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PreMedicine/PreOsteopathy Advising Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (63-64 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits
KBS BSCI 10120 Biological Foundations 4
  BSCI 30140 Cell Biology 4
  BSCI 30156 Elements of Genetics 3
  BSCI 30171 General Microbiology 4
  BSCI
BSCI		 30030
40430		 Human Physiology (4)   or
Animal Physiology (3)		 3-4
  CHEM
CHEM		 30284
40245		 Introductory Biological Chemistry (4)   or
Biochemical Foundations of Medicine (4)		 4

KMC

 
MATH
MATH
 		 12002
12021		 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5)   or
Calculus for Life Sciences (4)		 4-5
  MATH
MATH		 12022
30011		 Probability and Statistics for Life Sciences (3)   or
Basic Probability and Statistics (3)		 3
KSS/DD PSYC 11762 General Psychology 3
KSS/DD SOC 12050 Introduction to Sociology 3
  Choose one of the following groups: 10
  Group One  
KBS CHEM 10060 General Chemistry I (4)  
KBS CHEM 10061 General Chemistry II (4)  
KBS CHEM 10062 General Chemistry Laboratory I (1)  
KBS CHEM 10063 General Chemistry Laboratory II (1)  
  Group Two  
KBS CHEM 10960 Honors General Chemistry (5)  
KBS CHEM 10961 Honors General Chemistry (5)  
  Choose one of the following groups: 6
  Group One  
  CHEM 20481 Basic Organic Chemistry I (4)  
  CHEM 20482 Basic Organic Chemistry II (2)  
  Group Two  
  CHEM 30481 Organic Chemistry I (3)  
  CHEM 30482 Organic Chemistry II (3)  
  Both groups take:  
ELR CHEM 30475 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I 1
  CHEM 30476 Organic Chemistry Laboratory II 1
  Choose one of the following groups: 10
  Group One  
KBS PHY 13001 General College Physics I (4)  
KBS PHY 13002 General College Physics II (4)  
KBS PHY 13021 General College Physics Laboratory I (1)  
KBS PHY 13022 General College Physics Laboratory II (1)  
  Group Two  
KBS PHY 23101 General University Physics I (5)  
KBS PHY 23102 General University Physics II (5)  
MINIMUM TOTAL 
 63-64

 

Notes:

While individual medical or osteopathy schools may require a variety of additional courses, BSCI 30518 Vertebrate Anatomy (4) is recommended to strengthen a student's preparation for the MCAT.

Students are encouraged, after consultation with a faculty premedicine and preosteopathy 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 (3)
ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
ECON 42086 Economics of Healthcare (3)
PHIL 21001 Introduction to Ethics (3)
PSYC 40111 Abnormal Psychology (3)
PSYC 41363 Biopsychology (3)
SOC 42563 Sociology of Health and Health Care (3)