Kent State University Catalog 2011

University Catalog

Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy Advising Program Requirements

	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (33 credits)*
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	BSCI	10120	Biological Foundations	4
		30140	Cell Biology	4
		30156	Elements of Genetics	3
		30171	General Microbiology	4
		40430	Animal Physiology	3
WIC	MATH	12002 12021	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5) or Calculus for Life Science (4)	4-5
		12002 30011	Probability and Statistics for Life Sciences (3) or Basic Probability and Statistics (3)	3
	Choose one of the following groups:			10
	Group One
	CHEM	10060	General Chemistry I (4)
		10061	General Chemistry II (4)
		10062	General Chemistry Laboratory I (1)
		10063	General Chemistry Laboratory II (1)
	Group Two
	CHEM	10960	Honor General Chemistry (5)
		10120	Honor General Chemistry (5)
	Choose one of the following groups:			8
	Group One
	CHEM	20481	Basic Organic Chemistry I (4)
		20482	Basic Organic Chemistry II (2)
	Group Two
	CHEM	30481	Organic Chemistry I (3)
		30482	Organic Chemistry II (3)
	Both groups take:
	CHEM	30475	Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (1)
		30476	Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (1)
	Choose one of the following groups:			10
	Group One
	CHEM	10060	General Chemistry I (4)
		10061	General Chemistry II (4)
		10062	General Chemistry Laboratory I (1)
		10063	General Chemistry Laboratory II (1)
	Group Two
	CHEM	10960	Honor General Chemistry (5)
		10120	Honor General Chemistry (5)
	Choose one of the following groups:			10
	Group One
	PHY	13001	General College Physics I (4)
		13002	General College Physics II (4)
		13021	General College Physics Laboratory I (1)
		13022	General College Physics Laboratory II (1)
	Group Two
	PHY	23101	General University Physics I (5)**
		23102	General University Physics II (5)
MINIMUM TOTAL				53-54

While individual medical or osteopathy schools may require a variety of additional courses, the following list is highly recommended to strength a student's preparation for the MCAT:

BSCI	30518	Vertebrate Anatomy (4)
Choose one:
CHEM	30284	Introductory Biological Chemistry (4)
	40285	Biochemical Foundations of Medicine (4)

Students are encouraged, after consultation with a faculty pre-medicine and pre-osteopathy advisor, to select from the following Kent Core courses and general elective courses to help prepare for a career in medicine:

COMM	15000	Introduction to Human Communication^K (3)
ECON	22060	Principles of Microeconomics^K (3)
	42086	Economics of Healthcare (3)
PHIL	21001	Introduction to Ethics^K (3)
PSYC	11762	General Psychology^K (3)
	40111	Abnormal Psychology (3)
	41363	Biopsychology (3)
SOC	12050	Introduction to Sociology^K (3)
	42563	Sociology of Health and Health Care (3)

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** The pre/corequisite for PHY 23101 is MATH 12002; the pre/corequisite for PHY 23102 is MATH 12003.

K Fulfills Kent Core requirement.