements.  Humanities electives for Accelerated Chemical Biology must include HSS 141 Introduction to Sociology and HSS 175 Fundamentals of Psychology. To prepare for the MCAT, these electives must be taken before Term VI.