Certificate in Pre-medical studies (Postbaccalaureate)
Career Options
Students who complete the courses required for the certificate may apply to professional schools in medicine, dentistry, or allied health professions.
Do you already hold a baccalaureate degree?
Are you taking courses to fulfill requirements before you apply to veterinary, medical, dental, or optometry schools, or for a physician's assistant program?
If so, then you could earn a certificate in pre-medical or pre-veterinary studies. By enrolling in a certificate program, you are assigned a faculty advisor to guide you, and you may enroll in courses during Advanced Registration each term.
This certificate program is designed for students who already have graduated from college with a baccalaureate degree and who seek to fulfill the science course requirements for admission to schools of medicine or dentistry or to physician assistant programs.
Courses & Requirements
In addition to having already graduated from college with a baccalaureate degree, all of the following courses are required. A grade of C- or higher is required for all courses listed below, which includes biology as well as other math and science courses.You can find complete Biology course descriptions under Course List.
Download the requirement checklist:
Required Biology core courses:
| EITHER | ||
| BIO 105 | Biological Principles I: Cellular Biology | 3.0 Credits |
| BIO 106 | Biological Principles: Laboratory Biology | 1.5 Credits |
| BIO 107 | Biological Principles II: Evolution, Biodiversity, and Ecology | 4.5 Credits |
| OR | ||
| BIO 111 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I | 3.0 Credits |
| BIO 112 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I Laboratory | 1.5 Credits |
| BIO 211 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II | 3.0 Credits |
| BIO 212 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II Laboratory | 1.5 Credits |
In addition, two Biology courses with labs chosen from Genetics (BIO 201)/Experimental Genetics (BIO 408), Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (BIO 205), or those numbered 300 or higher.
The following science and math courses are also required:
Chemistry
| CHY 113 | Principles of Chemistry I | 3.0 Credits |
| CHY 114 | Principles of Chemistry I Laboratory | 1.0 Credits |
| CHY 115 | Principles of Chemistry II | 3.0 Credits |
| CHY 116 | Principles of Chemistry II Laboratory | 1.0 Credits |
| CHY 251 | Organic Chemistry I | 3.0 Credits |
| CHY 252 | Organic Chemistry I Laboratory | 2.0 Credits |
| CHY 253 | Organic Chemistry II | 3.0 Credits |
| CHY 254 | Organic Chemistry II Laboratory | 2.0 Credits |
Physics
| PHY 111 | Elements of Physics I | 4.0 Credits |
| PHY 114 | Elements of Physics I Laboratory | 1.0 Credit |
| PHY 112 | Elements of Physics II | 4.0 Credits |
| PHY 116 | Elements of Physics II Laboratory | 1.0 Credit |
Mathematics
| MAT 152 | Calculus A | 4.0 Credits |
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