Program Description
Pre-medical studies is an “umbrella major” providing academic and professional training to students planning to attend medical school as well as other graduate health care institutions. The major is distinguished by a series of unique upper-level science courses whose case history and problem-based learning approach mirrors that of first-year graduate students in the health care professions, and which are designed to develop students’ proficiency in interpreting complex scientific data. Students spend 100 hours developing their empathic, professional and clinical evaluation skills through two hands-on, off-campus preceptorship experiences performed with licensed health care practitioners. Our graduates are nationally competitive, as evidenced by their MCAT, GRE and DAT scores, and more than 90 percent of our students to date have gone on to various successful careers as physicians, dentists, physical therapists, veterinarians, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors.
Learning Goals/Outcomes
- knowledge of health care through hands-on training in HIPAA law, taking history and basic physical measurements and professional conduct with patients
- Demonstrate oral and written communication skills with both lay people and professionals
- Recognize and use medical terminology
- Formal, analytical, synthetic & problem-solving science skills
- Synthesize information from diverse sources to make decisions
- Recognize the social challenges faced in both national and global medical practice
- Comprehend and be able to explain a variety of commonly used clinical laboratory techniques
- Recognize and employ the professional empathy needed in an effective health care professional
- Demonstrate an optimal performance on national standardized graduate school exams (MCAT, GRE, DAT etc.)
- Recognize the varied health care careers and their spheres of expertise
Curriculum: 4 years, 127-128 credits
| First Year | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| FYS 100 | Pathways Seminar | 1 |
| WRIT 101 | Writing Sem I: Written Comm. | 3 |
| AVIS 101 | American Visions | 3 |
| CHEM 103 & 103L |
Chemistry I and Chemistry I Lab |
4 |
| BIOL 103 | Biology I | 3 |
| BIOL 103L | Biology I Lab | 1 |
| MATH 111 | Calculus I | 4 |
| CHEM 104 & 104L |
Chemistry II and Chemistry II Lab |
4 |
| BIOL 104 & 104L |
Biology II and Biology II Lab |
4 |
| Credits | 27 | |
| Second Year | ||
| ADIV-2XX | American Diversity | 3 |
| WRIT 201 | Writing Seminar II:Multi Comm | 3 |
| GDIV 2XX | Global Diversity | 3 |
| ADIV 2XX | American Diversity | 3 |
| BIOL 312 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| CHEM 201 & 201L |
Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry I Lab |
4 |
| CHEM 202 & 202L |
Organic Chemistry II and Organic Chemistry II Lab |
4 |
| MATH 112 | Calculus II | 4 |
| BIOL 201 & 201L |
Human Anatomy and Physiology I and Human Anat & Physiology I Lab |
4 |
| BIOL 202 & 202L |
Human Anatomy & Physiology II and Human Anat & Physiology II Lab |
4 |
| Credits | 35 | |
| Summer | ||
| BIOL 493 | Preceptorship I | 3 |
| BIOL 494 | Preceptorship II | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Third Year | ||
| ISEM 3XX | Integrative Seminar | 3 |
| GCIT 2XX | Global Citizenship | 3 |
| ETHC 2XX | Ethics | 3 |
| PHYC 201 | Physics I | 3 |
| PHYC 201L | Physics I Lab | 1 |
| PHYC 203 | Phys II: Waves, Elec, & Mag | 3 |
| PHYC 203L | Physics II Lab | 1 |
| General Electives | 6-8 | |
| BIO 201 | Anatomy&Physiology I | 3 |
| or BIO 207/L | ||
| BIO 202 | Anatomy&Physiology I Lab | 1 |
| BIO 203 | Anatomy & Physiology II | 3 |
| or BIOL 221/L | ||
| BIO 204 | Anatomy & Physiology II Lab | 1 |
| BCHM 312 | Biochemistry: Proteins | 3 |
| BCHM 312L | Biochemistry: Proteins Lab | 1 |
| BCHM 313 | Biochemistry:Metabolism | 3 |
| BCHM 313L | Biochemistry: Metabolism Lab | 1 |
| Credits | 39-41 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| CGIS 300 | Contemporary Global Issues | 3 |
| PHIL 499 | Philosophies of the Good Life | 3 |
| BIOL 207 & 207L |
Principles of Genetics and Principles of Genetics Lab |
4 |
| BIOL 221 & 221L |
Microbiology and Microbiology Lab |
4 |
| BIOL 413 | Pathology | 3 |
| Designated Science Elective | 3 | |
| General Electives | 9-12 | |
| Credits | 29-32 | |
| Total Credits | 136-141 | |