Bachelor of Science in Biology - Pre-medical/Pre-dental/Pre-veterinary Medical Biology Concentration

Students earning a B.S. degree with a major in biology must complete a minimum of 122 credits for the General Biology and Pre-medical/Pre-dental/Pre-veterinary Medical Biology concentrations and a minimum of 125 credits for the Biochemistry concentration. Courses include the University Core Curriculum and the course requirements for the particular biology concentration as indicated below. Concentration in Pre-medical/Pre-dental/ Pre-veterinary Medical Biology This concentration gives the student the basic entrance requirements of virtually every U.S. college of medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine. Entrance into these colleges is highly competitive, and completion of the concentration does not guarantee acceptance into a medical, dental, or veterinary medical college. Graduates have gone on to pursue medical, dental, and veterinary medical degrees at a variety of institutions. Students who complete the program but decide not to pursue a medical career are highly qualified to enter the workforce in one of the technically oriented research, health, or related life science fields. In addition to the University Core Curriculum and eight free electives, the following courses are required: BIOL 2253 - Biology I for Science Majors w/Lab BIOL 2254 - Biology II for Science Majors w/Lab BIOL 3301 - Microbiology with Lab BIOL 3308 - Cell Biology with Lab BIOL 3311 - Molecular Biology BIOL 4461 - Biochemistry with Lab BIOL 4493 - Evaluation of Scientific Literature CHEM 1115 - General Chemistry I CHEM 1116 - General Chemistry II CHEM 1117 - Lab CHEM 1115 CHEM 1118 - Lab CHEM 1116 CHEM 2201 - Organic Chemistry I CHEM 2202 - Organic Chemistry II CHEM 2203 - Lab CHEM 2201 CHEM 2204 - Lab CHEM 2202 CHEM 2211 - Quantitative Analysis w/Lab MATH 1117 - Calculus I MATH 2228 - Elementary Statistics Plus two semesters of college physics with laboratory: PHYS 1103 - General Physics I with Lab Or PHYS 1150 - Mechanics Heat & Waves w/Lab And PHYS 1104 - General Physics II with Lab Or PHYS 2205 - Electromagnetism/Optic w/Lab Plus three of the following: BIOL 2259 - Anatomy & Physiology I w/Lab BIOL 2260 - Anatomy & Physiology II w/Lab BIOL 3303 - Cell & Tissues BIOL 3304 - Immunology with Lab BIOL 3305 - Develop Bio w/L BIOL 3306 - Genetics BIOL 4501 - Protein Biochemistry and Enzymology BIOL 4503 - Nucleic Acid Biochemistry BIOL 4506 - Molecular Genetics/Genomics BIOL 4520 - Bioinformatics CHEM 2221 - Instrumental Methods w/Lab